Code 9297
Coordinator: Laura Mori
Coordinator of Practical and Technical Teaching and Internshipo: Filippo Allegretti
Training in Orthopedic Techniques starts from basic medical-scientific knowledge and progresses to the evaluation, design, and application of custom medical devices and aids. The training is strongly integrated with local, national, and international production realities through seminars, company visits, workshops, and internships. All students complete a professionalizing internship.
The Bachelor’s Degree in Orthopedic Techniques qualifies graduates to practice as licensed Orthopedic Technicians and lasts three years.
Learning Objectives and Career Opportunities
Graduates in Orthopedic Techniques operate, under medical prescription and subsequent testing, in the construction and/or adaptation, application, and supply of prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices that substitute, correct, or support the locomotor system. These devices may be functional or aesthetic, mechanical or powered by external or mixed external and bodily energy, based on direct measurement and modeling on the patient.
Within their competences, Orthopedic Technicians:
Train patients in the use of applied prostheses and orthoses;
Provide technical assistance, in collaboration with the physician, for the supply, replacement, and repair of applied prostheses and orthoses;
Collaborate with other professionals in the multidisciplinary treatment plan established for rehabilitation;
Are responsible for the organization, planning, and quality of professional acts carried out within their duties;
Practice their profession in public or private healthcare facilities, either as employees or self-employed professionals.