Splinting design and fabrication in physical disabilities.
An experienced Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant describes an identified need for splinting education for occupational therapists and students working in a multiclinic department. The occupational therapists, who are a responsible for treating patients on weekends and holidays, needed to maintain competency and consistency in completing splinting requests for a wide variety of medical and surgical services in a teaching hospital. The methods for developing and implementing a quarterly inservice program and its results are described.
Plastic and Orthopedic Surgery and Burn Services, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals.
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