NCOPE News Feed and Archives

Coming soon to clinic managers is the workforce study!

Join us once again in celebrating Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness month, hosted by our friends the Amputee Coalition. This year, they are celebrating their 40-year advocacy for the limb loss and limb difference community and would love YOU to participate by...

The O&P Foundation is proud to partner with the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE) to offer a $2,000 award supporting the professional development of O&P residents. These awards are intended to help outstanding residents or recent...

In this edition: Learn about O&P assessment labs, harnessing the power of industry surveys, plaster and retention, practical mentoring tips for busy O&P professionals, and more!

Hello Springtime! For those of us in the western part of the U.S., seeing a decrease of the cold and snowy weather creates the illusion of springtime...something many of us are awaiting with glee. Springtime also means that the students in the four O& P Technology...

RESEARCH GRANTS OPEN NEXT WEEK! Early Career 2($30K) Opens 03/02 | LOI due 04/06 | Proposals Due 05/04 Pilot ($30K) 03/02 | LOI due 04/06 | Proposals Due 05/04 AOPA Sponsored SGW Grant ($50K) 03/02 | LOI due 04/06 | Proposals Due 05/04 Spring Mentored Pilot Grant...

Are you an O&P student or resident ready to put your research in the national spotlight? The O&P Student and Resident Poster Contest at the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association's (AOPA) 2026 National Assembly is your opportunity to showcase your work,...

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...

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...