Essential Functions

In addition to essential functions for all Health Professions students (above), each student in the Prosthetics-Orthotics Program must be able to:

1. Participate in supervised clinical activities for eight-hour days;
2. Demonstrate sufficient vision to perform such tasks as (but not limited to) interpreting a medical record, inspecting wounds, and determining gait deviations;
3. Physically and visually utilize chemicals and power tools while following all appropriate safety precautions;
4. Demonstrate the physical capability to work in a prosthetics and orthotics laboratory for four-hour periods; and
5. Demonstrate sufficient arm strength, balance, coordination, and sensation to perform such activities as (but not limited to) patient casting, manual muscle testing, range-of-motion testing, and soft tissue and bony evaluations.