Are you looking to start a SP-led FEES service? Are you looking for a FEES course in Sydney or Brisbane, Australia?
To be a FEES practitioner, you will need to cover essential theory in the procedural aspects of the FEES swallowing study, gain experience in rating abnormal findings and obtain skills in using nasendoscopy to perform FEES. This 2 day FEES course in Sydney and Brisbane, ensures that you cover all the knowledge required to perform FEES competently and safely, gain practice in scoring and interpreting FEES findings and establish skills in using nasendscopy to perform FEES.
Day one covers anatomy, physiology, risk management, FEES protocol and set up, scoring and reporting. Day two consists of hand-on nasendoscopy insertion and completion of 10 FEES procedures (not just insertion). A Learning Management System (LMS) ensures that you have access to all the resources you need including including videos to watch and score, scoresheets, examples of reports, quizzes and activities and a final exam. This gets you well on your way to getting your FEES competency.
Numbers are limited to a maximum of 14 to ensure a personal approach and plenty of guided experience and feedback from a team of experienced FEES practitioners.
This is the only course in Australia designed exclusively for and delivered by Speech Pathologists.
Next FEES courses:
Sydney: Macquarie University Sydney 5-6th March, 2027.
Brisbane: The University of Queensland Medical School, Herston 28-29th November, 2026.
Enroll now, as class sizes are small and places fill up quickly.
The Sydney Swallowing Diagnostics FEES course teaches the knowledge and skills required to practice FEES and enables you to complete some of the components of FEES competency. However, to be able to do FEES independently, competency in nasendoscopy for dysphagia, and FEES interpretation and reporting must be supervised and obtained and then credentialed by your company.
Yes, Sydney Swallowing Diagnostics does supervise and assess competency for nasendoscopy for dysphagia and FEES interpretation. However, this is done with your current clients and can be difficult in some settings. Please contact us for a discussion on how this could be obtained.
The purpose of FEES is not to assess laryngeal pathology. As such, this is not specifically covered in the FEES course. Diagnosing
