Doctors Demystify Current Science for Hand Therapists
TOPICS and SCHEDULE for LAKE ARROWHEAD
Thursday, October 26, 2017, Lake Arrowhead
4:00 pm Check in
6:00 pm Reception and dinner
7:45 – 10:00 pm
Introduction
Forearm/hand anatomy video dissection
Lab #1 (see below)
Friday, October 27, 2017, Lake Arrowhead
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am
Science, skepticism, statistics
Shoulder anatomy video dissection
Lab #2 (see below)
Embryology
12:15 pm lunch
1:00 pm
Wound healing
Dupuytren’s/keloid/scar
Z-plasty lab
Bone biology
3:00 pm Break
6:00 Questions and answers, 6:30 pm Dinner
7:45 pm – 10:00 pm
Wrist anatomy, kinesiology
Lab #3 (see below)
Saturday, October 28, 2017; Lake Arrowhead
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am
Nerve biology, micro repair
Shoulder anatomy video
Nerve organization
Lab #4 (see below)
Material science
12:15 pm Lunch
1 pm
Science of modalaties
Joint biomechanics
Tendon repair technique
Tendon repair lab
Muscle and tendon mechanics
Tendon healing
3:15 pm Break
6:00 pm Q and A; 6:30 pm Dinner
7:45 pm
Tendon healing
Lab #5 (see below)
Sunday, October 29, 2017, Lake Arrowhead
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 am
Vessel healing, physiology
Flaps and grafts
Limb transplantation
Tissue engineering
Finding valid on-line medical information
Basic Science Concentration
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Depart
Lab Sessions
1. Doctor Is In (small group discussions), Anatojeopardy I, Connective Tissue Video Histology, Forearm and Hand Anatomy Posters
2. Doctor Is In, Anatojeopardy II, Nerve Video Histology, Name That Carpal, Collagen Cross-Link Model
3. Doctor is In, Anatojeopardy III, Cartilage Video Histology, Shoulder Anatomy Posters, Brachial Plexus Model
4. Doctor Is In, Anatojeopardy IV, Muscle Video Histology, Tenodesis Demonstration, Tenodesis Model
5. Doctor is In, Anatojeopardy V, Skin Video Histology, Fracture Fixation Demonstration, Stiffness Posters