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Thank you to Chiara Vivaldi ( @VivaldiC ) for producing the latest ResNetSLT blog post. Speech and language therapists are an international community, so having written previously about my own experiences of getting involved in research as a student, let me present you with a different perspective Paula is a final year speech and language therapy student at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, in Spain. I interviewed Paula and asked her to share her views with ResNetSLT. Why did you get involved in research as a student? It started in class, hearing contradictory information, and wanting to seek out evidence to establish why these contradictions existed, and our lecturers' emphasise the use and need of research. At the end of the day we're doing therapy with people and therefore have a duty to be as informed as possible. How did you first get involved? Having a supportive lecturer was key, they saw my interest and offered me opportunities to get involved in existing research

Thank you to Sukhi Aujla ( @sukhpreet_aujla ) for producing the latest #ResNetSLT blog post. The Tweetchat on July 25th, 2018, focused on the implications of the United Kingdom adopting the standardised terminology agreed by the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) committee for texture modified foods and thickened liquids. Clinicians agreed on the importance and timeliness of IDDSI. The recent NHS Improvement (NHSi) Patient Safety Alert (June 27th, 2018) detailed a review of the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) incidents over a two-year period. They identified seven incidents where patients appear to have come to significant harm because of confusion over the meaning of 'soft diet'. Inconsistency in labels used for diet and fluid modifications can therefore be linked to episodes of patient ill-health or death. Three years of ongoing work by the IDDSI Committee has culminated in a final framework consisting of a continuum of eight lev

The eighth #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place place on Wednesday, 26th September. The chat was hosted by Milly Heelan ( @heelan_phd ) and Chiara Vivaldi ( @VivaldiC ) and was based around the discussion paper: Validity, reliability and generalisability in qualitative research . Please click here to view the pre-chat overview and questions. We had 27 people actively tweeting and using our hashtag #ResNetSLT, with many others also watching and retweeting the conversations. There were 180 tweets in total during the hour, with a 'reach' to over 178,402 linked Twitter accounts. We were joined by people with a range of backgrounds in qualitative research, from seasoned researchers to those trying it for the first time. All agreed that qualitative research is invaluable as it can push forward improvements in healthcare delivery by answering questions that are not within the scope of quantitative research. A discussion of the challenges involved in reading and applying qualita