Educational Opportunities

HTNZ Conference 2025

Dear Hand Therapy New Zealand Members,

We are excited to announce that the Hand Therapy New Zealand 2025 Conference will take place from September 12th to 14^th 2025 at the AUT Events Centre in Auckland. The conference will commence at 8:30 AM on Friday, the 12th, and conclude at 1:30 PM on Sunday, the 14th.

This year's theme, "Hand in Hand: From Little Fingers to Golden Years," emphasizes a holistic approach to hand therapy across all stages of life. The program features a dynamic mix of guest speakers, free paper presentations, and interactive workshops, along with ample social events to foster connections within our community.

While we are offering a hybrid format to accommodate various needs, we strongly encourage in-person attendance to maximize networking opportunities and hands-on learning experiences.

Additionally, we are pleased to offer an afternoon workshop on Thursday, September 11th, with the topic to be confirmed.

Stay tuned for further details, and we look forward to seeing you there

Kelly Davison

Dip Phys, PGD HSc (Manips) Registered Hand Therapist

Conference Organising Committee Chair

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Myofascial Release & Scar Tissue Techniques for Hand Therapists - in Auckland!

Fascia IQ is offering a tailor made workshop for hand therapists covering

Myofascial Release and Scar Tissue techniques for treatment of conditions of the upper limb. Learn effective techniques to release scars & adhesions, create glide- ability between structures, gain mobility & ROM, and help reestablish strength & functionality. For more details: https://www.fasciaiq.com/courses

If you have attended previous Fascia IQ MFR courses on the upper limb, you can opt to only attend the Scar Tissue techniques session in the afternoon.

When: 22nd February, 2025 Time: 10am - 6pm

Where: Takapuna War Memorial, 3 Gibbons Road, Auckland

Fee: $400 for whole day - MFR & Scar Tissue Techniques $200 - Scar Tissue Techniques only; 2:30 - 6pm

Registration: https://www.fasciaiq.com/courses

“I love the benefits of myofascial release and scar release techniques. I use these techniques every day for so many different conditions and stages of healing. These soft tissue tools are as vital as splinting is within my hand therapy practice. I have a new appreciation for brachioradialis. Doing release work in this area has provided dramatic improvements in 4 patients in the last month. I wish I had taken before and after videos of their ROM!”
Sarah Norton, Physiotherapist, Christchurch

"As a physiotherapist, I found the course very worthwhile. The soft and slow approach and focusing on listening to what my hands are telling me was effective. It's a refreshing alternative to more forceful manual techniques. The course environment was non-threatening and well-taught, with thought-provoking content and good techniques. For any hands-on hand therapist (which we all should be!), this course is definitely worth a look. It offers a better management approach for scars and tight structures that will be another valuable tool in your toolkit."
Neil Familton, Physiotherapist, Invercargill

Check out experiences in our videos library: https://www.fasciaiq.com/video-library
- Client Outcomes - Gaylene’s Wrist Injury
- Amazing MFR Result with Chronic Wrist Pain @ Hand Therapy course Sept. 2024

Fascia IQ is committed to premiere fascia education and training. Check us out on Instagram, LinkedIn & Facebook where we share about all things Fascia!

2025 course: Date to be Confirmed. - watch this space.

Training Workshop Clinical and Professional Supervision Skills for Hand Therapy (via Zoom)
This workshop is being held on two afternoons online via zoom.
Part A: Date for 2025 to be confirmed
Part B: Date for 2025 to be confirmed
Registrants must attend both parts There will be some reflective activities to do between the two parts.

This training workshop is being delivered by NZ Coaching & Mentoring Centre for Hand Therapy New Zealand. The facilitator is Carolyn Simmons. Carolyn is an allied health professional with extensive experience working with individuals, teams, and entire organisations in the health sector.

Aims
This entry level skills-based training enables fully registered Hand Therapists to provide effective supervision for associate Hand Therapists. This workshop introduces supervision as a clinical and reflective professional development process for HTNZ members
provides training and processes for enhancing one to one clinical and professional supervision provides opportunities for participants to experience the power of supervision through practice exercises, group practice activities and work-based tasks.

Objectives
By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

define supervision, the roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and the limits and boundaries to the role
establish effective supervision relationships that promote growth and learning in supervisees
develop supervision contracts and negotiate goals and manage one to one supervision session as a supervisor
use a 4-step model for supervision conversations
use power and expertise appropriately in supervision contexts
use a range of skills to facilitate supervisee learning and reflection.

Content:

supervision defined
issues and challenges for clinical and professional supervision in the Hand Therapy sector
establishing supervisory relationships and agreements
maps and models
frameworks for supervision sessions
Skill for effective supervision, including 'questions not answers', listening for the heart of the matter, the Art of Feedback – tools and processes
Supervision in Action – practice activities
Ethical and professional issues in supervision

This practical workshop provides the tools and skills Supervisors need to help others succeed through developing effective supervision relationships. It will help them adopt a supervision mindset, clarify and enhance the role of supervisor, get off to a great start, avoid the most common pitfalls when supervising and offers simple tools for supervision conversations.

Register here

cost: $253 (incl GST)

Ngā manaakitanga
HTNZ Administrator

Are You Interested in Hand Therapy Training?

Please see the links below for more information on training and educational opportunities available through AUT

Hand and Upper Limb Therapy Course Descriptor
Hand and Upper Limb Therapy Flyer

Hand and Upper Limb Therapy Course - AUT website:
Rehabilitation - Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science
Rehabilitation - Master of Health Practice
Rehabilitation - Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science

Announcing IFSHT Publication: REACH Vol3No1, April 2023

REACH Vol3No1 - April 2023

IFSHT is pleased to announce Vol3No1 of our digital publication, _REACH:
Research, Education, Achievement and Clinicians in Hand and Upper limb
therapy around the world_!

To access the April 2023 edition of REACH., click here [1] [2]or copy
and paste this link into your browser:
https://ifsht.org/publications/2023-reach-newsletter-vol3no1/ [1]

To learn more about IFSHT and hand therapy throughout the world, please
check out our website [3].

For information about the 2025 IFSSH and IFSHT & Triennial Congress in
Washington, D.C., 24-28 March 2025, click here [4].

We hope to see you in Washington, D.C. at the 2025 Congress and we hope
all is well with you and yours!

Sincerely,

The Executive Committee of IFSHT

International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy | Neubruchstrasse
50, Winterthur, CH-8406 Switzerland

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand - Ezine

http://www.ifssh.info/ezine.html

The IFSSH Past-President, Ulrich Mennen, is proud to bring you the IFSSH Ezine, a digital publication available to the global Hand Surgery and Hand Therapy communities free of charge. It has been established with the purpose of uniting the global hand surgery community and is intended to be a publication for IFSSH members, by IFSSH members.

To contribute to the IFSSH Ezine, please email the Editor: ezine(at)ifssh.info.