Course curriculum

  • 1

    Weekly Session Meeting Registration

    • April Cohort 3:30 pm Registration
  • 2

    Mentorship Case Discussion

    • Weekly Case Discussion Registration: Tuesdays 8pm EST

    • Weekly Patient Planner
  • 3

    2.1 Level II:Anatomy & Kinesiology of the Wrist & Hand

    • Reading

    • 2.1 Level II: Anatomy Wrist & Hand

    • 2.1 Handout/Outline

    • 2.1 audio

    • Case Study: Anatomy Informing Eval & Treatment

    • Quiz 2.1
  • 4

    2.2 Thumb CMC OA

    • Readings

    • Thumb CMC OA

    • 2.2 Handout/Outline

    • Audio

    • Case Study: Thumb CMC OA

    • 2.2 Quiz
  • 5

    Guest Speaker: Dr. Jay Talsania on Thumb CMC OA Management

    • Guest Speaker: Thumb CMC OA
  • 6

    2.3 Elbow Tendinopathy

    • 2.3 Elbow Tendinopathy

    • 2.3 Handout

    • 2.3 Audio

    • 2.3 Case Study: Lateral Tendinopathy

    • 2.3 Quiz
  • 7

    Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Sibley on Elbow Tendinopathies

    • Guest Speaker Dr. Paul Sibley: Lateral Epicondylosis
  • 8

    2.4 Wrist & Hand Tendinopathies

    • Reading

    • Wrist & Hand Tendinopathies

    • 2.4 Handout/Outline

    • 2.4 audio

    • Case Discussion: Trigger Finger Conservative & Post-op

    • 2.4 Quiz
  • 9

    Guest Speaker: Aviva Wolff EdD, OT, CHT on the Injured Musician

    • Guest Speaker Aviva Wolff, EdD, OT, CHT
  • 10

    2.5 Flexor Tendon Injuries: Surgery

    • Readings

    • Flexor Tendon Injuries: Surgery

    • 2.5 Handout/Outline

    • 2.5 audio

    • Case Study: FPL Repair

    • 2.5 Quiz
  • 11

    2.6 Therapy Management of Flexor Tendon Injuries

    • Reading

    • 2.6 Therapy Management for Flexor Tendon Injuries

    • 2.6 Handout

    • 2.6 Audio

    • 2.6 Quiz

    • Case Study: Flexor Tendon Repair

    • Optional Assignment: Case Study

  • 12

    Guest Speakers: Dr. Donald Lalonde on “What’s New in WALANT”

    • Dr. Lalonde: "Whats New in WALANT"

  • 13

    2.7 Extensor Tendon Injuries: Surgical

    • Readings

    • 2.7 Extensor Tendon Injury: Surgical Management

    • 2.7 Handout/Outline

    • 2.7 audio

    • Case Study: Sagittal Band Injury

    • 2.7 Quiz

    • Optional Assignment: Case Studies
  • 14

    2.8 Extensor Tendon: Surgical Management

    • Reading

    • 2.8 Therapy Management for Extensor Tendon Injuries

    • 2.8 Handout/Outline

    • 2.8 Audio

    • 2.8 Case Study: Zone V Extensor Tendon Repair

    • 2.8 Quiz
  • 15

    2.9 Therapy Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries and Repairs

    • Readings

    • Lecture: Peripheral Nerve Injuries and Repairs

    • 2.9 Handout/Outline

    • 2.9 audio

    • 2.9 Case Study: Radial Nerve Palsy

    • 2.9 Quiz
  • 16

    Guest Speaker: Dr. Sibley & Mirella Deisher on Complications s/p Distal Radius Fractures

    • Complications s/p Distal Radius Fracture

    • Audio

  • 17

    2.10 Distal Radius Fractures

    • Reading

    • 2.10 Distal Radius Fractures

    • 2.10 Handout/Outline

    • 2.10 audio

    • 2.10 Case Study: DR Fracture

    • 2.10 Quiz
  • 18

    Guest Speaker: Christos Karagiannopoulos MPT, PhD, ATC, CHT: Sensori Motor Control

    • Reading

    • Guest Speaker on Wrist Sensori-motor control
  • 19

    2.11 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome & Management of the Stiff Hand

    • Reading

    • 2.11 CRPS & Managing the Stiff Hand

    • 2.11 Handouts/Outline

    • 2.11 audio

    • 2.11 Case Study: CRPS

    • Quiz 2.11
  • 20

    Guest Speaker:Robyn Midgley, BSc, OT, AHT, ECHT on CMMS

    • CMMS
  • 21

    2.12 Extraarticular Hand Fractures

    • Reading

    • 2.12 Extraarticular Hand Fractures

    • 2.12 Handout/Outline

    • 2.12 audio

    • Case Study: Extraarticular Fractures

    • 2.12 Quiz
  • 22

    Guest Speaker:Jay Talsania on Wrist & Hand Fractures

    • Dr. Talsania

    • Audio
  • 23

    2.13 Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

    • Reading

    • 2.13 Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

    • 2.13 Handout/Outline

    • 2.13 audio

    • Case Study: RTC Repair

    • 2.13 Quiz
  • 24

    2.14 Neurological Impairments Affecting the Upper Limb & Hand

    • Readings

    • 2.14 Neuro Upper Limb

    • 2.14 Handout/Outline

    • 2.14 Audio Recording

    • Case Study: CVA

    • 2.14 Quiz
  • 25

    Guest Speaker: Dr. Mary Ann Keenan: Surgical Management of Spasticity

    • Dr. Mary Ann Keenan
  • 26

    2.15 Vascular and Lymphatic Disorders, Scleroderma & Pain

    • Readings

    • Pain, CRPS, Scleroderma

    • Lecture Outline

    • Case Study Discussion: Scleroderma

    • 2.15 Quiz

  • 27

    Guest Speaker:Linda Miller, DPT: Manual Lymphatic Drainage

    • "The Use of Manual Lymphatic Therapy in Orthopedic Edemas"
  • 28

    Trimester 2 CHT Practice Exam

    • Exam 2

    • Trimester Exam 2