Role of occupation based practice in a hand therapy setting

Develop clinical practice skills in hand therapy for traumatic brain injuries, emphasizing scar management, biomechanics, occupation-based treatment, and outpatient protocols from the Indiana Hand Diagnosis and Treatment Manual.

Explore how occupation-based practice anchors occupational therapy and supports evidence-based methods in hand therapy. Learn to review literature, craft an annotated bibliography, and create patient education materials for metacarpal osteoarthritis.

Apply occupation-based practice to assess functional outcomes using the CFS, set smart goals, and track progress through activity analysis and discharge scores in hand therapy.

Demonstrate competence and independence in orthotic fabrication for outpatient hand therapy, selecting materials, fitting safely, considering pressure points, managing wound care, and educating patients.

Develop an evidence-based patient education handout for conservative management of CMC osteoarthritis in a hand therapy setting at Des Moines orthopedic surgeons.

Create a concise one-page front-and-back patient education handout on thumb CMC osteoarthritis using lay terms and visuals, covering joint protection, activity modification, and four ps.

Explore the importance of occupation-based treatment in hand therapy, identify barriers to its implementation, review two conservative strategies for thumb CMC osteoarthritis, and explain why patients seek treatment or surgery.

Promote occupation-based hand therapy through dynamic, task-focused care that improves pain, range of motion, and tasks, addressing barriers and outlining splints, joint protection, energy conservation, and heat for cmc osteoarthritis.

Summarize occupation based practice in hand therapy for outpatient settings by an occupational therapy practitioner, and present references for continued learning.