专业详情

The Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center’s (NUPOC) Master of Prosthetics & Orthotics (MPO) is a competitive, 21-month postgraduate degree offering clinically focused education in a research-rich environment within the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Our goal is to prepare a competent entry-level Orthotist/Prosthetist in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavioral) learning domains through our blended-format curriculum (the first six months are completed online) preparing students to contribute significantly to the P&O profession.

Curriculum

The Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center’s (NUPOC) Master of Prosthetics and Orthotics (MPO) is a competitive, 21-month postgraduate degree offering clinically focused education in a research-rich environment within the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Our curriculum prepares students to become proficient, compassionate P&O clinicians, serve persons with physical impairments, apply state-of-the-art research to clinical practice and contribute significantly to the P&O profession.

Blended Learning Format

The MPO is built on a blended learning format where students complete their first two quarters (six months) online. After demonstrating proficiency in fundamental concepts, students attend class at NUPOC’s Chicago campus for four focused quarters (12 months) of hands-on, supervised clinical education. Benefiting from a 1:8 instructor-student ratio during the on campus practicum, students learn hands-on clinical skills with people who actually use prostheses or orthoses. MPO students apply their knowledge and develop skills in assessment, design, fitting and evaluation of prostheses and orthoses for educational models who have physical impairments, including amputations. 

The final quarter (three months) is conducted remotely and offers students the opportunity to focus on an area of special interest while honing their clinical skills prior to beginning their NCOPE-accredited residency (National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education). Students do not need to live in Chicago during this final quarter of the NUPOC MPO program.