HANDSIGHTS
Heads Up Announcement!
ASSH Offers Affiliate Membership for Hand Therapists
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand will begin accepting affiliate members October 1, 2008.
“In the clinical setting, the relationship between hand surgeons and hand therapists is a true partnership from which our patients benefit enormously. For many patients, the result of their surgical treatment is as much related to the weeks of post operative therapy as to the actual surgical procedure,” said Dr. Steven Glickel, president of ASSH. “It is appropriate that hand surgeons and therapists will now be able to be members of the same professional organization and, as we do in the office and hospital, work side by side to expand hand surgery knowledge and improve patient care.”
“This exciting new affiliate membership category gives hand therapists a viable presence in ASSH and facilitates opportunities for professional collaboration on mutual initiatives that advance evidence-based practice and research,” said Judith Bell Krotoski, OTR, FAOTA, CHT, and Elaine Fess MS, OTR. FAOTA, CHT. “ASSH initially served as a model and catalyst for the founding hand therapists to achieve advanced standards and improved patient care. This new membership category does not replace the therapists’ professional society, ASHT. Instead, ASSH meetings and resources afford hand therapists unique and enriched learning opportunities.”
Membership perks include: a subscription to the Journal of Hand Surgery, reduced prices for educational opportunities, networking, and the ability to serve on ASSH committees.
There are several requirements for the affiliate membership with ASSH. These include:
· Members must be fully licensed as an allied healthcare professional (i.e., hand therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or registered nurse).
· The therapist must specialize in the treatment and rehabilitation of disorders of the upper limbs.
· Hand therapists must maintain membership in the American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT).
· The therapist must be of high moral, ethical, and professional standing, as attested to by an active member of the Hand Society. Potential affiliate members will need a reference letter from a current ASSH Active member as an application requirement.
Applications will be available September 1, 2008. The first class will receive membership in October, 2008. More information will be shared on the ASSH Website, including the application, and the HANDSIGHTS Website as information becomes available. Stay tuned.
Be sure to register for the noon therapist sessions Thursday and Friday of the ASSH meetings in order to be assured attendance. Space may be limited.
63rd Annual Meeting
American Society for Surgery of
the Hand
September 18-20, 2008 Chicago, IL
www.assh.org, mail. or fax in.
HANDSIGHTS
Network Session
Thursday, September 18, 11:45 - 12:45 p.m.
All therapists attending the ASSH Meeting Welcome!
Therapist Forum on
Evidence-Based Practice Session
Friday, September 19, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
All therapists attending the ASSH Meeting Welcome!
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HANDSIGHTS Mission
By focusing on the science of hand therapy as correlated with hand surgery,
we aim to increase therapist networking with hand surgeons, promote more
collaborative participation in scientific papers and presentations, and increase
therapist interest in attending the American Society For Surgery of the Hand
Annual Meetings (ASSH), where the hand therapists first organized beginning
San Francisco, in
1974. Established October, 2002
For questions or information about HANDSIGHTS, email admin@handsights.org
Therapists, surgeons, or
interested
allied health professionals are invited to participate.
Check
out new information
with online help for understanding and calculating statistics!
Information
Therapists attending recent ASSH meetings have developed a
Special
Interest Group of
Hand Therapists
attending the Surgery
meetings.
This group is not organized under the auspices of any previous therapy organization, and consists
of therapists interested in attending the surgery
meetings every year, and seeing more therapy representation. This group
hopes to take advantage of the known knowledge and interest of therapists already attending
the American Society For Surgery of the Hand Annual Conference,
and, through interactive planning, help move therapists
forward on "evidenced based practice".
The American Society of Hand Therapists
began at the ASSH Meeting, and continues to formally
plan combined meeting with ASSH every 5 years (see asht.org for year 2005). HANDSIGHTS
initiatives are focused on on the
four in-between combined meetings, when therapist activities at
the ASSH meeting are
not otherwise being organized.
The next scheduled HANDSIGHTS meeting will be at the
ASSH Annual Conference in 2010. Return to this site for details. There will not be a
formal HANDSIGHTS meeting in the year 2009 because HANDSIGHTS therapists will be
participating in various ways in the combined surgery and therapy meeting.
All therapists attending the ASSH Meeting are welcome to participate in
interests toward increased therapist/surgeon professional collaboration and
developing increased clinical research and scientific papers. Therapists who
cannot attend can still participate through this website by submitting their
ideas and joining in efforts! Communicate by email and messages.
LAST MEETING:
Great Participation in 2008 - Thanks to all!
Upcoming 2009 ASSH 64th Annual Meeting combined with ASHT 2008 ASSH 63rd Annual Meeting 2007 ASSH 62nd Annual Meeting 2006 ASSH 61st Annual Meeting
2003, 58th
ASSH Annual Meeting FIRST MEETING: 2006 in lieu of formal meeting, the therapist project was
further development of the HANDSIGHTS Discussion Board with online links
for help with understanding statistics, models, and practice calculations...see
Message and Discussion Board. 2002 group project was the creation of this website. Members of HANDSIGHTS
are in communication by email, and will utilize This website was originally developed as a group project of
HANDSIGHTS, in 2002. Table
of Contents
Membership Message
and Discussion Board Feedback and Message Form
Hand Links
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September 3-5, 2009
San Francisco
Bridges: Connecting the Past
and the Future
September 18-20, 2008
Chicago, IL
Extending Our Reach Through Ethics,
Education, and Engagement
September 27-29, 2007
Seattle, Washington
The Future in Hand: Advancing
Evidence-Based Care Through Scientific Discovery
September 7-9, 2006
Washington, DC
To Lead * To Inspire *
To Succeed
2005 was a combined annual meeting with ASSH 60th Annual Meeting,
and ASHT doing the therapist program planning, September 22-24, 2005 (see ASSH website www.assh.org,
or ASHT website www.asht.org
for 2005 Program. The next combined ASSH/ASHT meeting will be held in
year 2009. The HANDSIGHTS therapists did not meet as a group at this
meeting, but many participated individually in various aspects of the program.
2004 ASSH
59th
Annual Meeting
New York City, September 8-11; Connect!
Science, Education, Collegiality.
ASSH Special Post Conference Seminar
"Arthritis and Tendonitis of the Upper Extremity:
Clinical Controversies from the Shoulder to the Elbow
(including Hand)", Saturday,
September 11, 2004, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Chicago, IL, September, 18-20,2003,
The
ASSH Conference continues to be open to therapist attendees every year.
Therapists can
submit hand surgery relevant papers to the scientific
session, and/or the
Journal of Hand Surgery.
There are many opportunities
to collaborate throughout the conference.
The HANDSIGHTS therapists met at and collaborated at the 57th ASSH Annual
Meeting, in Phoenix , AZ,
2002.
REVISIT WEBSITE FOR MINUTES AND PROJECT INFORMATION.
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2005 group project: Online links for
research information and project design.
2004 group project: Survey
2004 Networking Meeting Report.
this website for communications/updates between meetings. Not all therapists can
a
attend the ASSH meeting every year, but can stay in touch with activities
and
projects by this website (suggested by the group) and is being provided by
HANDSIGHTS free of charge. The group
meets again at the 2006
ASSH Annual Meeting. New therapists attending the surgery meeting are welcomed.
You do not have to be
a member to participate, but having information on your talents
and interests can help in future planning, and help keep you informed. Please
help
us develop the message board - it is an opportunity to make needed skills
and
education needed for outstanding therapy scientific papers accessible to
all.
Services
News Projects
Meeting Reports:
2002, 2003, 2004
Electronic mail contact:
Admin@handsights.org