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– Peter Drucker

Home Study

ASHT offers online and home study courses that are flexible, clinical, affordable, comprehensive and relevant. You will have all the advantages of receiving the most current information available from highly regarded hand therapy and surgery specialists. Topics focus on providing basic science as well as practical and clinically relevant information to use in your daily practice. All courses are designed for rehabilitation practitioners needing an update and review. The field of rehabilitation changes constantly, and these courses provide a way to keep current without leaving your practice.

Cadaver Demonstration CDs

Cadaver III: The Plexopathy Patient
Summary: The Plexopathy Patient: Brachial Plexus Dissection, Evaluation and Treatment Strategy

Cadaver IV: Osteoarthritis & Rheumatoid Arthritis
Summary: Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Surgical Demonstrations and Therapeutic Management is ideal for hand therapists looking to obtain or renew their Hand Therapy certification.

Webinars 

ASHT offers a library of recorded webinars available for purchase. The presentations cover a broad range of topics including Graded Motor Imagery, Theraputic Taping and Small Joint Arthroscopy. Attendees earn 1 CE hour for each webinar.

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Journal Club

Members of ASHT are invited to join the Journal Club Chat. This is an opportunity to review and chat online about a Journal of Hand Therapy article. Each discussion is held in chat format and is facilitated by a moderator. Members who participate in the chat earn one 1 CE hour for each Journal Chat.

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For more home study materials including the Test Prep for the CHT Exam, 3rd Edition visit the ASHT store.

Additional Reference Materials

The following materials are available for purchase directly through Amazon.com. These publications serve as reference materials only and are not specifically endorsed by ASHT.

Athletic and Sport Issues in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Magee, D. and Manske, R. and Zachazewski, J. and Quillen, W., 2010

Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice
Law, Mary and MacDermid, J., 2007

Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Practice (3rd Edition) (Foundations Of Clinical Research)
Portney, G and Watkins, M., 2007

Fundamentals of Hand Therapy: Clinical Reasoning and Treatment Guidelines for Common Diagnoses of the Upper Extremity
Cooper, C., 2006

Hand Pearls
Concannon, M and Hurov, Jack

Hand Rehabilitation in Occupational Therapy
Cromwell, F., 1988

Hand Secrets
Jebson, P and Kasdan, M., 2006

Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide
Burke, S. and Higgins, J. and McClinton, M. and Saunders, R., 2005

Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide
Clark, G. and Wilgis, E.F. and Aiello, B., 1993

Hands on Sports Therapy
Ward, K., 2004

Hunter, Mackin & Callahan's Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity (2 Volume Set)
Mackin, E. and Callahan, A. and Osterman, A. Lee and Skirven, T., 2002

Introduction to Splinting: A Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving Approach
Coppard & Lohman, 2007

Interactive Hand: Therapy Edition
Colditz, J., 1999

Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation
Neumann, D., 2009

Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention and Diagnosis, 5th Edition
Michlovitz, S. and Bellew, J. and Nolan Jr., T.

Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention (Contemporary Perspectives in Rehabilitation)
Michlovitz, S. and Nolan, T., 2005

Movement System Impairment Syndromes of the Extremities, Cervical and Thoracic Spines
Sahrmann, S., 2010

Muscles: Testing and Function, with Posture and Pain
Kendall, F.P. and McCreary, E.K. and Provance, P.G., 2005

Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing Motor Performance
Carr, J. and Shepherd, R., 2010

Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, 4th Edition
Donatelli, R. and Wooden, M., 2009

Physical Agents in Rehabilitation - Text with Electrical Stimulation, Ultrasound and Laser Light Handbook Package: From Research to Practice
Cameron, M., 2006

Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, 2-Volume Set
Skirven, T. and Osterman, A. and Fedorczyk, J. and Amadio, P., 2010

Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Limb
Conolly, W. and Prosser, R., 2003

Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications
Carter, R. and Lubinsky, J. and Domholdt, E., 2010

Special Tests in Musculoskeletal Examination
Hattam, P. and Smeatham, A., 2010

The Hand: Fundamentals of Therapy
Boscheinen-Morrin, J. and Conolly, W.B ., 2001

Splinting the Hand and Upper Extremity: Principles and Process
Jacobs, M. and Austin, N., 2002