OP 6800: Transtibial Prosthetics

1. Communicate with the patient to gather pertinent information for the provision of and adjustments to a prosthesis for optimal outcomes, including determining what constitutes pertinent information.
2. Formulate a prescription and recommend a treatment plan for patients who have had an amputation of their leg distal to the knee.
3. Identify prosthetic gait deviations and alignment problems; make recommendations for and perform necessary adjustments to the prosthesis to improve and optimize gait.
4. Diagnose prosthetic fitting problems and implement appropriate changes and modifications to the prosthesis to resolve them.
5. Identify the traumatic injuries and diseases associated with limb amputation, and understand the associated implications for prosthetic care.
6. Communicate a patient’s prosthetic needs with allied health professionals (members of a rehabilitation team), including recommended treatment plan and response to situational changes.
7. Determine the proper billing and procedure codes and medical documentation required for clinical practice.
8. Employ safe laboratory and clinical practices, including the proper use of equipment and tools for clinical patient assessment, impression taking, positive model rectification, fabrication, fitting and adjustment.
9. Safely engage in the process of creating various custom-molded prostheses from patient evaluation, casting, positive model modification, fabrication, and fitting on a simulated or real patient model.
10. Provide proper documentation for all phases of the fitting process.