This July the summer prosthetic mission trip to Belize, Central America, marked the ten-year anniversary of Sonrie Inc. and Project Hope Belize providing prostheses in Belize. The following is a

Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee has begun a new Orthotics and Prosthetics Technician Program, the university announced. Students are developing multiple skill sets, including technician skills, fitting skills, and pedorthic fabrication skills,

Chelan and her father at the Georgia Tech bookstore Ten of us awkwardly shuffle into Georgia Tech’s fabrication workshop. Each chooses an area of workspace and a toolbox, and on

Is research important in prosthetics and orthotics? Is enough research being conducted? What aspects of O&P are the most important target areas? Charts and graphs reprinted with permission. S. Fatone,

The 2005 Education Summit Report gives an exciting, optimistic vision in its look at the future “Five to Ten Years Out.” For instance, here is the report’s view of the

“The O&P profession has the opportunity to control its own destiny and set the course for the next decade and beyond. Decisive action is necessary, not just to keep pace

John Latsko If all goes as proposed, the largest, most accessible, and cheapest suppliers of certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) may gain Medicare business. Smaller, less

The four initiatives to emerge from the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association’s (AOPA’s) Sunriver Initiatives are on track and moving ahead. This is the good news from AOPA President Walter