Editor’s Note–March 2023

The way that practitioners are educated, workplace expectations and stressors, and external policy issues all impact how O&P is practiced. In this issue, experts look at how these topics affect the present and future of the profession.

Often when we talk about education, we refer specifically to the instruction that happens in the classroom. That’s certainly an important element of any educational experience, and particularly in a healthcare profession such as O&P. But residency is also critical to clinicians’ learning, and residency supervisors must embrace their roles as educators. “Teachers and Role Models: Characteristics of Effective Clinical Educators” discusses how this educational obligation goes beyond teaching clinical and technical tasks to modelling professional practice.