The Concept of an Entry-Level Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Preparing Orthotists for the New Millennium Part 1: History of Orthotic and Prosthetic Education

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 51-58

  Hovorka, Christopher F ^a   Shurr, Donald G ^b   Bozik, Daniel S ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entry level; Graduate education; Interdisciplinary; Master's degree; Orthotic science; Orthotics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRACE; CERTIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORTHOTICS; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPLINT; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 0036259358     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-200206000-00006     Document Type: Review

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