prosthetist-orthotist
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.
Also called: specialist prosthetist, orthotist, prosthetic technologist, certified prosthetist, artificial limb technician, expert prosthetist, technologist in prosthetics, prosthetic technician
- 23
- essential skills
- 34
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3214
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- specialist chiropractorWhat changes?12 skills in common
- advanced physiotherapistWhat changes?11 skills in common
- dietitian10 skills in common
- orthoptist10 skills in common
- physiotherapy assistant10 skills in common
- speech and language therapist10 skills in common
- audiologist9 skills in common
Essential skills
23- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on rehabilitation exercises
- answer patients' questions
- archive healthcare users' records
- biomechanics
- 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
- human anatomy
- instruct patients on supportive devices
- interact with healthcare users
- kinetics
- listen actively
- modify lifecasts
- prosthetic devices
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- rehabilitation
Optional skills
34- assist patients with rehabilitation
- develop therapeutic relationships
- finish prosthetic-orthotic devices
- first aid
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- identify patients' medical records
- maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices
- manipulate plastic
- manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials
- manipulate wood
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- modify casts for prostheses
- orthopaedic conditions
- orthopaedic goods industry
- orthopaedics
- orthotics
- pathology
- pedorthics
- perform a prosthetic examination of the patient
- place orders for orthopedic products
- prosthetic-orthotic device materials
- 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
- types of orthopedic supplies
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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