In this subject, students will develop clinical and technical skills commensurate with those of an entry-level practitioner and, as such, will be able to provide basic prosthetic services to persons with transfemoral amputation. Emphasis is placed on developing skills to effectively provide and maintain safe, comfortable and functional transfemoral prostheses. Students work one-on-one with a diverse range of clients to develop these skills including: assessment, prescription, treatment planning, casting and cast modification, fabrication, fitting, alignment and adjustment of clinically realistic transfemoral prostheses. Students will apply learning from foundation subjects such as biomechanics, anatomy and evidence-based practice, as well as the parallel transfemoral prosthetic theory subject, into their clinical practice.

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