Curriculum & Clinical Experience
UT Southwestern’s Prosthetics-Orthotics Program was established in 1982. The profession’s move to Master’s-level preparation has given us the opportunity to revise and re-sequence the curriculum to deliver the clinical, technical, and practice-management skills you need for a successful, fulfilling career.
Right Training, Right Time
To prepare you for patient care, we teach from a strong clinical, evidence-based perspective. Each member of our faculty practices in our integrated clinic. We teach by example, share clinical scenarios, and include students in selected clinical activities.
At every stage in the program, you’ll apply the skills you learn through the casting, fabrication, and fitting of orthoses and prostheses with patient models. These volunteers – with a wide range of conditions and needs – provide a rich opportunity to understand and meet the needs of actual patients.
As part of the program, you’ll engage in research projects and community service activities. You’ll also receive hands-on clinical training on campus and in local clinics and complete a one-month intensive clinical experience at an off-campus location.
We provide a portion of the curriculum online through the D2L course-management platform on a student-designated server. This gives you easy access to lectures and handouts when and where you need them.
Order of Courses
We’ve sequenced the curriculum to create an effective and efficient path for learning. All of the courses in a given semester are prerequisites for the courses that follow in the next semester.
Prosthetics-Orthotics Elective Course
MPO 5103 Lab Skills and Materials in Prosthetics and Orthotics II (one credit hour). Students may enroll once in either their third, fourth, or fifth semesters, space permitting (spring, summer, fall)
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