Prosthetic Practitioner - Century Community and Technical College

Prosthetic Practitioner from Century Community and Technical College is a Campus Certificate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Century's Orthotic and Prosthetic Practitioner Programs have been preparing students careers in their fields since 1980. The Prosthetic Practitioner Programs is ten-month program, which qualify graduates for a one-year residency and subsequent National Certification Exam. Each year, Century accepts twelve students into both disciplines, where they exposed to a variety of prescriptions and are challenged to design, fabricate and fit devices using patient-models. Following each fitting and dynamic alignment session, students critique their efforts with the aid of videotaped evaluations and instructor assessment of patient-model gait, device compliance and success of treatment. Practitioner curricula consist of: Lectures from visiting doctors, surgeons, occupational therapists, physical therapists, field specialists, product vendors, National Red Cross members and University of Minnesota Medical School faculty. Demonstrations, including abridged seminars by product manufacturers and engineers. Lab work challenges students with hands-on opportunities to practice fabrication techniques and develop hand skills required to build fundamental appliances. Clinical work emphasizes both patient management and cooperation between the surgeon, practitioner, physical therapist, technician and client. Field trips to regional hospitals and clinics, orthotics and prosthetics facilities, and the University of Minnesota Medical School The Prosthetic Practitioner program prepares you for entry into the field of Prosthetics at the practitioner level. A prosthetic practitioner (Prosthetist) provides care for patients with partial or total absence of the limbs by designing, fabricating, and fitting devices known as prostheses. Didactic and laboratory coursework is combined with patient interaction in the areas of lower limb and upper limb. Each of these areas contains instruction in anatomy, pathology, kinesiology, pathomechanics, and prosthetic design principles. Specialty courses covering gait analysis, biomechanics, muscle testing and material science are also included in the program. The practicum section enables you to practice clinical patient management skills in a prosthetic facility for a minimum of 250 hours. In consultation with and at the direction of the physicians, the Prosthetist assists in determining the proper prostheses based on individual patient needs. The Prosthetist is responsible for the design, measurements, modifications, material selection, and layouts. Other aspects of care include fitting, aligning, and evaluating the prostheses to obtain maximum fit, function, cosmetics and workmanship, as well as patient education and records. The Prosthetist must have current knowledge of all new developments concerning patient care. Other aspects of the job could include supervision of support staff, activities occurring in the lab during fabrication of prostheses, and possibly giving lectures and demonstrations to colleagues and other professionals involved in prosthetic care. Participation in research may also be requested. View more details on Century Community and Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.