ORI1300 Transtibial and Transfemoral Prostheses Course description

This course is based on the clinical work processes covered in ORI1000 and is the first of four courses in orthopaedic technology. Knowledge acquired in the courses in anatomy and biomechanics will be used. The focus is on users with lower limb amputations, especially at transtibial (below the knee) or transfemoral (above the knee) level. These two levels account for a high proportion of prosthetic technology work.

Prosthetists work with patients in all age groups and life situations. It is therefore important that they have good communication skills and basic skills in observing and talking to children and adolescents to understand their lives, and how work with children can be carried out in an interprofessional person-centred and family-centred manner. This topic is highlighted in the interdisciplinary teaching activity INTER1100 The Same Child - Different Arenas, 1.5 credits.

The student must have been admitted to the study programme.

After completing the course and INTER1100, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence (INTER1100 addresses the learning outcomes marked with an asterisk (*)):

Knowledge

The student

• can explain children and adolescents’ process of growing up in a society characterised by social and cultural diversity*
• can explain the medical reasons for lower-limb amputation
• can refer to anatomical landmarks/structures that are significant to the adaptation of transtibial and transfemoral prostheses
• is familiar with amputation surgery at the transtibial and transfemoral level
• can explain pain and other consequential conditions after an amputation, and psychosocial aspects of amputations and the use of prostheses
• is familiar with symptoms of cognitive deficits and the consequences of this when communicating about the use of prostheses
• can describe key terms in socket technology, alignment and biomechanics in connection with adaptation of transtibial and transfemoral prostheses
• can give an account of materials used in prosthetic liners, such as silicone, elastomers and foam materials

Skills

The student

• can cooperate with students from other programmes of professional study about relevant challenges in the everyday lives of children and adolescents*
• can discuss and reflect on their own future professional role in interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians*
• can conduct a visual gait analysis and correct gait deviations
• can use functional tests, make plaster moulds, take measurements and use 3D scanning, printing and modelling
• can carry out clinical processes following amputations at transtibial and transfemoral level
• can explain choices of components and materials based on patient history and functional assessment
• can apply outcome measures and ICF and use the information in patient records and to define goals
• can write patient records
• can prepare work descriptions and carry out technical production procedures in the production of transtibial and transfemoral prostheses
• can search for, summarise and reference research articles

General competence

The student

• has an understanding of interprofessional cooperation with children, young people and their families*
• can apply fundamental clinical reasoning to become familiar with the needs of the users
• can conduct him/herself in a professional manner and take care of users in clinical settings
• can communicate both orally and in writing with users, fellow students and staff in clinical and technical situations

The work and teaching methods used vary between seminars, skills training, a clinical and technical module, lectures, digital learning resources, student cooperation and self-study.

The following coursework requirements must be met before the student can take the exam:

• minimum attendance of 80% at seminars and skills training
• two individual process descriptions (clinical/technical) of 1,500 words (+/- 5%) based on the learning outcomes listed under ‘Skills’.

Coursework requirements for INTER1100‘The Same Child - Different Arenas’

Students must submit an individual log. Scope: 500 words (+/- 10%). In order to write the log, the student must first participate in a two-day seminar.

Combined assessment:

Part 1) Written home exam over 4 weeks in groups of 2-3 students with a scope of 3,300-3,800 words.

Part 2) Individual oral exam, up to 20 minutes.

Weighting: One overall grade is awarded for part 1 and part 2. Parts 1 and 2 count equally with respect to grading. Students must be awarded a pass grade A-E for part one and part two in order to pass the exam.

Resit exam: If the student is awarded an F in one part of the exam, that part of the exam must be retaken. If a fail grade (F) is awarded for the written work (part 1), the student has the right to submit a reworked version once.

Students can appeal the grade awarded for part 1 of the exam.

Part 1) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Part 2) None.

Parts 1 and 2: Grade scale A-F.

Parts 1: All answers are assessed by one examiner. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Part 2: All answers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

• 10 credits overlap with the course ORTO1300 Transtibial and Transfemoral Prostheses