ASHT Blog
Posted by Kristin A Valdes, OTD, OTR, CHT on May 07, 2014
Are you among the ASHT members who have been using OrthoEvidence to find research to support practice? If not, there’s still time to take advantage of this opportunity. OrthoEvidence is the global online source for evidence-based orthopedic summaries, pre-appraised by orthopaedic medical experts.…
Posted by Nora E. Barrett, MS, OTR/L, CHT on April 17, 2014
During the weekend of April 11-13, 80 eager occupational and physical therapists from across the country came to St. Louis for the three-day Hand Therapy Review Course. The course faculty, comprised of therapists local to the St. Louis area and ASHT volunteers from the midwest and east coast,…
Posted by Dorit H Aaron, OTR, MA, CHT, FAOTA on March 25, 2014
Do we all have those moments when we have these great ideas about what our society should or could do? Do we share those ideas with our friends, many of whom agree and contribute their own suggestions? Can you imagine what our society would be like if we captured all those ideas floating out there…
Posted by ASHT on March 06, 2014
Students from the College of Mount St. Joseph’s physical therapy, Xavier University’s occupational therapy and the University of Cincinnati’s physical therapy programs recently competed in the third annual Crosstown Splint Off – a competition that challenges students to use three different splint…
Posted by Ginger Clark, OTR, CHT on February 06, 2014
It was my honor to serve as ASHT’s Historian during our 20th Anniversary in 1997. During that time, I had the opportunity to put together a scrapbook of pictures and remembrances from our first 20 years. I was struck by the incredible progress our society had made during those years – from the six…