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Open Forum 1

Zusammenfassung: A casting for Trans-femoral prostheses is considered to be most difficult work, requiring advanced techniques for a prosthetist. For this reason we developed the Prosthetic Casting Simulator for Trans-femoral amputation which is available in P&O education.

Zusammenfassung: Pakistan graduates indicated that P&O services for Pakistan can be better provided by modifying program content, upgrading teachers’ knowledge, improving access to information and addressing issues of gender equality.

Zusammenfassung: The P&O International program will open on June, 2010 after the SSPO was accredited by ISPO category 1 education as the first school in Thailand and south East Asia.

Zusammenfassung: Key words: CPD, professional development, continuing education, capacity building, staff training, low income countries, Cambodia

Zusammenfassung: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Sichuan University, have worked together and launched a 4-year full time Prosthetics & Orthotics undergraduate education programme at the Sichuan University to train prosthetics and orthotics professionals. The programme was started in September 2009.

Zusammenfassung: This program evaluation was designed to assess the effect of a training provided by an NGO. The program goal was to develop knowledge and skills in a group of prosthetic technicians in the Dominican Republic. Data were gathered from trainers and trainees using face to face interviews and surveys