Schools for Orthotists and Prosthetists Occupation
No career colleges offer the vocation programs for Orthotists and Prosthetists career
General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Orthotists and Prosthetists
Most of Orthotists and Prosthetists occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Orthotists and Prosthetists tasks, skills, and ability page.
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Vocational Programs for Orthotists and Prosthetists Career
2 vocational programs are closely related to the Orthotists and Prosthetists occupation - Orthotist, Prosthetist and Assistive, Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering. You can check the schools offering the programs with tuition, length of study, and earning information.
A program that prepares individuals, in consultation with physicians and other therapists, to design and fit orthoses for patients with disabling conditions of the limbs and/or spine, and prostheses for patients who have partial or total absence of a limb or significant superficial deformity. Includes instruction in biomechanics, gait analysis, pathomechanics, kinesiology, pathology, neuroanatomy, materials science, diagnostic imaging, patient analysis and measurement, impression taking, model rectification, assistive/restorative technology and engineering applications, product finishing, diagnostic and definitive fitting and alignment, power devices, postoperative management, and patient counseling and follow-up
A program that prepares individuals to apply the principles of psychology, engineering, and occupational therapy to the design and implementation of technological interventions and systems to promote patient rehabilitation and function. Includes instruction in ergonomics, seating and mobility design, universal and near environment systems design, rehabilitation research, rehabilitation biomechanics, access and communications design, microprocessor-based technologies, neurological trauma, standards and testing, and service delivery management