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Liz Mariner – Specialist Speech and Language Therapist An evaluation of practice in the treatment

• f facial palsy following stroke

Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Greater Manchester

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Project aims and objectives

Aims: Mixed methods service evaluation of facial therapy following stroke Objectives: Does treatment result in improvement on objective measure What are staff attitudes to treatment? Long term – would like facial palsy in RCP Stroke Guideline

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Project plan

What have you achieved so far?

• Literature review almost complete
• Data collection complete

What are your plans for the second half of the internship?

• Data analysis
• Qualitative data - interviews

What support you might need from CLAHRC.

• Support with statistics

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Lessons learned

• Under researched topic
• Speed and efficiency
• Benefits of protected time
• My skills

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Obstacles/challenges

• Time
• Guilt
• Shifting between clinical practice and project

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Key achievements:

• Stroke conference poster
• Networking
• Gathering new local data
• Contributing to development of new pathways
• Meeting Audrey Bowen