Tracey Airth-Edblom, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

Tracey Airth-Edblom, OTD, OTR/L, CHT Tracey (Airth) Edblom graduated from the University of Alberta with a BScOT in 1988 and completed a Post-Professional Clinical Doctorate in OT (Hand Therapy Track) at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in 2013. Tracey worked at the University of Calgary (Foothills) Hospital for 3 years specializing in orthopaedics and rheumatology. She assisted in the opening of the San Mateo Arthritis Center at Mills Hospital, then moved to Marin County to begin working as the hand therapist at Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital Hand Center, 1993. More recently, Tracey has been in private practice at the wellness center on the river in Petaluma, CA since 2008. She has been a CHT since 1994. Educational History: Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions Post-Professional OTD in Hand Therapy conferred 8/2013 University of Alberta Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, 1986-88 University of Alberta Bachelor of Arts, 1986 Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, A.R.C.T. Performer and Piano Teacher, 1980-84 Awards: Received the Tammy Usiskin Award for highest GPA in Gerontology in Alberta. Received Third Prize for Sociology Composition in Gerontology, 1986. Employment History: 08/13 to present Adjunct Faculty Dominican University of California 11/08 to present Senior Hand Therapist private, POST Wellness by Design, Petaluma, CA 03/93 to present Hand Therapist, Kentfield Hand Center, Kentfield, CA 09/93 to 2012 seminar lecturer in Canada and US, multiple topics 01/91 to 03/93 Rheumatology Specialist, Mills Hospital, San Mateo, CA 06/88 to 12/90 Rheumatology Therapist, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta 01/89 to 01/90 Orthopaedic Therapist, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta 06/88 to 01/89 Long Term Care Therapist, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta Tracey has been a Certified Hand Therapist since 1994, recertifying in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. Tracey Airth-Edblom, OTD, OTR/L, CHT 1

Continuing Education: Surviving/Thriving Private Practice: OTAC Burbank, CA 5/16/15 5hrs Exam, Diagnosis & Manual Therapy of Hand: iaom, SF, CA 4/25-26/15 15hrs Management of the Traumatic Arm, San Jose,CA 3/13-14/15 15hrs Telehealth Technologies, OTAC Pasadena, CA 10/17/14 2.5hrs Brain to Hand: Progressive Pain Mgmt Approaches WI 05/15-16/14 12.5hrs Graded Motor Imagery (ASHT webinar) 05/01/13 1hr AOTA Conference San Diego 2013 04/26-8/13 20hrs Keys to the Hand & Wrist (ASHT-CA) 04/12-13/13 14hr Therapeutic Taping: Evidence to Theory ASHT 02/23/13 1hr Flexor Tendon Rehabilitation; R. von der Hyde 01/23/13 1hr Advances In Biology of Aging ACR/ARHP Annual Mtg 11/11/12 1hr Fine Tuning Painful Thumb J. Albrecht 04/23/12 1hr Fine Tuning Painful Thumb II, J. Albrecht 04/30/12 1hr Thumb Mechanics Part II Judy Colditz, DVD 03/30/11 12hrs Thumb Mechanics Part I Judy Colditz DVD 01/27/11 11hrs Innovative Splinting, Saba Kamal, San Jose, CA 01/22/10 9hrs ASHT/ASSH Annual Meeting, SF, CA 09/09 40.5hrs Doctors Demystify the Elbow, SF, CA 04/05/08 6hrs Upper Quadrant Management Ken Lam 7/28/07 12hrs Doctors Demystify the Thumb, SF, CA 5/5/07 6hrs Grafts and Flaps Buncke Clinic, Davies Hand Center, SF, CA 1/17/07 3hrs Advanced Concept: Extensor Tendon Mgmt, Oakland, CA 10/06 7hrs Pyrocarbon Arthroplasties Mayo Clinic 2/25/06 5hrs Complex Regional Pain Syndrome U.E. 3/05 7hrs Royal Pain in the Thumb Exploring Hand Therapy 5/05 2.75hrs CRPS/RSD: KeepPace Seminars 11/04 6hrs Kinesio Taping - The Whole Body (Lab Assistant) 3/17/02 7.5hrs Kinesio Taping Advanced Corrective Techniques 5/5-6/01 12hrs American College of Rheumatology National Meeting 11/12-15/01 14hrs Certified Kinesio Taping Instructor Course 12/1-3/00 20.25hrs American Society of Hand Therapists 23 rd Annual Mtg 10/5-8/00 20hrs Anatomical Palpation: Seeing with your Hands 8/24/00 7hrs Kinesio Taping the Upper Extremity (Lab Assistant) 2/12/00 7.5 hrs BTE Applications In Functional Rehabilitation 1/15/00 6hrs Kinesio Taping the Upper Extremity 11/13/99 7.5hrs The Shoulder for Occupational Therapists 11/11-12/99 12hrs Physical Agent Modality Treatment Guidelines 9/14/99 7.5hrs Integrated Structural Therapy (spine and UE s) 4/24-25/99 13hrs Aging Brain, Aging Mind 2/27/99 6hrs Management of Breast Cancer Lymphoedema 3/26-29/98 30hrs Wound Care Update 10/11/97 7hrs Neural Consequences of Repetition (RSI & TOS) 6/6/97 6.5hrs Manual Edema Mobilization 4/5/97 7hrs Current Concepts in Hand Rehabilitation 4/4/97 6hrs Upper Quadrant Soft Tissue Dysfunction 2/24-25/96 13hrs Tracey Airth-Edblom, OTD, OTR/L, CHT 2

