Hands-on assessment is a measurement process. Let me show you why.
Sixty minutes, live with Dr Jo Abbott, PhD. Free, live only — no recording — and capped at thirty places so there is room for real questions. This is the fastest way to understand what HODA-A™ actually changes.
Six ideas that change how you read your own hands.
Assessment as measurement
Hands-on assessment is a clinical measurement process — not simply a technique debate.
Validity before reliability
Why agreement studies are hard to interpret until we define what is being measured.
The clinician as instrument
You are the instrument behind every finding — and instruments can be calibrated.
The limits of palpation research
Why existing palpation research may have measured less than we assumed.
A new framework for touch
Hands-On Data Acquisition & Analysis: what a measurement framework for clinical touch looks like.
The future of hands-on education
Where clinician training goes once the instrument is taken seriously.
Choose a session. Places are capped at 30.
Morning sessions suit Australia, New Zealand and Asia; evening sessions suit the UK, Europe and the Americas. Live only — there is no recording.
| Date | Time (UK) | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 13 August 2026 | 7:00pm | Live · 60 minutes · 30 places |
| Tuesday 15 September 2026 | 8:00am | Live · 60 minutes · 30 places |
| Tuesday 20 October 2026 | 8:00am | Live · 60 minutes · 30 places |
| Wednesday 25 November 2026 | 7:00pm | Live · 60 minutes · 30 places |
Clinicians who take their instrument seriously.
Manual therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, sports and soft-tissue therapists, MSK educators, and anyone whose clinical findings begin with their hands.