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Graduate Curricula
tional therapy. This may include but is not limited
to any (or any combination) of the following:
Psychosocial, physical disabilities, pediatrics,
hand therapy, work hardening, home health,
community, cardiac rehabilitation, and management.
Clients may exhibit psychosocial and/or
medical deficits affecting their work/productive
activities, occupations of daily living, or
play/leisure skills. Pass/No Pass grade.
MOT 660. Optional Level II
FW Experience
1–6 credits
Two weeks to three months of supervised fieldwork
experience with any age client population.
This Level II Fieldwork is an optional fieldwork
and open to any traditional or non-traditional
area within occupation therapy. Generally this
fieldwork will be utilized for advancing students
clinical skills into specialty areas. This may
include but is not limited to any (or any combination)
of the following: Psychosocial, physical
disabilities, pediatrics, hand therapy, work hardening,
home health, community, cardiac rehabilitation,
and management. Clients may exhibit psychosocial
and/or medical deficits affecting their
work/productive activities, occupations of daily
living, or play/leisure skills. Pass/No Pass grade.
Master of Orthotic Science
College of Human Services
This program will commence in Fall 2001 and is
in the process of submitting its curriculum to the
Educational Policies Committee. Therefore, the
following is subject to change and students
interested in this program should contact the
director of the department of Orthotic Science.
Orthotics is a unique health profession that
involves the design and creation of external
braces (orthoses) that transfer forces to the body
of persons with physical impairments as part of a
treatment process. The capabilities and limitations
of persons with physically disabling conditions
of the limbs, spine or cranium are evaluated
and treated by an orthotist to stabilize weak or
injured joints, allow increased independence or to
prevent progression of a deformity.
Orthotists are involved in patient care in an
office or hospital setting, are employed in industry
as designers, manufacturers or component
suppliers, or may be involved in academic positions
as teachers or researchers in a university.
The profession of orthotics combines medical
knowledge, understanding of materials science
and technology, manual dexterity, ingenuity, and
clinical and technical training to produce a
patient management professional.
In 2000, responding to rapid advances in
medicine and technology paired with a nationwide
demand for orthotists’ services, St. Ambrose
University created the first entry-level Master of
Orthotic Science (MOS) program in the nation.
St. Ambrose’s MOS is recognized by the National
Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic
Education (NCOPE) as a developing program
and will seek full accreditation prior to graduation
of its first class in 2003. Questions regarding
accreditation can be addressed to the National
Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic
Education (NCOPE) located at 330 John Carlyle
Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314.
Telephone: 703/836-7114, Web site:
www.ncope.org.
Graduates from NCOPE-accredited education
programs are eligible for a residency in orthotics
in an NCOPE-accredited residency site. These
residency sites are available across the nation and
the number of sites has been increasing yearly.
The residency must be performed under the
supervision of an orthotist certified by the
American Board for Certification in Orthotics
and Prosthetics, Inc. (ABC). Upon successful
completion of the residency, candidates may take
the national practitioner certification board
examination administered by the American Board
for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc.
(ABC). Questions about practitioner certification
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