Emergency Dept. Care of Major & Minor Hand Trauma 2/10-11/96 13hrs Sleep, Diet and the Brain Debra Waterhouse 2/11/94 6hrs Hand Review UC Davis 7/15-16/94 14hrs Therapeutic Use of Ultrasound Anne Hartley 6/11/93 6hrs Chronic Pain Treatment Jeanne Melvin 5/1/93 7hrs Hand Review Course Sacramento, CA 5/11-12/93 14hrs AHPA/ACR Conference Atlanta, Georgia 11/1992 20hrs Arthritis Today and Tomorrow Arthritis Fdn. 10/21/92 5.25hrs OTAC Conference Hands Research sessions 10/1992 14hrs Exam and Rehab of the Shoulder Northeast Seminars 6/20-21/92 14hrs Course Certificates between 1988 and 1991 missing. Teaching Experience: OT5108 Fundamentals Skills, DUOC Fall 2015 2 Units OT5104 Education Principles, DUOC Spring 2015 3 units OT3102/5102 Culture & Human Occupation DUOC Summer 2014 3 units OT5104 Education Principles, Dominican University Spring 2014 3 units OT3012 Foundations of OT (lab x 2), DUOC Fall 2013 6 units OT3102/5102 Culture & Human Occupation, DUOC Fall 2013 3 units Fieldwork I Educator Spring 2014 40 hrs Whole Body Kinesiology Taping, LA, CA 12/10-11/11 16hrs Whole Body Kinesiology Taping, San Jose, CA 12/3-4/11 16hrs Integrating Kinesiology Taping in UE Practice, LA, CA 11/19/11 7.5hrs Integrating Kinesiology Taping in UE Practice, Berkeley, CA 10/22/11 7.5hrs Advanced Tex Taping for CHT s, San Mateo, CA 2/9/08 8hrs Advanced Tex Taping for CHT s, Cotati, CA 1/26/08 4.5hrs Advanced Tex Taping for CHT s, Los Angeles., CA 6/23/07 8hrs Superficial Modalities & Edema Mgmt., S.M. College, Oakland CA 2/05 8hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping OK City, OK 10/04 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Minneapolis 06/04 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Kentfield, CA 02/04 8hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Shreveport, LA 11/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping L.A., CA 10/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Phoenix, AZ 10/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Chicago, IL 9/03 8hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping St. Paul, MN 9/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Tacoma, WA 5/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Clearwater, FL 5/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Medford, OR 4/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Chicago, IL 3/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Los Angeles, CA 2/03 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Portland, OR 10/02 12hrs Hand Therapy Success: Integrating Kinesio Taping Burlingame, CA 9/02 12hrs Kinesio Taping the Upper Extremity Seattle, WA 3/02 7.5hrs Kinesio Taping Fundamentals Kentfield, CA 3/31/01 7.5hrs Tracey Airth-Edblom, OTD, OTR/L, CHT 3

(Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital) Medical Aspects of Rheumatic Diseases San Rafael, CA 3/27/01 2.5hrs (guest lecturer Dominican University) Kinesio Taping Fundamentals San Francisco 3/17/01 7.5hrs (California Pacific Medical Center) Hand Therapy Practice San Rafael, CA 2/24/98 2hrs (guest lecturer Dominican University) Rheumatic Hand: Evaluation, Treatment and Splinting 1/97-9/98 approx. 100 hrs (2 day course taught in 7 cities in the US) Arthritis Management: Holistic Approach 9/93-9/98 approx. 150 hrs (2-4 day course taught in 10 cities in US and Canada) Conference Presentations: Keynote Speaker - OTs in Private Practice Hope for the future. OTAC Private Practice Network Symposium, May 16, 2015, Burbank, CA. Podium Presentation - Promoting EBP in OT: Sustaining Professional Cultural Change. OTAC Annual Conference, Oct. 18, Pasadena, CA, 2014. Podium Presentation - EBP: Current Management of RA & OA. Invited speaker American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals national scientific meeting, Washington, DC, 2012. Podium Presentation Kinesio Taping as an Adjunct to Splinting for Arthritis, at American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals national scientific meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2001. Podium Presentation - Occupational Therapy Treatment of Fibromyalgia: Efficacy of a cognitive behavioral group in clinical study, at Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists national meeting in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1995. Podium Presentation Occupational Therapy Treatment of Fibromyalgia: Efficacy of a cognitive behavioral group in clinical study, at American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals national scientific meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 1994. Poster Presentation Total Hip Replacement Pre-Operative Education Program, at American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Health Professionals Association national scientific meeting, Seattle, WA, 1990. Poster Presentation Total Hip Replacement Pre-Operative Education Program, at Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists national conference, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, 1990. Tracey Airth-Edblom, OTD, OTR/L, CHT 4

Committee Participation: CBOT Ad Hoc Committee Member on Scope of Practice... 2015 ASHT Annual Meeting Abstract Reviewer... 2015 OTAC Private Practice Network Chair... 2015 OTAC Practice, Ethics and Reimbursement Committee Co-Chair... 2015 HTCC Test Item Validator... 2014-present Hand Therapy Certification Commission Independent Reviewer... 2014 Rocky Mountain University Assessments Committee... 2012-2013 Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP): Membership Subcommittee Chair... 2000-2001 Membership Subcommittee... 1999-2000 Educational Products Committee... 1998-1999 Practice and Membership Subcommittee... 1997-1998 Practice Subcommittee... 1996-1997 Publications: Airth-Edblom, T. (2015). OT students make a difference in the community. OTAC Newsletter, 40(4), 6. Airth-Edblom, T. (2015). Transitioning to EBP: What OT can learn from business. Administration & Management Special Interest Section Quarterly, 31(2), 1 4. Airth-Edblom, T. (2015). Transitioning to EBP: What OT can learn from business. OTAC Newsletter, 40(1), 11. Airth-Edblom, T. (2013). The CMC challenge continues. Journal of Hand Therapy, 26, 291-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2013.04.005 Current Association Memberships: American Society of Hand Therapists Occupational Therapy Association of California American Occupational Therapy Association CA Board of OT License current NBCOT License current HTCC License current BLS License current References: Upon request. Tracey Airth-Edblom, OTD, OTR/L, CHT 5