Basic Splinting

Auckland

Workshop Description

This course is designed for those with little or no experience in handling thermoplastic splinting materials, or those wishing to enhance their skills and efficiency at static splint design and fabrication.

It is a practical, interactive one-day workshop, designed to give all participants a good understanding of the theoretical principles of splinting and know how to apply these to their area of Hand Therapy practice.

Each splint taught in this workshop has been carefully selected to arm you with skills to use in your day-to-day practice. You will learn about clinical applications for these various splints, clinical reasoning around splint selection and design options, tips and tricks, while having a fun, interactive day with colleagues from across the country.

Splinting truly is our point of difference as Hand Therapists. Enhancing your skill and confidence with splinting will certainly enhance your hand therapy practice.

This course has been approved by Hand Therapy New Zealand.

Presented by: Alison Coyle

Participants will have practical experience of fabricating a variety of static splints, such as:

Resting Pan Mitt
POSI Splint
Hand-Based Splint
Thumb Spica
Relative Motion Splint
Wrist Cock-Up Splint
A Variety of Finger Splints

(Costs include all materials, course workbook and light lunch)

Previous Participants Testimonials

This course was excellent. It met all my expectations. The course was well presented and the pace of the teaching allowed me time to make each splint. The hands on feedback was very valuable to me.

Loved the little tips and tricks that we gained from Alison’s extensive experience.

The day after the course I made my first dorsal ventral splint on a patient. It was perfect for her. Thank you Alison.

I found the practical aspects of this course invaluable to me. I came away with the skills needed to be able handle thermoplastic materials and make common splints for my practice.