ISPO Triennium report 2010 - 2013

Revision of the ISPO Training Guidelines
Throughout the triennium, the ISPO Education
Committee and especially the Standards and
Guidelines Subcommittee has been working
on revising ISPO’s ‘Guidelines for Training
Personnel for Prosthetics and Orthotics
Services’ to reflect developments in the field:
In 2010, the ISPO Executive Board agreed that
the guidelines need to be adjusted in order to be
applicable in any country.
In 2011 and 2012, ISPO invited all professionals
in the P&O field to participate in an online survey.
The objective of the survey was to assess the
education standards in view of the challenges
currently faced by P&O professionals in their daily
activity, to determine educational needs in the
various geographic regions that ISPO works in and
to get insights on current trends in the professional
practice.
A statistician contracted by ISPO is currently
analyzing the answers and will provide a formal
report with the findings in 2013. This will form
the basis for formally revising the ISPO training
guidelines.
Participation in European Union (EU)
eLearning Project
In December 2011, ISPO agreed to participate in
the eLearning Project “TRAINORTHOT” *, which
is financed by the Leonardo Program of the
European Union and aims to develop transnational
online courses on the orthotic treatment of foot
pathologies for professionals and students in
the foot orthopaedic sector in
selected European countries.
By providing consulting and
dissemination services, ISPO
supports this initiative which
looks into mitigating the
differences between various
European countries in relation
to the foot orthopaedic sector, the educational
programs, the categorization of the orthopaedic
professionals, their competences and skills. In
addition, the project will provide professionals in
the sector with the educational basis and training
that will enable them to adapt to the evolving
market and customer requirements.
* Project number: 2011-1-SK1-LEO05-02875.
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Students - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Students at work - Sirindhorn School of Prosthetics & Orthotics at
Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand
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