3-Day Educational Tutorial

Hand Rehabilitation Foundation is proud to offer a 3-day educational tutorial at the Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center.  Tutorial participants will shadow the surgeons and therapists in the office, in surgery and in therapy.  Supplementing the 3-day observation are structured learning opportunities including hands-on labs, didactic sessions and splint fabrication. Participants can select from a menu of topics based on their needs and interests.  Participants will earn 24 contact hours (8 hours per day).

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Click to register for the January 30-February 1, 2023 Tutorial
Click to register for the April 17-19, 2023 Tutorial  FULL
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to register for the May 1-3, 2023 Tutorial – FULL
Click  to register for the June 5-7, 2023 Tutorial –
FULL

Menu of Topics

DIDACTIC SESSIONS

  • Rehabilitation following flexor tendon repairs
  • Rehabilitation following extensor tendon repairs
  • Wrist Rehabilitation – selected topics
  • Rehabilitation for finger fractures
  • Clinical Exam of the wrist
  • Clinical exam of the hand
  • Clinical exam of the elbow
  • Neurodynamic Assessment

ORTHOSIS LABS

  • Relative motion orthosis
  • Static wrist/thumb splints
  • Sugar tong/Munster splints
  • Contracture correction orthosis: wrist
  • Contracture correction orthosis: fingers
  • Peripheral nerve injury orthosis: radial nerve palsy
  • Peripheral nerve injury orthosis: ulnar nerve palsy
  • Peripheral nerve injury orthosis: median nerve palsy
  • Specialized wrist orthoses (mid-carpal stabilization and scaphoid mobilization)
  • Other (please specify and we will accommodate if possible)

Schedule
(Subject to change based on Physician availability)

Day Date Provider Location
Monday 1/30/23 A. Osterman KOP Office
Tuesday 1/31/23 A. Osterman KOP Sx Cntr
Wednesday 2/1/23 Therapy KOP Therapy
Monday 4/17/23 A. Osterman KOP Office
Tuesday 4/18/23 A. Osterman KOP Sx Cntr
Wednesday 4/19/23 Therapy KOP Therapy
Monday 5/1/23 A. Osterman KOP Office
Tuesday 5/2/23 A. Osterman KOP Sx Cntr
Wednesday 5/3/23 Therapy KOP Therapy
Monday 6/5/23 A. Osterman KOP Office
Tuesday 6/6/23 A. Osterman KOP Sx Cntr
Wednesday 6/7/23 Therapy KOP Therapy