Orthopedic Tech
The Kogans
Description
Collection
Title:
Orthopedic Tech
Creator:
The Kogans
Date:
6/11/2002
Text:
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
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
The Kogans, “Orthopedic Tech,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 12, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219112.
