HLT102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aircraft Owners And Pilots Association, Palpation, Prosthesis
Document Summary
Please go to the usc website for up to date information on the teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered. This introductory course will build your awareness of prosthetic and orthotic practice through topics ranging from terminology, scope of practice, and material science concepts related to prosthetic and orthotic design. Practical exposure to the technical skills is done through a series of projects that will familiarise you to the tools and methods used in practice that will be used in future coursework. This course will start to develop your sense of professionalism and understanding of the scope of practice of a prosthetist/orthotist. Aopa scope of practice and clinical competencies: prosthetic & orthotic components and terminology, who uses prosthetics and orthotics, occupation health and safety, personal protective equipment (ppe) Module 2: material properties: terminology, properties of common materials in p&o. Foot orthoses: casting & fabrication of foot orthoses, palpation/anthropometrics.
