X-ray Dissection for Improved Clinical Care

Wednesday, September 16, 2020


6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Pacific Timezone

This course is a review of how radiology images are made and what to look for in the elbow, forearm, wrist, digits, and thumb images that will guide therapy intervention.

Presenters: Marsha Lawrence, PT, DPT, CHT and Diane Coker, PT, DPT, CHT

Registration for this course is now closed

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CEU: 2 contact hour 
Certificates will be emailed after completion.

Cost: 
FREE for 2020 HTACA members
$20 for non-members

Deadline for RSVP: September 14

Marsha Lawrence earned her B.S. in Physical Therapy from the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago in 1978.  She earned her CHT in 1991 and her DPT from Arcadia University in PA in 2017.  She has practiced in a variety of settings including Burn Care in at Cook County Hospital and University of Chicago Hospitals, Pediatrics at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Hand Rehabilitation at the Curtiss National Hand Center, University of Massachusetts, Fallon Health Care in Worcester, MA, University of Iowa Health and private practice in suburban Kansas City. She authored “Orthopedic Management of the Wrist Hand “ in Fundamental Orthopedic Management for the Physical Therapist Assistant, in 2011, 2016 and has recently submitted an update for an upcoming edition; and co-authored a clinical practice guideline for conservative management of carpal tunnel syndrome and “Therapists management of nerve compressions at the wrist” in the Seventh edition of Rehabilitation of the Hand.  She is presently the payment and practice chair of the APTA Hand Academy and also serves as their Federal Affairs Liaison.  She has also recently been named to the APTA Public Policy and Advocacy Committee.

Diane Coker graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy, and obtained her CHT credential in 1991.  She obtained her clinical doctorate degree in physical therapy from Drexel University in 2007.  Diane is actively involved in educational activities for hand therapists.  She has served as clinical faculty for both Loma Linda University and Stanbridge University.  She is co-founder for the Southern Orange County Hand Therapy Study Group, a local networking organization for hand therapists.  She has been an invited speaker for national and international organizations on various topics related to hand therapy.  She is a member in good standing with the American Physical Therapy Association, American Society of Hand Therapists, and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.  Diane is currently serving as vice president for ASHT.

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