Re: PT Masters in L. E. Orthotics?!?!?!
scott anderson
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Title:
Re: PT Masters in L. E. Orthotics?!?!?!
Creator:
scott anderson
Date:
4/17/2001
Text:
The bottom line is this. The fear of change is what
haunts many of us. Technology and knowledge is gained
through experience. What is stopping any of us from
going back to school to get another degree? Knowledge
is the key to all, without it the doors of perception
and reality will always be blurred.
sa
--- Chet X Burdette < <Email Address Redacted> > wrote:
> I was contacted today by a local physical therapist
> who wanted to borrow
> my Atlas of Orthotics. She said she is currently
> getting her Masters in
> Lower Extremity Orthotics and was having trouble
> finding the book. (a
> required text) She said it was through the
> University of Indianapolis.
> Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? What would a
> PT do with such a
> degree? (other than an Orthotists job) I wonder if
> they are also
> offering a Masters in Prosthetics to Physical
> Therapists. Hmmmm...
>
> A Masters degree in O&P would certainly make a
> Physical Therapist more
> qualified than you or I to provide custom Orthotic
> and Prosthetic
> devices. Anyone with half a brain can see that.
> How many of you
> practitioners out there have your masters? I know I
> don't.
>
>
> Chet Burdette CPO
>
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haunts many of us. Technology and knowledge is gained
through experience. What is stopping any of us from
going back to school to get another degree? Knowledge
is the key to all, without it the doors of perception
and reality will always be blurred.
sa
--- Chet X Burdette < <Email Address Redacted> > wrote:
> I was contacted today by a local physical therapist
> who wanted to borrow
> my Atlas of Orthotics. She said she is currently
> getting her Masters in
> Lower Extremity Orthotics and was having trouble
> finding the book. (a
> required text) She said it was through the
> University of Indianapolis.
> Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? What would a
> PT do with such a
> degree? (other than an Orthotists job) I wonder if
> they are also
> offering a Masters in Prosthetics to Physical
> Therapists. Hmmmm...
>
> A Masters degree in O&P would certainly make a
> Physical Therapist more
> qualified than you or I to provide custom Orthotic
> and Prosthetic
> devices. Anyone with half a brain can see that.
> How many of you
> practitioners out there have your masters? I know I
> don't.
>
>
> Chet Burdette CPO
>
________________________________________________________________
> GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
> Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for
> less!
> Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
> <URL Redacted>.
>
>
Citation
scott anderson, “Re: PT Masters in L. E. Orthotics?!?!?!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216405.
