Overview
“Prosthetics and Orthotics” is a healthcare profession that requires clinical and technological skills. The professionals require to assess, prescribe, design, fabricate and fit prostheses and orthoses to the required individuals with locomotor disorders. The profession futher empowers learning through advances in technology and its clinical implications.
Key Features
- The growing evidence of need of prosthetic and orthotic treatment for people with locomotor disorders.
- The current analysis about BPO is more concentrated on hands-on clinical training and experience.
- This course offers a under graduate class room teaching, Practical demonstration, Lab/workshop and technical skill learning, incorporating both theory, practical and clinics with six months of internship
- This course also facilitaes technical/engineering based learning in collaboration with multiple engineering departments of MAHE.
Core Competencies
- Prosthetics, Orthotics, Biomechanics, sill learning
- Amputations, Musculoskeletal disorders
- Patient Assessment
- Prescription Criteria
- Management
Programs
The Prosthetics and orthotics, MCHP Manipal offers the following programs:
Faculty
Facilities
It has world class facilties for training of undergraduate students
Hospitals
Access to hospital facilities gives student hands-on training in nutritional counselling
Innovative Centre
State-of-the-art Innovation Centre to facilitate multi-disciplinary research
Labs
The lab is adequately equipped to offer hands-on training to clinical nutrition students, to plan and prepare therapeutic diets
Sports & Fitness
Marena is the world-class facilities with courts for badminton, tennis, soccer & squash as well as a well-equipped gymnasium
Libraries
Libraries have publications on the latest developments in nutrition and dietetics.
Student Housing
Student hostels are their homes away from homes
Testimonials
I love my life in Manipal – I feel at home. Manipal is the best!
Qsee H S
SOAHS Manipal
It’s more like being a part of the Manipal universe, than just Manipal university!
Prajakta Prabhu
SOAHS Manipal
Manipal provides the students with the choices of the good and the bad, best and the worst, right and the wrong.
Jorim Johson
SOAHS Manipal
Nuclear Medicine Department is equipped with high end instruments, which helps the students to get a sound practical knowledge.
Ramandeep Bhalla
BSc NMT, DNMT, MSc NMT.