ISCO Occupation Group 3214.3 Prosthetist Orthotist
From Open Risk Manual
Contents
Definition
Prosthetist-Orthotist: Prosthetist-orthotists design and custom fit prostheses and orthoses for individuals who are missing a limb from accident, disease or congenital conditions or for individuals who have impairments, deficiences or weaknesses due to injury, pathology or congenital malformation. They mix patient care with the design and fabrication of these devices to address their patients' needs.
Essential Skills
- Archive Healthcare Users' Records
- Record Healthcare Users' Progress Related To Treatment
- Create Lifecasts
- Apply Health Sciences
- Human Anatomy
- Ensure Safety Of Healthcare Users
- Communicate Effectively In Healthcare
- Collect Healthcare User'S General Data
- Design Medical Supportive Devices
- Listen Actively
- Kinetics
- Prosthetic Devices
- Comply With Legislation Related To Health Care
- Modify Lifecasts
- Rehabilitation
- Answer Patients' Questions
- Contribute To The Rehabilitation Process
- Interact With Healthcare Users
- Biomechanics
- Contribute To Continuity Of Health Care
- Advise On Rehabilitation Exercises
- Instruct Patients On Supportive Devices
- Comply With Quality Standards Related To Healthcare Practice
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
Optional Skills
- Perform A Prosthetic Examination Of The Patient
- Provide Health Education
- Identify Patients' Medical Records
- Orthopaedic Goods Industry
- Place Orders For Orthopedic Products
- Human Physiology
- Modify Casts For Prostheses
- Use E-Health And Mobile Health Technologies
- Recommend Orthotic Devices
- Develop Therapeutic Relationships
- Test Prosthetic-Orthotic Devices
- Manipulate Wood
- Recommend Orthopedic Goods To Customers Depending On Their Condition
- Pedorthics
- Types Of Orthopedic Supplies
- Manipulate Plastic
- Hygiene In A Health Care Setting
- Orthopaedic Conditions
- Manipulate Prosthetic-Orthotic Device Materials
- Work In Multidisciplinary Health Teams
- Medical Terminology
- Orthotics
- Pathology
- Assist Patients With Rehabilitation
- First Aid
- Medical Informatics
- Orthopaedics
- Repair Orthopedic Goods
- Respond To Changing Situations In Health Care
- Prosthetic-Orthotic Device Materials
- Maintain Prosthetic-Orthotic Devices
- Educate Patient'S Relations On Care
- Record Data From Biomedical Tests
- Repair Prosthetic-Orthotic Devices
- Finish Prosthetic-Orthotic Devices
Alternative Names
- Specialist Prosthetist
- Orthotist
- Prosthetic Technologist
- Certified Prosthetist
- Artificial Limb Technician
- Expert Prosthetist
- Technologist In Prosthetics
- Prosthetic Technician
- Clinical Prosthetist
Specializations
| Specialization | Title |
|---|---|
| C3214.3.1 | ISCO Specialization 3214.3.1 Prosthetic Orthotics Technician |
