Becoming an O & P Certified Professional

Becoming an O & P Certified Professional

Bob Dwyer

10/5/2010

Good morning everyone,

I'm gathering information on how I can become a certified O & P
Practitioner and came across this great resource! I already have a
bachelor's degree and was told the best route for me to go would be to
get enrolled into a certificate program and then do the 12 month
residency. Through my research I've also learned that O & P is on
it's way to being a master's only degree come 2012, which could pose a
problem for me due to what I need to do to get there.

I come from a business background so before enrolling into a
certificate program, I would need to take some pre-reqs courses. My
question is: does the educational requirements AND residency need to
be completed by 2012? I would need to take all my pre-req's this up
coming spring semester 2011, apply to a fall certificate program
(unless there is one in the summer), and then apply for a residency
somewhere? This obviously puts me well into 2012 if everything
proceeds perfectly. Not sure it can be done?

Thanks for any input!

Bob Dwyer
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