OP 7002: Clinical Practicum in P&O II

2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: OP 7001
This is the second in a sequence of four clinical practicum courses that are designed to provide students with “real world” exposure to prosthetic and orthotic clinical practice through off-site clinical rotations. The rotations in this course concentrate on general medicine and rehabilitation in a broad area of medical allied health specialties. In class instruction includes activities and sessions: improving patient interaction skills (e.g., history taking, focused physical examinations), evaluation of patients for a lower limb orthosis, prescription formulation for lower limb orthoses and proper determination of billing and procedure codes.