COM Interdisciplinary Collaboration & Referral Protocols Flashcards
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How should a COM best coordinate care with a concurrent speech-language therapy program?
Answer: Share assessment data and align complementary goals to prevent conflicting approaches
Sharing assessment findings and aligning complementary goals with the speech-language pathologist ensures that myofunctional and speech therapy approaches support rather than undermine each other.
Why is physician medical clearance important before initiating myofunctional therapy in a medically complex patient?
Answer: It ensures therapy is safe and clinically appropriate for the patient's medical conditions
Medical clearance ensures that orofacial myofunctional therapy is both safe and appropriate for the individual patient, particularly when complex medical conditions are present.
Which rehabilitation professional may co-treat a patient with orofacial hypotonia alongside a COM?
Answer: Occupational or physical therapist
Occupational or physical therapists frequently co-treat patients with orofacial hypotonia, as they address systemic motor and sensory integration issues that directly influence orofacial function.
What is the COM's primary contribution to a multidisciplinary cleft palate team?
Answer: Evaluating and treating orofacial myofunctional patterns affecting speech and feeding
Within a cleft palate team, the COM's primary contribution is evaluating and treating myofunctional patterns affecting speech and feeding, complementing the structural interventions of other team members.
What is the most professional way for a COM to maintain relationships with referring providers?
Answer: Providing timely, clear written progress reports on shared patients
Providing timely written progress reports is the professional standard for maintaining referring provider relationships and ensuring coordinated, transparent patient care.
What is the appropriate COM response when signs of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) are identified in a patient?
Answer: Refer the patient to a dentist or oral medicine specialist experienced in TMD management
TMD requires referral to a dentist or oral medicine specialist for proper diagnosis and management, as this falls outside the COM's professional scope of practice.