2nd National Conference on Clinical Logopedics - a space for dialogue for doctors and speech therapists

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Conference room with banner ‘National Conference on Clinical Logopaedics’. On stage, a man at the lectern ‘VERITATIS SPLENDOR’. In the background, a screen with a presentation about cochlear implants at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, WUM.
The program of the event, which took place on June 7 within the walls of our university, included lectures by clinical speech therapists and specialists in neurology, representing various medical centers and universities from all over Poland. The conference brought together more than 350 participants from all over the country, not only speech therapists, but also doctors, demonstrating the growing importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the treatment of patients with disorders of communication and swallowing function.

The conference was organized by the Department of Neurology of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry MUW, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine and the Association for the Support of Laryngology. Honorary patronage of the event was given by the Rector of MUW, Prof. Rafal Krenke.

Opening of the conference and acknowledgements

The conference was opened by Professor Kazimierz Niemczyk, Head of the Chair an Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Professor Niemczyk stressed the importance of bringing together the communities of doctors and speech therapists, whose competencies often overlap, adding that only joint action by these specialists enables real development of clinical speech therapy. The professor also noted that the National Conference on Clinical Speech Therapy is an expression of such development.

Prof. Izabela Domitrz thanked for the numerous honorary patronages granted to the event, including the President of Warsaw, the Director of CMKP, the Marshal of the Mazovian Voivodship, Faculty V of Medical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as the Polish Neurological Society, the Polish Orthodontic Society, the Center for Lactation Science and the national consultants in deaf education and speech therapy. In addition, she thanked the conference sponsors for their support.

Deputy Health Minister Prof. Urszula Demkow also took the floor. The Deputy Minister noted that issues related to speech therapy are close to the health ministry, and expressed her hope for joint efforts to regulate the speech therapy profession and develop solutions beneficial to the entire community. She noted how important a role a speech therapist plays in health care: from the birth of a child, through the treatment of patients with ENT, neurological and oncological problems, to long-term rehabilitation.

Special words of appreciation for the work of speech therapists were given by Joanna Peradzyńska, MD, PhD, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry for Audiophonology with Hearing Care, Dental Hygiene and General and Clinical Speech Therapy.

- The speech therapist allows the patient to return to the world of speech, contact and understanding, becoming a source of hope for patients and their families - noted Joanna Peradzyńska, MD, PhD.

What's on the event agenda 

It was a scientific and training conference. It was addressed to speech therapists, physicians, physiotherapists, midwives, medical students and all those interested in modern methods of diagnosis and therapy in clinical speech therapy.

Speech topics included neonatal therapy, diagnosis of the frenulum of the tongue, management of oncological, ENT, neurological and oropharyngeal dysphagia patients. One could listen to lectures on, among others, cochlear implantation in auditory neuropathy, manual therapy of the larynx in rehabilitation of voice disorders, or the fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing according to Prof. Susan Langmore.

The conference participants also had the opportunity to listen to a roundtable discussion with Prof. Ewa Czochrowska from the Department of Orthodontics MUW, President of the Polish Orthodontic Society, Prof. Wioletta Pawlukowska of PUM, President of the Polish Society of Clinical Speech Therapy, and Michał Stokłowski from the Doctoral School at the University of Bialystok. They discussed the needs of speech therapists employed in medical entities, professional activities, the need for greater access to specialization in health care field, the need to increase the scope of medical issues in the training of clinical speech therapists, the creation of training courses accredited by CMKP and the Polish Society of Clinical Speech Therapy. It was emphasized repeatedly that speech therapists meet the legal requirements for practicing a medical profession and providing health care services.


 

A woman in a patterned dress stands behind a lectern with the inscription “VERITATIS SPLENDOR”. She is wearing a badge around her neck and two microphones are set up in front of her. In the background, curtains and a section of a projection screen are visible. To the right is a monitor with the logo “SAPIENTIAE STUDIUM”.
A man, Professor Niemczyk, in a dark suit and blue tie, stands behind a wooden lectern with the inscription “VERITATIS SPLENDOR” and an eagle emblem. On the rostrum are two microphones. Grey curtains in the background, a monitor next to him.
Auditorium with a large group of people seated in red chairs, facing the stage out of frame. Participants have badges on lanyards.
A woman, Prof Domitrz, with dark long hair and in dark formal attire, stands behind a lectern with the inscription “VERITATIS SPLENDOR”. Around her neck is a badge on a blue lanyard. In front of her are two microphones and a computer monitor is visible to her right. The background is made up of dark curtains.
A woman, the Deputy Minister of Health, with fair hair, wearing glasses and a dark suit and striped shirt, stands behind a lectern with the inscription “VERITATIS SPLENDOR”. She speaks, smiling gently. In front of her are two microphones, next to her a bottle of water and a glass. In the background, grey curtains and a fragment of a red chair.
An auditorium filled with attendees seated in red chairs. In the front row, five women in different styles. In the background more rows with people, mostly women. To the right, a staircase leading to the upper rows is visible.
A woman, the pro-dean, with light, curly hair and wearing glasses, stands behind a lectern with the inscription “VERITATIS SPLENDOR”. She is dressed in a white shirt and coloured scarf. In front of her are two microphones. Dark curtains are visible in the background. To the right, on a table next to the lectern, stands a water bottle and a cup.
A woman stands on stage and holds a microphone. In the background is a screen with a presentation entitled “Stroke - a clinical and social problem in the context of current recommendations - the role of a clinical speech therapist”. Under the title are the details of the speaker: Izabela Domitrz, Department of Neurology, WUM, Bielański Hospital in Warsaw. To the right of the screen is the logo with Aesculapius' cane.
A group of people sit in rows in the lecture theatre. Some of them are taking notes on paper. Wooden table tops and red chairs are visible.
Lecture hall with participants seated in red chairs facing the podium and screen. On the screen, the WHO definition of stroke. On the left, the banner “National Conference on Clinical Logopaedics”.
On a wooden desk lie two smartphones, a blue pen and a sheet of paper. The top sheet contains the heading “CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 2025”.