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2025 Residency Standards

On January 22, 2025 the NCOPE Board of Directors approved an update to the NCOPE Residency Standards. Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [49.97 KB] Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [911.96...

The 2024 Residency Program Annual Report (PAR)

Completion of the PAR identifies to NCOPE that a residency site is in compliance with the NCOPE Residency Standards and engaged in the quality improvement processes as defined in Standard 1.5. Continuous quality improvement processes including tools such as the PAR...

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...

NAAOP Breece Fellowship 2025

Released: December 2, 2024 Deadline for Application Submission: January 20, 2025 at 12:00 Midnight, Eastern Time The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) (www.naaop.org) is soliciting applications for its annual George and Dena...

Practitioner Residency & Certification Exam Changes on the Horizon

ABC and NCOPE are working to advance the process of becoming a CPO by transitioning to new residency standards and certification exams that require both disciplines. This decision was one of the outcomes of a conference that discussed entry level practitioner...

2024 Larry Lange Fellowship Award Winner: Casey Evans

Casey Evans is a resident working on her Combined O&P Residency through Hanger Clinic in Wyomissing, PA. As a part of the inaugural cohort of Salus University’s Masters of Orthotics and Prosthetics Program, she will officially earn her MPO in June 2025. Her...