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Tweetchat: Weighing the evidence

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Our third #ResNetSLT Twitter journal club took place on Wednesday, 30th March, 2016. It proved to be another lively discussion – thanks to all who joined in, especially those who are very new to Tweetchatting. The chat was based around this article . Chaired by Joanne Fillingham the chat featured the three paper authors – Hazel Roddam , Sarah Edney  and Heulwen Sheldrick . This paper illustrates the process of reviewing the available evidence base. In this case the clinical population comprises people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) who have swallowing difficulties and was prompted by a genuine real-world clinical dilemma: What is the best case management for my patients? Why does the accepted management seem to be limited to only compensatory approaches when there is at least some published evidence for more active rehabilitation strategies? You can find the pre-chat information and questions here . In the Tweetchat we broadened the discussion to consider the processes of undertak