RECORDED WEBINAR SUMMARY 

Introduction to Hand Therapy and Splinting Technique (Basic Level)

This course will cover common hand diagnosis presented to OT’s and give you the skills to assess the patient, design a treatment plan and know when to refer on. It will also cover basic splint patterns and give you a further appreciation of factors to consider when designing and splinting patients.  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is designed for the therapist who is either interested in exploring a new hand therapy role, or for someone who is exposed to the occasional “hand” patient and wants to gain more expertise. It is also designed for the university student who wants to bridge the gap between university and work. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the completion of this course, therapists will; 

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of upper limb anatomy 

• Complete an initial assessment with a patient 

• Apply clinical reasoning to plan a treatment approach 

• Identify the purpose of splinting and know which materials to use and what “off the shelf” splints are available 

PRESENTERS

Melanie Thomas

Melanie graduated from La Trobe University in 2005, with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy and has been working in Hand Therapy for over 10 years. She has been based in a busy Melbourne public hospital, as well as 5 concurrent years in private practice, for a well respected sports medicine clinic.  

Her experience has included working with Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Neuro Surgery units, with a range of acute and chronic conditions of the upper limb. She has enjoyed working with state and national level athletes, to help them recover and return to sport as quickly as possible. 

Melanie also has an interest in working with expectant and new mums around prevention and treatment of De Quervain’s and carpal tunnel syndrome. 

Jennifer Mathais

Jennifer has specialised in Hand and Upper Limb rehabilitation for over 25 years. She has cemented her knowledge by completing post graduate studies, participating in research projects, and being the co-author of medical journals. She has run Melbourne Hand Therapy for the last 25 years. She now enjoys lecturing and doing presentations to Surgeons, GP’s and graduating therapists.

CPD HOURS:
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 2

DATES: 
This is a recorded webinar session that was held on 16 November 2021

ACCESS:
This resource is run through our external learning platform - Learn Book. All registrants will receive an email containing information on how to set up their online course account and/ or a notification that a course has been allocated to them.

You will be assigned an access period of 12 weeks to complete this online course upon activation.

Please be sure to check all email folders including junk and clutter. 

To ensure you receive all correspondence we recommend registering for this workshop with a personal email address.

REGISTRATION FEES & INCLUSIONS

FEES:

Member $90
Member Student & New Graduate $80
Non Member: $120

^{(All pricing is inclusive of GST)}

Members must be logged in with username and password in order to register at the member rate.

DISCLAIMER

All information is correct at the time of publication. OTA reserves the right to alter or delete items from the CPD calendar as required, and takes no responsibility for any errors, omissions and changes.

All workshop resources including copies of the presentation, along with all supporting documents and links are not for distribution and are the property of the presenter.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS (T&C)

T&C's are available here

CONTACT US

Please direct all enquiries to info@otaus.com.au or phone 1300 682 878