Tara's Blog

My orthotic prosthetic glossary Hi, my name is Tara and I study Orthotics and Prosthetics for 3 years now. This field of study is rare and the term that we use can be hard to understand; that's why I created this glossary to help people to understand basic words that we use daily. I used my notes and, of course, Google to create this glossary to be as reliable as possible. Now you will be abble to read articles and blogs about Orthotics and Prosthetics and understand a little more. :) Limb noun An arm or leg of a person Example: Car accidents victims can have bad injuries to their lower limbs. fr: Membre Your browser does not support the audio element. Prosthesis noun An artificial body part, such as leg or arm Example: This child has a prosthesis fr: Prothèse Your browser does not support the audio element. ...

  About me   My name is Tara and I study at Collège Montmorency in Laval. I've been studying Orthotics and Prosthetics for 5 semesters. After this technique you can become an orthotist or a  prosthesis , or you can decide to do both. You can also decide to work only in clinics with patients, or you can only make equipment. This semester I have a shoe, pathology and prosthetic courses, I also have basic courses like English and philosophy. After college, we don't have a university related program, so I'll just go work. About this blog This blog will be about the Orthotics and Prosthetics program and also about what you can do after for work in this field. This program is such a big one, and you have a lot of possibilities after your studies and that's  what makes Orthotics and Prosthetics so special. If you are a student in this program and doesn't know if you should stay or quit, this blog is for you. If you want to learn what we can do with after the studies this b...