Fw: O&P Orthotechs
Charles Barocas,C.O.
Description
Collection
Title:
Fw: O&P Orthotechs
Creator:
Charles Barocas,C.O.
Date:
10/6/2000
Text:
I received many replies to my posting about Orthotechs being hired by O&P in
support
positions. Most were complimentary to the OrthoTech. Having served in
Vietnam this reply was very meaningful to me. I will contact the ISPO on
just this subject to get their job description of Orthopedic Technologist.
Because I spent so much time overseas with the service and then lived &
worked in Hong Kong, I may have a more international view of things.
>
Charles Barocas, CO
----- Original Message -----
From: John A Zeffer < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: Charles Barocas,C.O. < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:53 PM
Subject: RE: O&P Orthotechs
> If you look to the ISPO (International Society for Prosthetics and
> Orthotics) you will find the term Orthopedic Technologist used to describe
> an individual trained in Orthotic and Prosthetic professional activity.
> There are sub categories within this description; Category 1 being
> equivalent to the O/P professional in the USA or other industrialized
> country. I work at a school for training Category 2
Professional-Orthopedic
> Technologists, wherein after 3 years of intensive study and work, their
> performance is at Category 1 level, but in context of third world
standards.
> General university level educational credentials seem to comprise the gap
> between 1 and 2. There are additional categories and perhaps the OrthoTech
> to which you refer would fit into one of those. Point being that perhaps
it
> is time for a more international view on credentialing terminology.
> John Zeffer
> Cambodia School for Prosthetics and Orthotics
> Phnom Penh, Cambodia
>
support
positions. Most were complimentary to the OrthoTech. Having served in
Vietnam this reply was very meaningful to me. I will contact the ISPO on
just this subject to get their job description of Orthopedic Technologist.
Because I spent so much time overseas with the service and then lived &
worked in Hong Kong, I may have a more international view of things.
>
Charles Barocas, CO
----- Original Message -----
From: John A Zeffer < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: Charles Barocas,C.O. < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:53 PM
Subject: RE: O&P Orthotechs
> If you look to the ISPO (International Society for Prosthetics and
> Orthotics) you will find the term Orthopedic Technologist used to describe
> an individual trained in Orthotic and Prosthetic professional activity.
> There are sub categories within this description; Category 1 being
> equivalent to the O/P professional in the USA or other industrialized
> country. I work at a school for training Category 2
Professional-Orthopedic
> Technologists, wherein after 3 years of intensive study and work, their
> performance is at Category 1 level, but in context of third world
standards.
> General university level educational credentials seem to comprise the gap
> between 1 and 2. There are additional categories and perhaps the OrthoTech
> to which you refer would fit into one of those. Point being that perhaps
it
> is time for a more international view on credentialing terminology.
> John Zeffer
> Cambodia School for Prosthetics and Orthotics
> Phnom Penh, Cambodia
>
Citation
Charles Barocas,C.O., “Fw: O&P Orthotechs,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 16, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215133.
