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O&P Technician Newsletter – Winter 2026 Edition

One of our goals at the NCOPE is to help recruit students for education and training in orthotic and prosthetic technology at the four colleges that offer this educational experience. One aim of our goal is to help fill the vacant positions for technicians in O&P...

Noteworthy Newsletter – Winter 2026 Edition

In this edition: Learn about post-thermoforming strategies for reducing shrinkage and material fracture in thermoplastics, mentoring in O&P, the role of hand skills in a technologically evolving field, the O&P assistant education pathway, the O&P educators...

O&P Rising: New O&P Residency Standards

New O&P Residency Standards In the latest episode of O&P Rising, guest host Anna Cook, a board-eligible prosthetist/orthotist at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minnesota, sits down with Chris Robinson, MS, MBA, CPO, ATC, FAAOP(D),...

Noteworthy Newsletter – Winter 2025 Edition

In this edition: Learn about providing pediatric orthotic care in rural locations, 3D printing, essential strategies for young CPOs, bridging customization, compliance, and outcomes, and more! View the Latest Noteworthy...

O&P Technician Newsletter – Winter 2025 Edition

One of the goals at NCOPE is to introduce O&P technician students to O&P practices that are outside of the city/state where the student attends school and to help employers introduce their practice to these students. To satisfy this goal, we created the...

Congratulations to the 2025 ABC Resident Travel Award Recipient!

The O&P Foundation and The American Board for Certification (ABC), are proud to announce the 2025 recipient of the ABC Resident Travel Award. This award supports prosthetics and orthotics resident’s travel to the American Academy of Orthotics Prosthetists...