No specific standardized protocol currently exists for the assessment of dysphagia competence across healthcare disciplines.¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across the 11 included records, no standardized protocol was identified for assessing dysphagia competence across healthcare providers. → Hazelwood R. Jordan 2025

Evidence¶

Hazelwood R. Jordan 2025¶

Hazelwood R. Jordan, Robinson Garnet F., Wolford George W., Smith Rebecca F. (2025). Assessment of Dysphagia Management Competence among Healthcare Providers: A Scoping Review. Dysphagia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-025-10835-1

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review's synthesis of its 11 included records, identified through searches of PubMed, CINAHL, Digital Commons Network, and WorldCat, found that "no specific standardized protocol currently exists for the assessment of dysphagia competence across healthcare disciplines."

"Our search identified 11 final records, demonstrating the limited existing literature. Overall, no specific standardized protocol currently exists for the assessment of dysphagia competence across healthcare disciplines."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The scoping review's database searches identified 1,277 records, of which 11 were included in the final corpus for data extraction. — related
• The reviewed competency assessments can be classified into three categories: broad assessments, narrow assessments, and unclear or unspecified assessments. — related
• A prominent trend was the reliance on competency metrics that involved expert observation of specific clinical skills, with a notable absence of comprehensive measures combining broad scope and operationally defined skill sets. — related
• Twenty-two studies were included from 1,286 screened records, with heterogeneous designs and disciplines — related