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cpoj-36673	Kogler, Géza; Hovorka, Christopher	ACADEMIA’S ROLE TO DRIVE CHANGE IN THE ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PROFESSION	2021	8	.pdf	application/pdf	5622	281	33	Curricular reform and innovation are therefore needed for O&P education programs to ensure that the next generation of O&P professionals are empowered to integrate emergent and novel technologies within the span of their professional careers. To cope with these demands, academic programs in O&P will need to reimagine their curriculum beyond the existing scope of practice in O&P, and will need to work with accreditation agencies (In the US, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and its committee on accreditation, the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education, as well as relevant international organizations) to re-examine and update the core curriculum requirements of the master’s degree10,11 along the lines we have suggested, expanding both graduates' skills and their ability to adapt to future shifts in the delivery of O&P patient care.	cache/cpoj-36673.pdf	txt/cpoj-36673.txt