Description
Prosthetist-orthotists design and custom fit prostheses and orthoses for individuals who are missing a limb from accident, disease or congenital conditions or for individuals who have impairments, deficiences or weaknesses due to injury, pathology or congenital malformation. They mix patient care with the design and fabrication of these devices to address their patients' needs.
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Theoretical Knowledge
human anatomybiomechanicsprosthetic devicesrehabilitationkineticshygiene in a health care settingmedical terminologyorthopaedic goods industryfirst aidorthoticspathologymedical informaticsprosthetic-orthotic device materialsorthopaedic conditionshuman physiologyorthopaedicspedorthicstypes of orthopedic supplies
Practical Skills
communicate in healthcarecreate lifecastscontribute to the rehabilitation processinteract with healthcare usersmodify lifecastsdesign medical supportive devicesarchive healthcare users' recordsensure safety of healthcare usersrecord healthcare users' progress related to treatmentanswer patients' questionsadhere to organisational guidelinescollect healthcare user's general datacontribute to continuity of health carecomply with legislation related to health carecomply with quality standards related to healthcare practiceinstruct patients on supportive deviceslisten activelyadvise on rehabilitation exerciseswork in multidisciplinary health teamstest prosthetic-orthotic devicesmaintain prosthetic-orthotic devicesrepair prosthetic-orthotic devicesrepair orthopedic goodsprovide health educationrecord data from biomedical testsmodify casts for prosthesesrespond to changing situations in health careuse e-health and mobile health technologiesidentify patients' medical recordsrecommend orthotic devicesmanipulate plasticdevelop therapeutic relationshipsmanipulate woodfinish prosthetic-orthotic devicesplace orders for orthopedic productsrecommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their conditionassist patients with rehabilitationperform a prosthetic examination of the patientmanipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials