Uso de Férulas en la Rehabilitación de la Mano Quemada

Price

Duration

Language

NT$1,500

5.5h

Spanish

Next course date

September 28 to October 27, 2026

Next registration date

Registration closed, course is full

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About the Course

In the complex journey of burn rehabilitation, the application of custom-made splints is the cornerstone for preventing and correcting contractures and restoring hand function. Burn patients often present with fragile skin, variable edema, and complex issues like scar contracture or tendon exposure. Therefore, therapists must possess specialized skills in designing and fabricating high-quality custom orthoses.

This program covers a wide array of specific splints used to manage common burn-related hand deformities, including claw hand deformity, first web space contracture, and PIP flexion contracture. Through detailed fabrication procedures, material selection considerations, and clinical examples of application, this course will equip therapists to adopt a patient-centered intervention mindset, ensuring that splinting regimens are effective and precisely tailored to the patient's constantly evolving needs across the acute, wound healing, and rehabilitation phases, thereby enhancing patient compliance and overall functional recovery.

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the Principles and Goals of Splinting in Burn Rehabilitation: Understand the main purposes of splinting, including promoting healing, preventing deformities, and correcting contractures, and recognize how splint design may be adapted to individual patient needs.
Understand How to Select and Handle Appropriate Splinting Materials: Understand how Low Temperature Thermoplastic (LTT) materials can be selected based on their properties—such as memory, drapability, and rigidity—and the specific goals of treatment.
Understand the Fabrication and Clinical Application of Key Burn Hand Splints: Learn the principles and key steps involved in fabricating common burn hand splints, including Functional, Finger Gutter, Dynamic MCP Flexion, Web Spacer, Pan, and Sandwich Splints, and understand when each type may be used to address specific deformities and scar-management needs.
Integrate Clinical Decision-Making and Safety Monitoring: Understand how different splinting approaches may be selected or combined for more complex cases, how stabilization methods can be adapted to different clinical conditions, and how to recognize potential risks such as pressure injuries.
Educate Patients for Effective Splint Use and Rehabilitation: Understand the key information patients need regarding splint wearing schedules, cleaning, self-monitoring, and the importance of combining splinting with active exercise to support functional recovery.

Course content

Use of splints in burns
Principles of splint fabrication in the context of burns
Splinting material characteristics
Common Splints for Pos-Burn Hand Deformity
- Functional splint
- Pan splint and sandwich splint
- Web spacer
- Finger gutter
- Dynamic MCP flexion splint

For each of the main types of splints, their characteristics, indications, and use in burn rehabilitation will be covered, along with possible variations illustrated through clinical examples. The course will also explain the main steps involved in their fabrication and the key points that should be considered throughout the process.

Evaluation

The following evaluations will be done:

Pre-test to assess the level of basic knowledge of the participants.
Mini quiz after each lesson to review the key points of the lesson.
Post-test to evaluate the improvement of the knowledge of the participants.

Approval criteria:

Completion of all course elements within the allotted time period.
Post-test score of 80% and above.

The participant will need to complete all learning activities before the end of the training, after that date the participant will no longer have access to the course content and the learning record will be marked as "incomplete". There is no course extension, there is no possibility of repeating the exam after the course has ended.

Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will receive a certificate of completion.

This course is for

Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists working in the field of burn rehabilitation.

Instructor(s)

Shiou-Han YANG

Ching-Yuan LIN

Li CHANG

Vita TU

Course requisite

Completion of Rehabilitation of the Burned Hand – Intervention Strategies is recommended to provide useful background knowledge for this course, but it is not required for enrollment.