Students in the University of Washington’s Master of Prosthetics and Orthotics (MPO) program earned scholarships at the Northwest Chapter Meeting of the American Academy of O&P (NWAAOP) meeting in April. The NWAAOP board awarded second-year students Val Goetz, Mya Akrie, and Shannon Coyle $1,000 each as part of the Bernard Simon Scholarships.
Second-year students gave presentations based on the critically appraised topics they completed in the evidence-based practice course. Coyle presented “The effect of night-time orthosis use on dorsiflexion range of motion in children with lower limb paresis.”
Other presentations included:
“Plantarflexion stops vs. plantarflexion resistance: Effects on gait of post-stroke patients” by Liz Morse.
“Comparison of caregiver and patient perceptions of health-related quality of life in early-onset scoliosis” by Sam Teixeira.
“The difference between carbon and hinged AFOs in pediatric patients with cerebral palsy” by Katie Bieler,
“Comparison of cranial helmet therapy and repositioning therapy for infants with plagiocephaly and/or brachycephaly” by Riley Browning.
Brendan McGonigle, a second-year MPO student, was nominated to be secretary of the NWAAOP board for the coming year. McGonigle will graduate in June and begin a residency at Hanger in Silverdale, Washington.
