Continuing Education
These distance continuing education courses are for prosthetists, orthotists, board exam candidates, therapists, medical residents, or any healthcare professional with an interest in prosthetics and orthotics. UT Southwestern Medical Center's Prosthetics-Orthotics program has designed these selected lectures and exercises to be self-paced, easily completed in a few sessions, and flexible to fit into today's busy schedules. Accessed online, these courses cover all levels of prosthetics-orthotics and the corresponding fitting principles. Registration in a course provides 30 days unlimited access. Course extensions are also available.
Available Courses
- Contemporary Limb Orthotics: A Review
- Contemporary Limb Prosthetics: A Review
Online Registration and Payment Available
Pay with PayPal, Credit, Debit, or Check
Register Online
(this option provides 30 day access immediately after registering)
Online Registration Instructions
or To register with check via mail complete and return the form below
Mail-In Review Course Registration and Renewal Form
Return this form with a check payable to UTSW Prosthetics – Orthotics Program to:
UT Southwestern Prosthetics-Orthotics Program
Attn: Review Course / Davida Callender
6011 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9091
$385 inital enrollment (30 days)
$60 renewal enrollment (additional 30 days)
Renewal Rules:
Requests for renewal must be received within 30days of completing the original 30 day enrollment. Access will only be granted for continued enrollment in the same course as original enrollment. PayPay cannot be used to purchase a renewal. Please complete the Mail-In Review Course Form with check payment.
Available Continuing Education Credits
Continuing Education Credits awarded for successful completion of Contemporary Limb Orthotics: A Review
- Certified Prosthetist-Orthotists or Certified Orthotists
22.5 Category 1 Credits - Pedorthists
8.75 Category 1 Credits for the first twelve lessons
13.75 Category 2 Credits for remaining lessons - Letter of completion provided upon request for BOC or state licensure boards
Continuing Education Credits awarded for successful completion of Contemporary Limb Prosthetics: A Review
- Certified Prosthetist-Orthotists or Certified Prosthetists
30 Category 1 Credits - Letter of completion provided upon request for BOC or state licensure boards
Quizzes
- Multiple choice questions accompany each lecture and are scored and returned immediately.
Written Simulation Problems
- Several scenarios are presented to help the course participant work through clinical situations. These multiple-section problems attempt to simulate real patient encounters, allowing the participant to select actions that he or she would take in a true clinical setting. The best course of action for each problem is presented after the last section.
Problem Solving Questions
- Short answer and identification questions are available, with suggested best answers returned immediately after submission.
Prescription Recommendation Exercises
- Prescription formulation guidelines enhance prescription recommendation skills.
Handouts
Downloadable handouts are available to use as quick reference guides in the clinical setting or as study guides:
- Prescription Recommendation Guidelines
- Transtibial Gait Deviations
- Transfemoral Gait Deviations
Lecture Content
Course content is presented using slideshow presentations with lecture detail in the notes section.
| Prosthetics | Orthotics |
| Etiology and Incidence of Amputation | Normal Gait |
| Lower Limb Anatomy Review | Pathological Gait |
| Normal Gait | MMT ROM Review |
| Pathological Gait | Diagnostic Imaging |
| Transtibial Prosthetics Overview | Plastics: Materials and Techniques |
| Biomechanics of Transtibial Prosthetics | Introduction to Lower Extremity Orthotics |
| Transtibial Components | Clinical Terminology |
| Prosthetic Feet | Lower Extremity Surface Anatomy Review |
| Transtibial Socket Designs | Lower Extremity Skeletal Anatomy Review |
| Transtibial Suspension Options | Foot and Ankle Anatomy Biomechanics Review |
| Transtibial Total Surface Bearing Socket Concepts and Pin Suspension | Foot Orthoses |
| Joint and Corset Suspension Principles | Orthotic Considerations for Diabetes |
| Partial Foot Amputations | AFO Design Principles |
| Syme Amputations and Prosthetic Management | Introduction to Knee Orthoses |
| Transtibial Prescription Recommendation | Hip and Knee Functional Anatomy Review |
| Transtibial Gait Deviations | Orthotic Treatment of Lower Extremity Fractures |
| Transfemoral Introduction | KAFO Design Principles |
| Biomechanics of Transfemoral Prosthetics | Pediatric Hip Orthoses Introduction |
| General Transfemoral ComponentsTransfemoral Suspension Systems | Adult Hip Orthoses |
| Transfemoral Suspension Systems | Spine Introduction |
| Quadrilateral Socket Design Principles | Spinal Principles |
| Quadrilateral Modification Quick Reference | Spine Surface Anatomy |
| Ischial Containment Socket Principles | Spinal Skeletal Anatomy Review |
| Survey of Single Axis Knee Mechanisms | Spinal Biomechanics and Pathologies |
| Polycentric Knee Principles | Spinal Classification - Denis 3 Column System Quick Reference |
| Survey of Polycentric Knee Mechanisms | Mechanics of Spinal Orthotic Treatment |
| Fluid Friction Dampening Principles | Acute Spinal Fracture Management |
| Knee Disarticulation Principles | Introduction to Spinal Traction |
| Hip Disarticulation and Hemipelvectomy | Cervical Orthoses Overview |
| Transfemoral Prescription Recommendation | Introduction to Halo Orthoses |
| Transfemoral Gait Deviations | Orthotic Treatment of the Pediatric and Adolescent Spine |
| Introduction to Upper Limb Prosthetics | Blueprinting a Scoliosis TLSO Using a Radiograph |
| Terminology, Etiology, and Incidence of Upper Limb Amputation | Introduction to Seating - Principles, Biomechanics, and Components |
| Transradial Biomechanics | Introduction to Upper Extremity Orthotics |
| Transradial Components | Orthotic Management of the Hand |
| Transradial Harnessing and Cabling | Orthotic Management of the Wrist |
| Transradial Socket Design and Suspension | Hand Orthoses: Thermoplastic and Metal- Rationale, Components and Orthometry |
| Upper Limb Prosthetics Prescription Considerations, Documentation and Recommendations | Wrist Hand Orthoses: Thermoplastic and Metal - Rationale, Components and Orthometry |
| Transhumeral Overview: Prosthetic Design, Suspension and Components | Wrist Hand Orthoses: Addition of Outriggers |
| Transhumeral Harnessing and Cabling | Wrist Driven and Ratchet Wrist Hand Orthoses: Rationale, Components and Orthometry |
| Wrist Disarticulation | Orthotic Management of the Elbow: Orthoses, Rationale, Components |
| Elbow Disarticulation | Orthotic Management of the Shoulder: Orthoses, Rationale, Components |
| Shoulder Disarticulation and Interscapulothoracic Amputations |