Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.23 - Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions

51.2307 - Orthotist/prosthetist

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals, in consultation with physicians and other therapists, to design and fit orthoses for patients with disabling conditions of the limbs and/or spine, and prostheses for patients who have partial or total absence of a limb or significant superficial deformity. These programs include courses in biomechanics, gait analysis, pathomechanics, kinesiology, pathology, neuroanatomy, materials science, diagnostic imaging, patient analysis and measurement, impression taking, model rectification, assistive/restorative technology and engineering applications, product finishing, diagnostic and definitive fitting and alignment, power devices, postoperative management, and patient counselling and follow-up.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • orthotist
  • pedorthics
  • pedorthist
  • prosthetist

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • orthoptist(51.1804)