What to Expect...Your First Session as a Certified VitalStim Provider ecourse
Now that I am a Certified VitalStim® Provider, how do I get started? Effective use of the VitalStim therapeutic modality requires an understanding of the therapeutic protocol discussed in the 2 day certification course. Sometimes there is a delay between becoming a certified VitalStim therapist and utilizing this technique in a therapy session. This 1 hour course provides the opportunity to review the basic elements of setting up a dysphagia session using the VitalStim modality. The instructor will help prepare participants for their first session with guidance on these topics: documentation, preparing the room for patient/family/caregiver education, bolus trials with NMES, setting up pre and post data tracking, and outlining when to re-evaluate. This one hour pre-recorded webcast will give you even more confidence to begin your treatment program.
NOTE: Participants must be Certified VitalStim Providers.
Disclosure: This course will only cover information that pertains to the effective and safe use of VitalStim.
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Course Requirements:
- Computer with internet and working speakers/sound are required for this course.
- Course must be completed within 30 days of activation (activate course within 6 months of purchase).
- An online multiple-choice quiz (80% passing score) and submission of an online evaluation form are required for successful completion.
- A certificate of completion will be available to print immediately after course is successfully completed.
- SLPs - ASHA CEUs may be obtained by completing the online ASHA form and checking the "Report to ASHA" box.
AOTA Classification Codes
Domain of OT: Performance Skills, Client Factors
OT Process: Evaluation
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply the Vital Stim therapeutic protocol to the dysphagia treatment session
- List the supplies, equipment and space needs required to use this modality
- Set up an exercise paradigm for a dysphagia session
- Collect pre and post treatment data
Course Instructor(s)
Susan Mayfield-Cole
M.A. CCC-SLP, NDC
Susan Mayfield Cole, MA CCC-SLP, NDC has been a VitalStim user as well as a CIAO instructor team member since 2003. She brings to our team an extensive teaching and clinical resume. Susan continues to serve as a a VitalStim Therapy Specialty Program instructor, an online instructor for the MBS: The Clear Picture course and is also a webcast designer/presenter. She holds the NDC certification for NMES. Susan previously held clinical and administrative positions at Frye Regional Medical Center, Graystone Ear, Nose and Throat Associates and Carolina ENT Head and Neck Surgery Center. She is currently the owner of Specialized Therapy Consulting and contracts with a variety of educational and clinical settings, including Twin City Medical Mobile Diagnostics, PLLC. Susan has held faculty positions at Appalachian State University and Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute where she taught courses in Ethics for the SLP-A program. She and her husband share a large family and when not working they enjoy fly fishing around the country.
Financial Disclosure: Susan receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course. She also receives royalties for the purchase of her recorded course(s)
Non-Financial Disclosure: Susan uses VitalStim Therapy in her practice.
Course Agenda
Contact hours pre-approved for:
- 1.0 Hour
- CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider #AAWA (0.1 ASHA CEUs) bubble sheet required
- CIAO is an AOTA Approved Provider #4119 (0.1 AOTA CEUs)
- This course meets PDU Requirements for NBCOT (1 PDU)
- As an IACET Authorized Provider, CIAO offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard
- CIAO is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Advanced level, Professional area).
CIAO is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). CIAO complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, CIAO is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)