Training
STEPS works with Ponseti faculty trainers and training materials approved by the South African Paediatric Orthopaedic Society to train health professionals in the Ponseti method.
STEPS also trains in-clinic coordinators on parent education, set up and assist with management of patient stats, and fitting the clubfoot brace.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has limited face-to-face training, STEPS has been working on virtual training and blended learning.
Our first webinar series ‘Clubfoot Clinic Coordination’ was presented in June and July 2021.
The recordings are available to watch on Vimeo:
Read more about STEPS’ Ponseti for Parents© education programme. Contact us if you are interested in training for your region/country in southern Africa.
STEPS Ponseti workshops organised:
2006 1st South African Ponseti seminar: Achieving consensus (Johannesburg)
2007 South African Ponseti seminar: Focus on state health sector rollout (Johannesburg)
2007 South African Steenbeek Brace training workshop (Johannesburg)
2013 1st Botswana Ponseti training workshop (Gaborone)
2013 1st Namibia Ponseti training workshop (Windhoek)
2014 Botswana Ponseti training workshop (Mahalapye)
2014 1st Seychelles Ponseti training workshop (Mahe)
2014 South Africa Ponseti Training workshop (Mahikeng)
2015 Botswana Ponseti training workshop (Maun)
2015 Namibia Ponseti Training workshop (Keetmanshoop)
2015 Namibia Ponseti Training workshop (Oshakati)
2015 Namibia Ponseti Training workshop (Windhoek)
2016 Botswana Ponseti refresher training (Maun)
2016 South Africa Ponseti Training workshop (Pietermaritzburg)
2016 South Africa Ponseti Training workshop (Worcester)
2017 South Africa Ponseti training course (Nelspruit)
2017 South Africa Clubfoot information workshop for healthcare workers, Western Cape Department of Health (Cape Town)
2018 South Africa Ponseti Training workshop (Durban)
2018 South Africa Ponseti Clubfoot information workshop for Limpopo province (Polokwane)
2018 South Africa Ponseti training course (Cape Town – Northern Cape trainees)
2019 1st Steps clinic co-ordinator training workshop (Johannesburg)
2021 South Africa Ponseti Training course (Port Elizabeth)
2021 Webinar Series Steps Clubfoot Clinic Coordination
Clubfoot: Ponseti Management (booklet)
This 32 page, four-colour book provides information on all aspects of Ponseti management of clubfoot. It was designed for health care professionals, trainees and families to provide information about this technique. The book was authored by Dr Ponseti, his Iowa colleagues and others, who have mastered this casting technique. We recommend that Dr Ponseti’s technique be learned in a course using this book as a reference.
Authors: Foreword by Ignacio Ponseti
Contributors: Ignacio Ponseti, Shafique Pirani, Fred Dietz, Jose Morcuende, Vincent Mosca, John Herzenberg, Stuart Weinstein, Norgrove Penny, Michiel Steenbeek
Editor: Lynn Staheli
This is the second edition of this book, with some translations already in the third edition.
The first edition was published in November 2003 and translated into four languages. 10 000 copies were printed and distributed in over 50 countries. In this second edition, we have shortened some sections while adding others to make the book more complete and up-to-date. Guided by feedback from the authors and readers, the book has been reorganised. Each of the authors has contributed their material and experience.
Treatment Of Congenital Clubfoot Using The Ponseti Method: Workshop Manual
Iris Lohan
Italian translation by Sergio Monforte & Centro Ortopedico Essedi. Polish translation by Mariusz Chomicki. Russian translation by Vladimir Kenis.
55 pages, 8.5″ x 11″, Four-Color, English, 2011.
Originally published by Iris Lohan, 2011.
Available exclusively in PDF format.
ISBN-13 #978-1-60189-115-0
Details
Now updated to a completely new 2nd Edition in Chinese, English, Italian, and Russian. Thanks again to Iris Lohan for following through with all the work.
This manual, customised primarily for a Chinese audience and written in an easy-to-understand style, serves as a solid and practical guide for practioneers using the Ponseti technique to treat congenital clubfoot.
Extensive photographs and drawings help to get the hand-positions for manipulation and casting right.
Additional downloads
Michiel Steenbeek & Okello Charles David
Spanish translation by Mario F. Sequeira Somoza & Mario F. Sequeira Valadez
40 pages, 8.5″ x 11″, Four-Color, English, French, & Spanish 2009.
Available exclusively in PDF format.
ISBN-13 #978-1-60189-066-5