Event Category: Upcoming Professional Events
Join O&P clinical experts and guest speakers from around the world in learning experiences designed to empower you and your healthcare team. From accredited continuing education opportunities to sharing our research at medical conferences across the nation, we provide opportunities for you to gain the knowledge and resources you need to better care for your patients.
While we continue to practice social distancing in the face of COVID-19, many of our in-person events have been cancelled or postponed. Please check back for updates as this unprecedented situation evolves. Until then, please stay safe and healthy. Visit the Medical Professional COVID-19 Resource Page ›
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June 2, 2020Webinar: Introduction to Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) for Therapists
Allied Health Professionals Professional EducationThis session will focus on the key components of the preoperative and postoperative treatment plan for the upper limb amputee, with a focus on TMR. The session will provide technological updates in prosthetic solutions and surgical techniques; and how to integrate these new technologies into daily activities for upper limb prosthetic users.
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June 4, 2020
Webinar: Multi-Grasp Terminal Device Specific Training – II
Allied Health Professionals Professional EducationThis course is meant to provide you with a case by case look at solutions based on functional needs and helping patients get back to daily activity levels. This series is meant to provide you with a case by case look at solutions based on functional needs and helping patients get back to daily activity levels.
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June 11, 2020
Webinar: Postoperative Prosthetic Care Following Lower Limb Amputation
Allied Health Professionals Professional EducationEarly care following surgery is just the beginning. This one hour introductory level course discusses the many immediate and early postoperative prosthetic techniques available.
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June 12–16, 2020
American Diabetes Association 80th Scientific Sessions
Lower Limb Prosthetics NationalThe Scientific Sessions offers researchers and healthcare professionals the opportunity to share ideas and learn about the significant advances in diabetes research, treatment, and care.
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August 7, 2020
Webinar: Purposeful Note-Writing for Patients with Limb Loss
Physicians Professional EducationAn important role for a prescribing physician is to identify a patient’s medical necessity for a prosthetic device as well as their future potential for ambulation. Working with other members of the healthcare team (i.e. prosthetists and therapists) can help ensure a comprehensive approach to identifying the most appropriate K level and can reduce the time it takes to collect the required documentation. This course is designed to educate physicians on how to produce meaningful, evidence-based documentation with the support of prosthetists for a better patient outcome.
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September 23–26, 2020
74th Annual American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Meeting
Conference National OrthoticsEach year, approximately 1,000 pediatricians, neurologists, surgeons, therapists, nurses, special educators, engineers, and scientists from all over the world gather for the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) Meeting to learn about technical advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebral palsy and other childhood onset disabilities.
Cancellation Policy
Hanger Clinic reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment, inclement weather, or other circumstances that would make the event non-viable. If Hanger Clinic cancels an event, registrants will be notified and offered a refund. Should circumstances arise that result in the postponement of an event, registrants will have the option to either receive a full refund or transfer registration to the same event at a new, future date. Should a participant need to withdraw their registration, the deadline to receive a full refund is three business days before the event.