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Global Collaboration in Development, Delivery, and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics (AM2024-OS12)
Keyword(s)
#AM2024 Global, Education, Prosthetics, Orthotics
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the challenges and benefits associated with international collaborations in prosthetics and orthotics.
- Describe best practices for establishing equitable, bidirectional international relationships to improve prosthetics and orthotics care.
- Understand the current and future opportunities to engage in impactful international collaborations in prosthetics and orthotics.
- Describe the need for decolonizing global health (including prosthetics and orthotics).
Credit
CEU:1.75
Description
This session will introduce the topic of global collaborations in prosthetics and orthotics in general. It will provide specific examples of past and ongoing efforts to build solid and long-lasting collaborations to improve prosthetics and orthotics' development, delivery, and education globally. Speakers will share their projects and then discuss the challenges, benefits, and future directions for equitable, bidirectional collaborations in global prosthetics and orthotics. Project topics will include research, education, and clinical collaborations in a variety of countries around the world.