ASHT Blog
Posted by Courtney Retzer Vargo, OTD, OTR/L, CHT on May 05, 2020
I traveled to Lusaka, Zambia as a part of an all-volunteer surgical team in September 2017. We worked alongside the excellent local medical staff at Beit CURE Hospital of Zambia on the outskirts of the city, offering free and low-cost pediatric orthopedic and plastic surgery. The vast majority of…
Posted by Stacy Baker MOT, OTR/L, CHT on April 27, 2020
As therapists, our education and backgrounds span many areas, but current marketing trends are not typically one of them. If you want your practice to thrive, you need to utilize the present trends such as social media outlets. Social media has evolved over the years and now has become a great…
Posted by Mo Herman, MA, OTR/L, CHT on April 20, 2020
Appreciation
ASHT is a volunteer-led organization recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in advancing the science and practice of hand and upper extremity therapy. This recognition would simply not be possible without the commitment of all of our volunteers.
To each and every…
Posted by Kendyl Brock Hunter, OTR/L, CHT on April 07, 2020
Let’s celebrate OT Month with the hand therapists in our organization and with those who collaborate with them to ensure solidarity within our healthcare arena.
We are stronger when we work together. Collaboration serves us all, as our voice is greater when echoed throughout various channels. It is…
Posted by Michele Auch, OTR/L, CHT on April 03, 2020
One of my leisure occupations is sewing. When I learned this weekend (3/21/20) that some U.S. hospitals and medical facilities have reached out to the sewing community at large to ask sewers to make fabric surgical face masks, I was on board.
As an occupational therapist, I know that stress…