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Acknowledgements
The work undertaken to prepare this paper was funded by a
Victorian Travelling Fellowship, awarded to the author in
2007–2009 by the Department of Human Services
(Department of Health), Victoria, and Victorian Quality
Council. The subject of the fellowship was titled “Developing
a consistent and coordinated approach to advancing clinical
roles to maximise safety and quality of healthcare for
patients”. The author would like to thank the speech
pathology staff at Austin Health for their support and
contributions to the fellowship project. She would also like to
thank Associate Professor Jennifer Oates, Marie Atherton
and Gail Mulcair for their contributions to the work
undertaken during the fellowship, and their thoughtful
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Michelle Cimoli is a speech pathologist who has worked in the
area of adult dysphagia since 2000, and who currently works at
Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria. She is also a Masters of Applied
Science (by research) candidate, enrolled at La Trobe University.
Correspondence to:
Michelle Cimoli
Austin Health
Speech Pathology Department
PO Box 5555
Heidelberg VIC 3084
email: