Optimizing Pediatric Behavioral Assessments: Standardization, Documentation and Quality Assurance
Description
This course will examine how standardised behavioral assessment protocols and robust documentation practices support patient safety, diagnostic accuracy, and service quality in pediatric audiology. Drawing on the clinical and scientific foundations of developmental assessment, we will explore strategies for ensuring assessments are both effective and age appropriate. Practical approaches to quality assurance will be reviewed, highlighting methods to enhance consistency, reliability, and clinical governance across pediatric audiology services.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how standardization of practice and documentation underpins patient safety, diagnostic accuracy, and service quality in pediatric audiology.
- Evaluate the key clinical and scientific principles that define effective, safe, and developmentally appropriate behavioural assessments in infants and children.
- Critique practical quality assurance strategies which can be implemented into clinical workflows to improve consistency, reliability, and clinical governance in pediatric audiology.
Presenter
Michael East
Michael is an Audiologist and Clinical Scientist from the UK with many years of experience working in senior clinical audiology positions within the National Health Service, specialising in both paediatrics and vestibular assessment/rehabilitation. He holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Southampton and Aston University respectively and completed the UK’s National School of Healthcare Science “Scientist Training Programmeâ€; leading to his registration as a Clinical Scientist. Since joining the Academy in 2024, Michael has presented at several international scientific conferences, guest lectured at academic institutions and led courses on a wide range of topics in the field of audiology.
