Hands On Orthotics Course – Akron, OH

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.