Prosthetist-orthotist
Code 3214.3
Prosthetist-orthotists design and custom fit prostheses and orthoses for individuals who are missing a limb from accident, disease or congenital conditions or for individuals who have impairments, deficiences or weaknesses due to injury, pathology or congenital malformation. They mix patient care with the design and fabrication of these devices to address their patients' needs.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- human anatomy
- biomechanics
- kinetics
- prosthetic devices
- rehabilitation
Skills and competences
- archive healthcare users' records
- communicate in healthcare
- answer patients' questions
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- create lifecasts
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- design medical supportive devices
- modify lifecasts
- listen actively
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- interact with healthcare users
Transversal competences
- advise on rehabilitation exercises
- instruct patients on supportive devices
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- collect healthcare user's general data
- adhere to organisational guidelines
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences