Education and Technical Support of Prosthetics and Orthotics Education in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309: Orthotics and Prosthetics Edu in Latin America IPRO 309 Abstract Sp07 Bagby, Allison French, Elise Gracia, David Maksimowicz, Peter Morley, Michael Pellico, Christopher Prabhu, Vinit Rife, Carolanne Sedacki, Karen Valls, Nil Kevin P. Meade Prosthetics Orthotics Primary Objective The primary objective of this IPRO is to support the development of the first International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) accredited Category 3 program in Latin America. Secondary Objectives The secondary objectives are necessary for accomplishing the primary objective. To ensure that the program will be accredited, many guidelines must be followed; these guidelines have set the secondary objectives as follows: • Develop several educational modules concerning common diseases and their orthotic treatments • Develop several low-cost demonstrations and hand-outs to compliment the educational modules • Carefully follow ISPO requirements to ensure accreditation • Translate all material to Spanish for use in Latin America • Develop a three day short course to be presented at a Prosthetics and Orthotics conference at Bogotá, Colombia in May 2007 • Work with educators in Colombia to develop a program similar to IPRO 309 Deliverables for IPRO 309: Education and Technical Support of Prosthetics and Orthotics Education in Latin America for the Spring 2007 semester 2007-05 2007-05 Project deliverable application/pdf islandora:13940 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/1827 IPRO / Interprofessional Projects Program Illinois Institute of Technology en In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access