Re: Orthopedic Tech
Baxter, Steve
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Re: Orthopedic Tech
Creator:
Baxter, Steve
Date:
6/11/2002
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I guess if you follow the logic of some the molds sent to a central fab are
modified by the practitioner who took the mold and sent it there. I guess
they must get to the central fab somehow to do it.
If they did all that then why not save the trip and do it in your own
office. Hmmmm.
I think we all know the moral of the story.
I don't think it's a secret that there are techs modifying molds.
I'll out myself...I have techs modifying molds!. There I said it.
I can modify too, you know, did for a number of years as a tech and a
Certified Practitioner. But now...hate to say it, they are just better at it
then I am. They do 3,000 a year. And it's the marshalling of resources I
spoke of earlier, with the end result patient satisfaction, with a quality
device. My pride or standing in the profession isn't part of the equation.
Have a happy day
Steve Baxter, C.O.
Shriners Hospital
-----Original Message-----
From: The Kogans [SMTP: <Email Address Redacted> ]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:16 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Orthopedic Tech
I think what some practitioners are missing is the value of a good
an well
trained technician. Technicians deserve more credit than we give
them. If
they are taught the way we, as practitioners, want things done, then
that's
what they usually do. So If I take an orthotic cast for an AFO and
pass it
to my technician for modification/fabrication, I expect it to be
done well.
If its not, he does it over again.
Some practitioners believe only the practitioner should modify the
casts
(prosthetics or orthotics). However, I doubt that the dozens of
central
fabrication facilities that have casts sent to them have a certified
practitioner modifying each and every one. They are probably passed
to the
assembly line of technicians to do.
just my 2 cents.
-Mike Kogan, CP
modified by the practitioner who took the mold and sent it there. I guess
they must get to the central fab somehow to do it.
If they did all that then why not save the trip and do it in your own
office. Hmmmm.
I think we all know the moral of the story.
I don't think it's a secret that there are techs modifying molds.
I'll out myself...I have techs modifying molds!. There I said it.
I can modify too, you know, did for a number of years as a tech and a
Certified Practitioner. But now...hate to say it, they are just better at it
then I am. They do 3,000 a year. And it's the marshalling of resources I
spoke of earlier, with the end result patient satisfaction, with a quality
device. My pride or standing in the profession isn't part of the equation.
Have a happy day
Steve Baxter, C.O.
Shriners Hospital
-----Original Message-----
From: The Kogans [SMTP: <Email Address Redacted> ]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:16 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Orthopedic Tech
I think what some practitioners are missing is the value of a good
an well
trained technician. Technicians deserve more credit than we give
them. If
they are taught the way we, as practitioners, want things done, then
that's
what they usually do. So If I take an orthotic cast for an AFO and
pass it
to my technician for modification/fabrication, I expect it to be
done well.
If its not, he does it over again.
Some practitioners believe only the practitioner should modify the
casts
(prosthetics or orthotics). However, I doubt that the dozens of
central
fabrication facilities that have casts sent to them have a certified
practitioner modifying each and every one. They are probably passed
to the
assembly line of technicians to do.
just my 2 cents.
-Mike Kogan, CP
Citation
Baxter, Steve, “Re: Orthopedic Tech,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 8, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219109.
