Course curriculum

  • 1

    Orientation & Mobile App

    • Mobile App

    • Weekly Opportunities

    • Orientation

    • Live Closed Captions
  • 2

    Sunday Sessions: Foundational Knowledge & Guided Application

    • Timester 1: Guided Case Discussion

    • September 2026 Registration | Sundays 2-3 pm ET

    • Handouts & Lecture Synthesis Table
  • 3

    Mentorship

    • Group Mentorship Sessions

    • Periodic Check-In 1:1

    • Self Assessment: Critical Thinking in Hand Therapy

    • Mentorship Needs Assessment
  • 4

    Syllabus & Workbook

    • 2026 Syllabus

    • Trimester 1 Workbook: Foundations
  • 5

    Baseline Exam

    • Exam Link
  • 6

    1.1 Basic Anatomy of Wrist and Hand (Part I)

    • 1.1 Basic Anatomy of Wrist and Hand (part 1)

    • 1.1 Handout

    • 1.1 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.1 audio

    • Case Study: Malunion Distal Radius Fracture

    • Quiz 1.1

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentation: 3D Printing in Hand Therapy
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    1.2 Basic Anatomy of the Wrist & Hand (Part II)

    • 1.2 Basic Anatomy of Wrist and Hand part 2

    • 1.2 Handout

    • 1.2 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • Drawing the Extensor Mechanism

    • 1.2 audio

    • Case Study: Stiff Hand

    • 1.2 Quiz

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentation: Hand Surgeon David Miller, MD
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    1.3 Clinical Assessment Hand & Wrist

    • 1.3 Clinical Assessment of the Wrist & Hand

    • 1.3 Handout

    • 1.3 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.3 audio

    • Case Study: Wrist Pain/Work Injury

    • 1.3 quiz
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    Week 3 Lab: Provocative Tests by Wrist Zone

    • Carpal Palpation

    • Dorsoradial Zone

    • Central Dorsal Zone

    • Ulnodorsal Zone

    • Radial & Ulnar Volar Zones

    • Ortho Hand Surgeon's Exam

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    1.4 Basic Anatomy of Elbow, PRUJ, Forearm

    • 1.4 Anatomy & Biomechanics of the Elbow

    • 1.4 Handout

    • 1.4 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.4 audio

    • 1.4 Case Study Olecranon Fracture

    • 1.4 Quiz
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    1.5 Clinical Exam of the Elbow

    • Clinical Exam of the Elbow

    • Handout

    • 1.5 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.5 audio

    • 1.5 Case Study: Lateral Tendinopathy

    • 1.5 Quiz

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentation: Clinical Research
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    Week 5 Lab: Elbow Exam

    • Differential Tissue assessment

    • Varus & Valgus Stress Tests

    • Scratch Collapse

    • Elbow Exam

    • Joint Play: RH Anterior Glide

    • Joint Play: RH Posterior Glide

    • Joint Play: RH Inferior Glide

    • Joint Play: RH Superior Glide

    • Median Nerve Trajectory

    • Ulnar Nerve Trajectory

    • Radial Nerve Trajectory
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    1.6 Shoulder Anatomy & Biomechanics

    • 1.6 Anatomy & Biomechanics of the Shoulder

    • 1.6 Handout

    • 1.6 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.6 audio

    • 1.6 Case Study: Shoulder Dislocation

    • 1.6 Quiz
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    1.7 Shoulder Clinical Exam

    • 1.7 Shoulder Clinical Exam

    • 1.7 Handout

    • 1.7 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.7 audio

    • Case Study: Shoulder Exam

    • 1.7 Quiz

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentation: Developmental Milestones of Upper Limb Function
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    Week 7 Lab: Shoulder Exam

    • Cervical Distraction/Compression

    • Spurlings

    • Myotomes

    • Shoulder RROM

    • Drop Arm

    • Empty Can

    • Lift Off

    • Belly Press

    • Lower Trap MMT

    • Middle Trap

    • Serratus Test- Plus Sign

    • Serratus: Resisted Functional Flexion

    • Neer Impingement Test

    • Hawkins Kennedy: Impingement

    • Sulcus Test

    • A/P Laxity

    • Clunk Test: Labrum

    • Crank: Labrum

    • Jerk Sign: Labrum
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    1.8 Soft Tissue Healing & Wound Healing

    • 1.8 Soft Tissue Healing

    • 1.8 Handout

    • 1.8 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.8 audio

    • Case Study: Thumb CMC Arthroplasty

    • 1.8 Quiz
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    1.9 Bone Healing

    • 1.9 Bone Healing

    • 1.9 Handout

    • 1.9 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.9 Audio

    • Case Study: Fracture

    • Quiz 1.9
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    1.10 Biopsychosocial Model in Hand Therapy

    • 1.10 Biopsychosocial Model in Hand Therapy

    • 1.10 Handout

    • 1.10 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.10 audio

    • 1.10 Case Study: CRPS

    • Quiz 1.10

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentation: Rethinking Common Shoulder & Elbow Pathologies
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    1.11 Peripheral Nerve Compression Neuropathies & Therapy Management

    • 1.11 Peripheral Nerve Compression

    • 1.11 Handout

    • 1.11 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.11 audio

    • Case Study: Neuropathy s/p Trauma

    • 1.11 Quiz

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentation: Peripheral Nerve Compressions
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    1.12 Compression Neuropathies of the Wrist

    • Compression Neuropathies of the Wrist

    • Handout

    • 1.12 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • Audio

    • Case Study: Wrist-Level Neuropathy

    • Quiz 1.12
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    Office Hours & Mentorship

    • Group Mentorship Sessions

    • Periodic Check-In 1:1

  • 22

    1.13 Compression Neuropathies of the Elbow

    • Compression Neuropathies of the Elbow

    • 1.13 Handout

    • 1.13 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.13 audio

    • Case Study: Elbow-Level Neuropathy

    • 1.13 Quiz

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentation: Pain & the 4 S’s
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    1.14 Brachial Plexus

    • Brachial Plexus Anatomy & Pathology

    • Handout

    • 1.14 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.14 audio

    • Case Study: Brachial Plexus Contusion

    • 1.14 Quiz
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    1.15 Treatment Techniques

    • Treatment Techniques

    • 1.15 Handout

    • 1.15 Lecture Synthesis Table

    • 1.15 Audio

    • Case Study: Amputation

    • 1.15 Quiz

    • Paired Expert Guest Presentations: Soft Tissue Mobilization & Exercise

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    1.16 Trimester Exam 1

    • Trimester 1 Exam