Re: get involved and get the facts
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Re: get involved and get the facts
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>> 1) Grassroots efforts...we as individual pracs have a responsibility to get involved...on whatever level works for each of us individually. No, we cannot all afford to put in residency programs, but we can do something! For example speak at a local college, in a career survey class for Freshman, to create awareness about O&P. Talk to civic groups, Boy Scouts,... >>>
At the VA Medical Center (prosthetics) in Minneapolis. For individuals interested in entering the prosthetics industry there is a position open through Volunteer Services where one can learn needed skills to become a prosthetic technician or prosthetist. After one year the position remains unfilled and yet almost 50% of the work force at the VA Medial Center is volunteer.
Al Pike, CP
At the VA Medical Center (prosthetics) in Minneapolis. For individuals interested in entering the prosthetics industry there is a position open through Volunteer Services where one can learn needed skills to become a prosthetic technician or prosthetist. After one year the position remains unfilled and yet almost 50% of the work force at the VA Medial Center is volunteer.
Al Pike, CP
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“Re: get involved and get the facts,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 7, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216330.
