Prosthetist-orthotist

About this career

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.

Essential skills

adhere to organisational guidelines advise on rehabilitation exercises answer patients' questions archive healthcare users' records collect healthcare user's general data communicate in healthcare comply with legislation related to health care comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice contribute to continuity of health care contribute to the rehabilitation process create lifecasts design medical supportive devices ensure safety of healthcare users instruct patients on supportive devices interact with healthcare users listen actively modify lifecasts record healthcare users' progress related to treatment

Required knowledge

biomechanics human anatomy kinetics prosthetic devices rehabilitation

Additional skills

assist patients with rehabilitation develop therapeutic relationships finish prosthetic-orthotic devices identify patients' medical records maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices manipulate plastic manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials manipulate wood modify casts for prostheses perform a prosthetic examination of the patient place orders for orthopedic products provide health education recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition recommend orthotic devices record data from biomedical tests repair orthopedic goods repair prosthetic-orthotic devices respond to changing situations in health care test prosthetic-orthotic devices use e-health and mobile health technologies work in multidisciplinary health teams first aid human physiology hygiene in a health care setting medical informatics medical terminology orthopaedic conditions orthopaedic goods industry orthopaedics orthotics pathology pedorthics prosthetic-orthotic device materials types of orthopedic supplies

Also known as

specialist prosthetist orthotist prosthetic technologist certified prosthetist artificial limb technician expert prosthetist technologist in prosthetics prosthetic technician clinical prosthetist