Previous Courses & Conferences

UPCOMING IAHT Annual Conference: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of the Wrist using a ManualTherapy Approach

Fri/ Sat, 28th and 29th July 2023

This 2 day course on the wrist will be facilitated by Ann Porretto-Loehrke, PT, DPT, CHT, COMT

Venue: Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Centre for Learning and Development

Fee: IAHT Members €200, Non-members: €220 (Includes Refreshments and Lunch)

To apply for the course, please click on the link below and return payment ASAP to secure your place as there is limited availability.

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2022
IAHT Winter Virtual Educational Session: Ulnar sided wrist pain.
Presented by Wendy Medeiros.  10th November 2022

2021
IAHT Summer Virtual Educational Session: Identifying Potential Shoulder Issues in your Hand Therapy Patient!
Presented by Ann Porretto Leohrke, CHT,COMT. 23rd June 2021

2020 

2019
IAHT Annual Conference: Treating without Pain. Current Concepts in Hand Therapy
Presented by Alison Taylor, OTR, CHT, Kinesio Taping Instructor 4th 5th  October 2019

2018
IAHT Annual Conference:
Non-Surgical Management of complex Finger Fractures: The Poole Traction Splint. Presented by Sarah Bradley, Advanced Occupational Therapist & Corinna Rogers, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist. 20April 2018

2017
IAHT Annual Conference: “The Sensational Hand”
An evidence-based rehabilitation approach to peripheral nerve conditions. Presented by Christina Jerosch-Herold & Birgitta Rosen, 3 November 2017

 2016

IAHT Annual Conference: Unlocking the mystery of the Wrist,  Systematic Approach to the Examination, Diagnosis and Manual Therapy of the Wrist. Presented by Ann Porretto-Leohrke, CHT,COMT. 8th 9th 10th April 2016 Dublin

2016

IAHT Evening Education Session, Cadaveric Anatomy of the forearm, wrist, hand. Anatomy Dept ,  TCD. 1st March 2016

2015
IAHT Afternoon Education Session. Wound Care, Healing from the inside out.  Friday 27rd February 2015

2014
Kinesio UK Foundation Workshop: Hand Therapy, 26th July 2014

2013
IAHT Annual Conference: Manual Therapeutic Techniques for the Elbow, Wrist and Thumb.
Presented by Ann Porretto-Leohrke,  
CHT,COMT, 20th- 23rd September 2013

2012
IAHT Summer conference, Conservative Management of OA in the Hand and Wrist. Presented by Dr. Anne Wajon, CHT, PhD Australia. June 2012

2011
IAHT Winter Conference “Complex Regional Pain Syndrome”. Presented Dr Jenny Lewis, PhD, MSc, Dip COT, 25th -26th November 2011, Dublin

2011
Tim Watson’s Optimising Soft Tissue Repair, Electrotherapy and Exercise Presented by Prof Tim Watson PhD, BSc, MCSP, DipTP, Physio, Dublin 19th – 20th February 2011

2010
IAHT Summer Conference Therapeutic Management of Hand Fractures  and Small Joint Trauma. Presented by Lynn Feehan PhD,PT,  9th and 10th July 2010

2009
IAHT Autumn Conference “Focal Hand Dystonia”
Presented by 
Katherine Butler BAp(SC)OT, AHT,A.MHS.A(Flute) 6th November 2009, Dublin

2008
IAHT Summer Conference “Scar Wars” Presented by Ken Flowers, Paul LaStayo, 20th -21st June, 2008 Dublin

2007

IAHT Autumn Conference “ Unlocking the Mystery of the Wrist” Presented by Paul LaStayo, 7th -8th September, 2007 Dublin

2006

IAHT Summer Conference “Assessment of Hand Function and Sensory Relearning after Peripheral Nerve Injury to the Hand”. Presented by Christina Jerosch-Herold and Birgitta Rosen, June 2006, Dublin

2006

Kineostaping and the Upper Limb run by Kinseo UK in conjunction with the IAHT, 22nd May 2006, Dublin

2006
Brachial Injuries – IAHT Study Day, 17th Feb 2006, Mater Hospital, Dublin.

2005
Extensor Tendon Management IAHT Study Day, June 2005. 
Tullamore Hospital

2004
Irish Association of Hand Therapist and Irish Hand Surgery Society, 
Joint Meeting St James’s Hospital, Dublin, May 20-21, 2004

2004
The Elbow Therapeutic Management
Presented by Sue Blackmore 
MscOT/ CHT in conjunction with IAHT, May 22, 2004 Dublin

2003
Medico- Legal Report Writing and Court Room Skills. La Touche and 
Bond Salon in conjunction with IAHT, November 14-15th, 2003

2002
BAHT Level 11:  Splinting: delivered by NES, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, November 2002

2002
IAHT Spring Conference –
Dynamic Splinting and Sensory Assessment  
Workshop. May 2002, Clontarf, Dublin

2000
IAHT Spring Conference – Management of the Burns Patient.
May 2000 Dublin

1999
IAHT BAHT Level II:  Trauma,
delivered by NES Oct 1999 

1999
IAHT Spring Conference– Management Following Hand Trauma, Cork, May 1999

1997
IAHT BAHT Level II:  Assessment Skills: Theory & Practice,
delivered by  
NES Nov 1997

1990
2
nd Conference of IAHT. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy Child.  Cappagh, Dublin June 1990

1989
 1
st Conference of IAHT. Topics: Clinical exam, Nerve Injuries, Fracture management, Rheumatoid Arthritis, The Burned Hand, Congenital Hand, The Mutilated Hand, Sport Injuries of the wrist and Hand