Re: Moving target
Stan LaCount
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Title:
Re: Moving target
Creator:
Stan LaCount
Date:
12/18/2000
Text:
There are a lot of initials being used out there but I'm not so sure I agree
that one's credentialing body is irrelevant in as much as you would like to
think so. Personally I'm proud of my ability to make people walk, but I
don't need to put a lot of pompous initials after my name to make it so.
I'll be proud of my BOC and ABC credentials when I earn them, but I hope I
won't be so puffed up and arrogant when it happens. Licensure and
certification should be part and parcel of the same process. Be proud of
your work, not some flimsey acronym after your name like that makes all the
difference. I suspect that your credentialing body is a source of
embarrasment to you, not that licensure makes one's credentialing body
irrelevant. Why do you hide your BOC credentials?
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Sutton L.O. < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] Moving target
> John,
>
> The answer to your question is as follows, an LPO is a Licensed
> Prosthetist/Orthotist. I am BOC certified in Orthotics, I have been
> practicng in the field for 9 years, 7 of those years were under the direct
> supervision of an ABC certified Prosthetist/Orthotist. I received my state
> license in Orthotics in 1998 and I now have an LO behind my name which I
> worked very hard for and am very proud of, no matter what I read on this
> list. I realize that is far more information than you asked for but the
point
> I was trying to make is that my once supervisor and now full partner is an
> ABC Prosthetist/Othotist that uses an LPO behind his name. In a state that
> requires licensure one's credentialing body is irrelevant.
>
>
> Robert S. LO
>
>
that one's credentialing body is irrelevant in as much as you would like to
think so. Personally I'm proud of my ability to make people walk, but I
don't need to put a lot of pompous initials after my name to make it so.
I'll be proud of my BOC and ABC credentials when I earn them, but I hope I
won't be so puffed up and arrogant when it happens. Licensure and
certification should be part and parcel of the same process. Be proud of
your work, not some flimsey acronym after your name like that makes all the
difference. I suspect that your credentialing body is a source of
embarrasment to you, not that licensure makes one's credentialing body
irrelevant. Why do you hide your BOC credentials?
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Sutton L.O. < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] Moving target
> John,
>
> The answer to your question is as follows, an LPO is a Licensed
> Prosthetist/Orthotist. I am BOC certified in Orthotics, I have been
> practicng in the field for 9 years, 7 of those years were under the direct
> supervision of an ABC certified Prosthetist/Orthotist. I received my state
> license in Orthotics in 1998 and I now have an LO behind my name which I
> worked very hard for and am very proud of, no matter what I read on this
> list. I realize that is far more information than you asked for but the
point
> I was trying to make is that my once supervisor and now full partner is an
> ABC Prosthetist/Othotist that uses an LPO behind his name. In a state that
> requires licensure one's credentialing body is irrelevant.
>
>
> Robert S. LO
>
>
Citation
Stan LaCount, “Re: Moving target,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 9, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215512.
