Re: We are not the only ones!
George Boyer
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: We are not the only ones!
Creator:
George Boyer
Date:
9/17/2000
Text:
Jim - I suggested 5 - 6 years back that prosthetists should become true
professionals and sell their services, their talent.....not products. George
Boyer.
Jim Rogers, CPO wrote:
> Collegues and Mr. Baracos:
>
> Twenty years ago the issue was: should we let the pharmacists fit corsets?
> Ten years ago it was physical therapists fabricating and fitting direct
> molded orthoses. Historically, we as a profession have not had the leadership
> or the foresight to see that medical technology would soon provide orthotic
> (and soon prosthetic) accessability without the need for fabrication. As a
> consequence, orthotists lost a portion of their scope if you will. Today
> the issue is not different; only the products differ. The
professionals and sell their services, their talent.....not products. George
Boyer.
Jim Rogers, CPO wrote:
> Collegues and Mr. Baracos:
>
> Twenty years ago the issue was: should we let the pharmacists fit corsets?
> Ten years ago it was physical therapists fabricating and fitting direct
> molded orthoses. Historically, we as a profession have not had the leadership
> or the foresight to see that medical technology would soon provide orthotic
> (and soon prosthetic) accessability without the need for fabrication. As a
> consequence, orthotists lost a portion of their scope if you will. Today
> the issue is not different; only the products differ. The
Citation
George Boyer, “Re: We are not the only ones!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215074.
