Liza Bergström

Dysphagia and multidisciplinary tracheostomy management.

UNIVERSITY: Dr Bergström is an invited/guest lecturer - particularly in the areas of dysphagia, intensive care and multidisciplinary tracheostomy management - across several universities within Sweden and internationally. Key teaching assignments identified in list below.

1. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2024: Dysphagia within intensive care
2023: Physiology, the swallow function and dysphagia
2022: Speech pathology management for tracheostomized patients (Advanced Course, 7.5 credit points, Uppdragsutbildning)
2021-202: Medical education (ST-läkare): The difficult airway – What do we do? A challenge for anaesthetists and ENT doctors (Advanced Course, Uppdragsutbildning). Topic: Tracheostomy and larynx function.

2. Linköping University, Sweden
2021-2023: Speech pathology management with tracheostomised and ventilated patients (Advanced level).

3. Lund University, Sweden
2012-2023: Cervical auscultation as part of clinical dysphagia management
2014-2023: Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES): Evidence-based interpretation and dysphagia management

4. Gothenburg University, Sweden
2016-2021: Dysphagia: Speech pathologists and dietitians’ collaboration for best practice dysphagia management
2014-2020: Dysphagia: Evidence based assessment, treatment and management
2019: Speech pathology management for tracheostomized patients (Advanced Course, 5 credit points, Uppdragsutbildning)
2013, 2016, 2019: Cervical auscultation in the assessment and management of dysphagia for adult and paediatric patients (Advanced Course, 5 credit points, Uppdragsutbildning)

5. Artevelde University, Belgium
2023: Post-graduate dysphagia course. Topic: Cervical auscultation as part of the clinical swallow examination

CLINICAL EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Apart from university teaching, Bergström is an invited course/workshop facilitator for working healthcare professionals – as listed below (recent years only). Collaborative workshops/presentations = indicated by *.

• 2024. Norwegian (Nordlands Region) speech pathology professional education day. Topic: Speech Pathology: Dysphagia and tracheostomy management
• 2024. UK Swallow Group, 2-day conference. Topic: Psychometric properties of cervical auscultation: Research pros, cons and clinical application
• 2023. Örebro ventilation education day. Topic: Teamwork for tracheostomised patients, with or without respiratory support *(Bergström and Sundman)
• 2023. Akademiskt primärvårdscentrum, Region Stockholm. Professional development for speech pathologists. Topic: Dysphagia management for patients in their home environment
• 2022. Akademiskt primärvårdscentrum, Region Stockholm. Professional development for speech pathologists. Topic: Dysphagia assessment with cervical auscultation
• 2022. OpIVA Nordic workshop. Topic: Weaning from the ventilator and tracheostomy with speaking valve and high flow therapy *(Sundman, Bergström and Thorssin)
• 2022. Region Stockholm ICU-nursing professional development congress (RUSK). Topic: ICU patients and swallowing dysfunction: Larynx, pharynx and saliva management
• 2021. Nordic Spinal Cord Society Conference (NoSCoS). Workshop: Relearning breathing: Part II. Dysphagia and upper airway assessment: Laryngeal weaning *(Sundman, Bergström and Ingvarsson)
• 2021. Södersjukhuset ICU education. Topic: Passy Muir speaking valve: State of the art practice
• 2021. Region Stockholm ICU-specialist nursing congress (RIVA). Topic: Dysphagia within ICU
• 2021. ALS-team national network meeting. Topic: Dysphagia and the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI)
• 2021. Danderyds hospital ICU education day. Topic: ICU, dysphagia and multidisciplinary management
• 2019. Specialist anaesthetic and intensive care nursing (AnIVA) congress. Topic: Multidisciplinary teamwork for dysphagia management with ICU-patients *(Bergström and Cedborg)
• 2019. Örebro ICU education day. Topic: Multidisciplinary management for weaning from the ventilator and tracheostomy *(Sundman and Bergström)
• 2019. Tracheostomy education day (Suunaas Rehabilitation Speech Pathology Team). Topic: Communication and swallow training with tracheostomized patients *(Bergström and Laakso)