O&P Ten Years Later, Part Three: Raising the Bar in O&P Education and Professional Standards

In early 2009, O&P experts identified trends most likely to impact the profession during the next decade and discussed challenges that lay ahead for its professionals and suppliers. Our three-part follow-up began in January, as we revisited their predictions and reviewed a decade of progress. It continued in March with a focus on the economics of outcomes and the evolution of patient care, and it concludes this month with a look at where major changes in educational standards have brought us and speculations about where our pursuit of higher professional standards is likely to take us in the next decade.