Supervision and Mentoring for Schools, module 1 Programme description

The Bachelor's Programme in Prosthetics and Orthotics aims to educate user-oriented, creative, inquisitive, independent and reflective professionals who are capable of engaging in professional and interprofessional cooperation. After completing the programme, the candidates are expected to have acquired competence that ensures that they will practice their profession in accordance with society's requirements and need for prosthetic and orthotic services. The learning outcomes are in accordance with the Qualifications Framework, but have been supplemented with some learning outcomes from the ISPO guidelines.

The competence can be defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate

• has broad knowledge of scientific, technological and social science subjects that are essential in a prosthetist/orthotist's professional practice
• has broad knowledge of the prosthetist/orthotist's role and function in preventive, therapeutic and (re)habilitative activities
• is familiar with the discipline's history, traditions, distinctive nature and place in society
• is familiar with global challenges relating to assistive technology, public health and the environment in a changing society
• is familiar with research and development work of relevance to prosthetics and orthotics
• is capable of updating his/her knowledge in fields relevant to prosthetics and orthotics activities

Skills

The candidate is capable of

• preparing and implementing an prosthetic and orthotic management plan for individual users
• applying knowledge of prosthetics and orthotics and relevant results from research and development work to practical and theoretical problems and making well-founded choices
• carrying out clinical and technical procedures and processes involved in prevention, treatment and (re)habilitation for persons in need of prostheses and/or orthoses at some point in their life and reflecting on his/her own professional practice
• applying relevant materials, equipment, components and techniques
• exploring new technology and considering potential areas of application in the field of prosthetics and orthotics
• finding, assessing and referring to information and specialist literature and presenting it so that it highlights a problem

General competence

The candidate is capable of

• communicating with users and other partners in a professional manner and practising the profession in an ethically sound manner
• relating to a diverse society characterised by individual and cultural differences in a professional manner
• cooperating in a user-focused and interprofessional manner
• taking an active role in quality assurance, improvement, development, innovation and promotion of services and professional practice
• independently applying knowledge and skills by demonstrating cooperation skills, responsibility, and the ability to reflect on and take a critical approach in his/her professional practice
• identifying own learning and competence needs to be able to keep up to date
• complying with national legislation and national and international guidelines for professional practice in the health and social services at both system and individual level
• planning and implementing relevant projects and complex tasks that take place over time and that contribute to the development of theory and/or practice, alone or as part of an interprofessional team that can contribute to developing good practices
• demonstrating insight into creative processes and applying methods used in innovation and entrepreneurship
• communicating important subject matter to users, other partners and the general public