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Pearse Fay & Robyn Midgley
3D Splinting - Are You Ready For
The Future of Hand Therapy?
Digital Minds Thrive on Change - 3D Splinting can Alter the Direction of YOUR Hand Therapy Practice
Saturday 25 April 2020 at 8:30 am Johannesburg SAST (GMT +2).
Join Pearse Fay & Robyn Midgley discuss 3D splinting and its application to clinical practice
3D Splinting – Are You Ready For The Future of Hand Therapy? Webinar is essential to attend as it will give you insight into the technology used to print 3D splints, how you can participate in the research into this field of practice and how you can begin the journey of 3D splinting in your clinical practice / virtual clinics. If you are intrigued by this topic this webinar is for you.
Join the hand therapy world’s leading Occupational Therapist, lecturer and pioneer in the application of Computer Assisted Design and 3D printing and Robyn Midgley, as they present and discuss the technology of 3D printing.
WHAT TO EXPECT
PRESENTATION
Pearse Fay will do a full presentation on the use of Computer assisted Design & 3D printing technology to print splints for hand injured patients and how you can become involved in the research, development and application both now and in the future.
DISCUSSION
Following this, Robyn Midgley & Pearse Fay will have an ‘on the couch’ discussion on the use of 3D printing and will be able to answer all of your questions and concerns about this new era of Hand Therapy.
A MESSAGE FROM
ROBYN MIDGLEY
Dear Colleague
The concept of Computer Assisted Design and 3D printing is not new and we have seen many incredible items being produced using this technology, yet when it comes to using the technology for our hand injured patients, we tend to want to believe that a robot could not possibly do a better job than ourselves.
We also fear that robots could potentially replace us and so we resist the advancements in this field.
I believe that 3D printing of splints is the future of hand therapy. We need to embrace the technology and start the journey sooner rather than later, especially with the rapid onset of virtual hand clinics due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Furthermore, we do not want to leave the research and design solely up to the engineers. We want to be involved in the process so that we can apply clinical reasoning to the design of 3D printed splints. The only way that we can get involved, is if we are aware of where we are at with the technology and what role we can play now and in the future.
I am privileged and honoured to be hosting this webinar with Pearse Fay. Pearse is highly respected as an Occupational Therapy lecturer at Deakin University. Pearse and I share a mutual passion for using technology to enhance our practice and patient outcomes. We can all be inspired by Pearse’s knowledge of hand therapy and drive for using the advancements in technology to improve our skills and patient satisfaction.
We are grateful to have Pearse share as much as he can with us on the webinar, in a practical manner so that we can begin to start thinking about the application of 3D splinting in our clinics – both in person and online. I want to thank Pearse for his invaluable contribution to this webinar.
I encourage you to attend this event and look forward to sharing this experience with you.
See you online,
Robyn Midgley
More about Your Presenters
Pearse Fay
Pearse Fay is an Accredited Occupational Therapist graduating in 2003 (La Trobe University), with post graduate degree in higher education (Deakin University) and health (Monash University).
Pearse works as a lecturer at Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, teaching into the Occupational Therapy course. Pearse has a research focus on the use of technology to improve health outcomes in the people we work with, with a desire to increase the effectiveness and standardization of assessment and interventions.
Pearse has worked as an OT in the field of hand therapy since 2005, working in both the public and private health sector. Since commencing full time at Deakin University in 2015, Pearse has worked with Engineers and Designers to investigate the use of 3D technology in the manufacture of upper limb splints/orthosis. Pearse has presented on this topic at numerous conference’s including the Australian Hand Therapy Association's national conference, Regional conferences and Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium – An Additive Manufacturing Conference Texas, USA.
Pearse has also published articles in peer reviewed journals.
Pearse is excited to open the eyes of practicing OT’s and PT’s to the possibilities that are currently available through this technology.
Robyn Midgley
Robyn obtained her BSc (Hons) degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of the Witwatersrand and obtained both her British and European certifications in Hand Therapy.
Robyn worked at the prestigious Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust for 8 years where she pioneered the extended Scope Practitioners (ESP) role which assisted with expediting access to a professional opinion and treatment.
Robyn returned to South Africa to establish Hand Therapy Consulting in 2011 and Hand Consult SA, in 2017.
In 2019 Robyn launched the first-of-it’s kind online CMMS course that consists of over 24 hours of theoretical and practical learning to qualify hand therapists to apply the CMMS technique and established her Virtual Hand Clinic in 2020.
Robyn’s vision is to heal stiff hands across the globe through teaching and working with hand therapists.
EVENT DETAILS
3D Splinting - Are You Ready For
The Future of Hand Therapy?
with Pearse Fay
& Robyn Midgley
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ON YOUR COMPUTER OR PHONE
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US$20/PP
DATE AND TIME:
Saturday
25 April 2020
at 8:30 am Jhb
SAST (GMT + 2)
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AFTER THE EVENT IF TIME DOES NOT SUIT YOU
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