Course Details
Title: Hands On Orthotics – Akron, OH
Date: February 18, 2017
Time: 8 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Summa Health Center at Green
Green Education Classroom
3838 Massillon Road
Uniontown, OH 44685
Registration for this course is now closed. To be placed on a waiting list, contact education@asht.org. Thank-you.
Instructors
Stephanie Strouse, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Romina Astifidis, MS, PT, CHT
Course description
Hands on Orthotics is a lab-intensive, customized course designed to improve orthotic fabrication skills. Participants receive a course manual, and orthoses are customized according to the class.
Objectives
- Course participants will demonstrate ability to fabricate seven custom orthoses
- Course participants will identify indications/contraindications of above orthoses
- Course participants will demonstrate knowledge of practical applications of orthoses
Orthoses:
- Sugar tong/munster brace
- Hand based CMC/thumb
- Wrist splint
- Forearm based thumb
- Resting splints
- Anterior elbow
- Posterior elbow/long arm
Registration Fee
Members $280
Non-Members $325
Attendees can earn up to 8 continuing education hours/0.8 CEUs.
Registration is on a first come first served basis. Limited enrollment is planned to ensure quality of course and ample instructor-participant attention. Cancellation of registration up to two weeks prior to course date will result in a refund minus a $50 cancellation fee. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS ESTABLISHED DEADLINE. It is the responsibility of the registrant to notify ASHT of cancellation in writing or by email to education@asht.org. Refunds will be issued within 30 days of notification. In the unlikely event that a course is canceled, ASHT will provide full refund of the registration fee only.
All grievances may be directed to the ASHT Education Division by sending an email to:
education@asht.org.
For further information or questions regarding this course, contact education@asht.org or call 856-380-6862.