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Contemporary Limb Prosthetics: A Review
(SW PROS 1)

Contemporary Limb Orthotics: A Review
(SW ORTH 1)

     These distance continuing education courses are for prosthetists, orthotists, board exam candidates, therapists, medical residents, or any healthcare professional with an interest in prosthetics and orthotics.  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Prosthetics-Orthotics program has designed these selected lectures and exercises to be self-paced, easily completed in a few sessions, and flexible to fit into today's busy schedules.  Accessed online, these courses cover all levels of prosthetics-orthotics and the corresponding fitting principles. The participant receives 30 days of unlimited access for $385 per course.

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What you need to access the course

  • High speed Internet access
  • Latest version of Internet Explorer (Netscape will not display correctly)

 

Continuing Education Credits awarded for successful completion of Contemporary Limb Orthotics: A Review

  • Certified Prosthetist-Orthotists or Certified Orthotists
          22.5 Category 1 CEUs

  • Pedorthists
          8.75 Category 1 CEUs for the first twelve lessons
        13.75 Category 2 CEUs for remaining lessons
  • Letter of completion provided upon request for BOC or state licensure boards

Continuing Education Credits awarded for successful completion of Contemporary Limb Prosthetics: A Review

  • Certified Prosthetist-Orthotists or Certified Prosthetists
          22.5 Category 1 CEUs
  • Letter of completion provided upon request for BOC or state licensure boards

Benefits of taking this course

  • On-line access from anywhere, at anytime
  • No travel required
  • 30 days of unlimited access per course
  • More than 40 lectures in each course
  • Review lecture highlights only, or in-depth content
  • Quizzes, problem solving scenarios, simulations, and cases with immediate feedback
  • Enhance your prescription formulation skills via case studies
  • All assessments may be repeated multiple times
  • A recommended reading list

Quizzes

  • Multiple choice questions accompany each lecture and are scored and returned immediately.

Written Simulation Problems

  • Several scenarios are presented to help the course participant work through clinical situations.  These multiple-section problems attempt to simulate real patient encounters, allowing the participant to select actions that he or she would take in a true clinical setting.  The best course of action for each problem is presented after the last section.

Problem Solving Questions

  • Short answer and identification questions are available, with suggested best answers returned immediately after submission.

Prescription Recommendation Exercises

  • Prescription formulation guidelines enhance prescription recommendation skills.

Handouts

Downloadable handouts are available to use as quick reference guides in the clinical setting or as study guides:

  • Prescription Recommendation Guidelines
  • Transtibial Gait Deviations
  • Transfemoral Gait Deviations

Lecture Content

Course content is presented using PowerPoint presentations with lecture detail in the notes section.  It will not be necessary to download audio, flash, or video files.

 

Prosthetics

  1. Etiology and Incidence of Amputation
  2. Lower Limb Anatomy Review
  3. Normal Gait
  4. Pathological Gait
  5. Transtibial Prosthetics Overview
  6. Biomechanics of Transtibial Prosthetics
  7. Transtibial Components
  8. Prosthetic Feet
  9. Transtibial Socket Designs
  10. Transtibial Suspension Options
  11. Transtibial Total Surface Bearing Socket Concepts and Pin Suspension
  12. Joint and Corset Suspension Principles
  13. Partial Foot Amputations
  14. Syme Amputations and Prosthetic Management
  15. Transtibial Prescription Recommendation
  16. Transtibial Gait Deviations
  17. Transfemoral Introduction
  18. Biomechanics of Transfemoral Prosthetics
  19. General Transfemoral Components
  20. Transfemoral Suspension Systems
  21. Quadrilateral Socket Design Principles
  22. Quadrilateral Modification Quick Reference
  23. Survey of Single Axis Knee Mechanisms
  24. Polycentric Knee Principles
  25. Survey of Polycentric Knee Mechanisms
  26. Fluid Friction Dampening Principles
  27. Knee Disarticulation Principles
  28. Hip Disarticulation and Hemipelvectomy
  29. Transfemoral Prescription Recommendation
  30. Transfemoral Gait Deviations
  31. Introduction to Upper Limb Prosthetics
  32. Terminology, Etiology, and Incidence of Upper Limb Amputation
  33. Transradial Biomechanics
  34. Transradial Components
  35. Transradial Harnessing and Cabling
  36. Transradial Socket Design and Suspension
  37. Upper Limb Prosthetics Prescription Considerations, Documentation and Recommendations
  38. Transhumeral Overview: Prosthetic Design, Suspension and Components
  39. Transhumeral Harnessing and Cabling
  40. Wrist Disarticulation
  41. Elbow Disarticulation
  42. Shoulder Disarticulation and Interscapulothoracic Amputations

Orthotics

  1. Normal Gait
  2. Pathological Gait
  3. MMT ROM Review
  4. Diagnostic Imaging
  5. Plastics: Materials and Techniques
  6. Introduction to Lower Extremity Orthotics
  7. Clinical Terminology
  8. Lower Extremity Surface Anatomy Review
  9. Lower Extremity Skeletal Anatomy Review
  10. Foot and Ankle Anatomy Biomechanics Review
  11. Foot Orthoses
  12. AFO Design Principles
  13. Orthotic Considerations for Diabetes
  14. Introduction to Knee Orthoses
  15. Hip and Knee Functional Anatomy Review
  16. Orthotic Treatment of Lower Extremity Fractures
  17. KAFO Design Principles
  18. Pediatric Hip Orthoses Introduction
  19. Adult Hip Orthoses
  20. Spine Introduction
  21. Spinal Principles
  22. Spine Surface Anatomy
  23. Spinal Skeletal Anatomy Review
  24. Spinal Biomechanics and Pathologies
  25. Spinal Classification - Denis 3 Column System Quick Reference
  26. Mechanics of Spinal Orthotic Treatment
  27. Acute Spinal Fracture Management
  28. Introduction to Spinal Traction
  29. Cervical Orthoses Overview
  30. Introduction to Halo Orthoses
  31. Orthotic Treatment of the Pediatric and Adolescent Spine
  32. Blueprinting a scoliosis TLSO Using a Radiograph
  33. Introduction to Seating - Principles, Biomechanics, and Components
  34. Introduction to Upper Extremity Orthotics
  35. Orthotic Management of the Hand
  36. Orthotic Management of the Wrist
  37. Hand Orthoses: Thermoplastic and Metal- Rationale, Components and Orthometry
  38. Wrist Hand Orthoses: Thermoplastic and Metal - Rationale, Components and Orthometry
  39. Wrist Hand Orthoses: Addition of Outriggers
  40. Wrist Driven and Ratchet Wrist Hand Orthoses: Rationale, Components and Orthometry
  41. Orthotic Management of the Elbow: Orthoses, Rationale, Components
  42. Orthotic Management of the Shoulder: Orthoses, Rationale, Components

 

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