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Apply for the Larry Lange Fellowship Award to advance your professional career. The $2000 award can be used towards your conference travels, conference registration fees, community outreach, or other events in the upcoming year, such as volunteer programs domestically...

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has produced the short video below, highlighting CHEA and its work on behalf of higher education accreditation and quality assurance. The two-minute video is designed to promote understanding of CHEA's value not...

FALLS CHURCH, VA —The Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research Foundation (OPERF) and the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC) are proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 inaugural ABC Student Poster Prizes. Prizes...

A student of Bluegrass Community Technical College (BCTC)'s Orthotic Prosthetic Technology Program has channeled his family's proximity to the VA as a tool to work Veterans in the Lexington, KY area. Devin Lewis is in his second semester currently and says "I learned...

Susan Spaulding, MS, CPO will serve as the chair of the NCOPE board of directors for a two-year term.  Prior to assuming the chair position, Susan developed and chaired the NCOPE Accreditation Committee, oversaw the revision and updates of the NCOPE Accreditation...

As part of the spring Health Professions Week events, 5 O&P professionals are discussing the 101's of the field, covering a wide range of topics including the state of DEI and beneficial extracurricular activities/courses to prepare for a career in O&P. You...

The students at Bluegrass Community Technical College (BCTC) are learning to fabricate, fit, and maintain prosthetic and orthotic devices.  BCTC is currently seeking candidacy recognition and once successful will become one of only six orthotic & prosthetic...

Did you know that O&P students graduating in the Spring of 2022 have already begun their search for a residency and some have already been extended positions?   Were you aware that there are over 100 unique residency sites that have already opened applications...