prosthetist-orthotist (EN)
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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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Source aliases (EN)
- specialist prosthetist
- orthotist
- prosthetic technologist
- certified prosthetist
- artificial limb technician
- expert prosthetist
- technologist in prosthetics
- prosthetic technician
- clinical prosthetist
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 23
- contribute to continuity of health care
- archive healthcare users' records
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- answer patients' questions
- kinetics
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- communicate in healthcare
- collect healthcare user's general data
- prosthetic devices
- rehabilitation
- biomechanics
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- human anatomy
- comply with legislation related to health care
- listen actively
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- create lifecasts
- design medical supportive devices
- interact with healthcare users
- advise on rehabilitation exercises
- modify lifecasts
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- instruct patients on supportive devices
Optional (EN) · 34
- hygiene in a health care setting
- place orders for orthopedic products
- respond to changing situations in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- manipulate plastic
- assist patients with rehabilitation
- medical terminology
- orthopaedics
- orthopaedic goods industry
- recommend orthotic devices
- manipulate wood
- repair prosthetic-orthotic devices
- human physiology
- manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials
- provide health education
- orthotics
- develop therapeutic relationships
- finish prosthetic-orthotic devices
- record data from biomedical tests
- recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition
- pedorthics
- perform a prosthetic examination of the patient
- identify patients' medical records
- medical informatics
- orthopaedic conditions
- maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices
- types of orthopedic supplies
- test prosthetic-orthotic devices
- pathology
- prosthetic-orthotic device materials
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- repair orthopedic goods
- modify casts for prostheses
- first aid
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