医療・介護・福祉現場では，種々の職種が摂食嚥下障害当事者に，見守りも含めた食事介助を行う。しかし，我々 が医療・介護・福祉職と一般市民を対象に以前行なった調査では，言語聴覚士 (ST) と他職種との間で，食事介 助や嚥下リハに対する意識や情報量に有意な差があり，それが医療・介護関連肺炎の反復や窒息事故の一因では ないかと危惧する。 　本研究は，情報量の差が生じる時期とその内容を明らかにする目的で，広島県内の医療・福祉職養成課程とそ れ以外の分野で学ぶ大学生計 530 名に対して，嚥下リハの基礎的情報に関するアンケートを行い，基本属性（学 部・学科，学年等），食事介助の見学・経験，家族・親戚の摂食嚥下障害の経験，嚥下造影・内視鏡の見学経験 との関連を検討した。情報量の差は保健福祉学部内の学生間にもみられた。当事者の安全確保には，学修内容の 工夫等の方策検討が必要と考える。

Every patient with dysphagia is supervised or fed by multidisciplinary staff in various ways at hospitals and facilities. However, there are significant differences of quantity and quality of experiences as well as information and attitudes in regards to appropriate feeding techniques between Speech-Language-Hearing Therapists (ST) and other medical and care staff according to our previous research. Inappropriate feeding environments and techniques could jeopardize dysphagic patients and contribute to recurrent nursing and healthcare-associated pneumonia (NHCAP). The aim of this study was to clarify when and how the differences occur. We investigated 530 university students in Hiroshima prefecture using a true- false quiz of basic knowledge on dysphagia rehabilitation, their specialty and grade, experiences of feeding, family members’ dysphagia, and observation for videofl uorography and videoendoscopy. We found differences in experiences and information even among students studying in the same department. As STs, we should share information as to dysphagia rehabilitation not only with multidisciplinary staff, but also our fellow students more initiatively. It might be necessary for curriculum changes to be made in order to ensure that all staff are able to feed all patients and residents safely.

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