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The date is finally here! This Thursday we are co-hosting our innovative conference event in Bochum, Germany (September 20th, 9.00am – 4.45pm UK time). We hope as many of you as possible will join us online – on Twitter and Facebook. This is a unique interdisciplinary and international event to promote applied clinical research across the NMAHP professions, and includes invited presentations from a wide range of our UCLan Faculty staff. Video recording of all the speakers will be uploaded onto the dedicated webpage after the event, plus 15 dynamic e-posters featuring collaborative projects between our local clinical services and members of our Faculty. There is an exclusive Facebook Group that will be live between 20th – 27th September, so please log in to add your own comments . Please follow the conference on Twitter, remembering to use the hashtag #hsgBochumUCLan2018 and follow all the Twitter accounts in the image above.

The seventh #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday, 25th July (7.30 – 8.30pm UK time). The chat was hosted by Sally Pratten ( @salpratten ) and Lucy Talbot ( @lucyjtalbot ) and was based around this paper: The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework: the Kempen pilot . You can find the paper summary and question prompts here . This was a very busy chat where experienced practitioners exchanged insights and advice from a wide range of clinical settings. The full transcript of the discussions can be found via this link . To see who took part in the chat you can find the link to the Tweetchat stats here . Thanks to our chat hosts, and to everyone who took part. We're looking forward to our next #ReSNetSLT chat on the last Wednesday in September, after our summer break. Hope to see you then!

Thank you to Katie Chadd ( @Katie_Chadd ) for producing the latest ResNetSLT blog post. The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists have an established network of SLTs who are committed to striving "to ensure that speech and language therapy is an evidence-based, research-active profession, bringing together research and clinical practice" which is achieved by working in partnership with the RCSLT and wider research networks. The network celebrated its increase in strength and numbers (now 273 SLTs) and the remarkable achievements of our therapists at a workshop held in London in July. Two core aims of the day were to provide therapists with the opportunity to: Share good practice initiatives to support evidence based practice Develop contacts within the network to support research and development work The format of the day varied and we incorporated presentations, a panel session, group activities, invited guest speakers, lightning talks, a poster exhibition, and pr...

The sixth #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday, 27th June. The chat was hosted by Sophie Chalmers ( @SChalmersSLT ) and Chiara Vivaldi ( @VivaldiC ) and was based around this paper: ' Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time? ' Please click here to view the pre-chat overview and questions. We had 24 people actively tweeting and using our hashtag #ResNetSLT , with many others also watching and retweeting the conversations. There were 190 tweets in total during the hour, with a 'reach' to over 139,817 linked Twitter accounts. It was fantastic to see people interacting in the conversation from across the globe! The debate included students, educators, supervisors, university lecturers and clinicians - the one thing everyone agreed on was that no matter the stage of your career, Twitter is great for accessing information, resources and networking across specialisms and geographies. We had great examples of students actively network...

Thank you to Katherine Broomfield ( @KathBroomfield ) for producing the latest ResNetSLT blog post. As a speech and language therapist I accessed networks that were directly related to my clinical area. I joined special interest groups/clinical excellence networks and attended meetings to access shared learning and information which informed my clinical practice. With regards to broader networks, I couldn't really understand how people outside my organisation or specialism would be able to help me within my role as a speech and language therapist. When I started my PhD in April 2017, and living 200 miles away from my University, I realised I would need support that I couldn’t access in my local, rural environment. I started scouting about for sources of support on the internet and I found other clinical academics were discussing their research, clinical interests and wider concerns via social media. I wanted to join in, but I wasn't really sure how to start. I lurked, liked, c...

The fifth #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday, 30th May. The chat was hosted by Elicia Jones ( @EllieJSLT ) and Victoria Wadsworth ( @victoriawad ) and was based around this paper: ' A cross sectional observational study of research activity of allied health teams: is there a link with self-reported success, motivators and barriers to undertaking research? ' It was a busy hour with 30 participants joining in and sharing their ideas and experiences of research activities within and as part of teams. Participants presented with a wide range of roles, including those completing research as clinical practitioners and those whose job roles are based in academia and research. Also, those who had 'some' dedicated time to pursue research and/or were provided with back-fill and those who were working without any ring-fenced allocated 'time' for research. It was great to see so many people engaged in the discussion and from various locations around the w...

Our #ResNetSLT workshop on 12th May attracted a packed room of approximately 60 delegates from many different countries. The show of hands indicated a high number of student SLTs ( #SLT2B ) in the audience, together with educators, clinical practitioners and researchers. Please click here to access a copy of the presentation slides that include links for other relevant resources and recommendations for many names to follow on Twitter. We briefly explained how the #ResNetSLT Twitter journal club runs, and that a German version has been launched. We heard about plans for a new journal club on Twitter between Netherlands and Sweden, and #ResNetSLT offered some advice and assistance based on our experience over the past two years. It was great to hear that SLT students and practitioners are increasingly using Twitter in many languages to share research and professional discussions – as well as other social media platforms. For anyone interested in getting started on Twitter for the first...