Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Practice Analysis Task Force
- Introduction to a Practice Analysis
- Executive Summary & Results Highlights
- Survey Return Rate
- Results Related to Professional Background, Demographic Information and Work Setting
- Results Related to Domains, Tasks, Knowledge and Skill Statements
- Domains
- Tasks
- Knowledge and Skill Statements
- Orthotic Practice Areas and Orthoses
- Prosthetic Practice Areas and Devices
- Methodology
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Practice Analysis of Certified Practitioners in the Disciplines of Orthotics and Prosthetics
September 2022
Results Related to Domains, Tasks, Knowledge and Skill Statements
This section provides a summary of survey respondents’ ratings of the tasks, knowledge, and skills.
- Domains are global areas of responsibility performed by credentialed professionals; in the current delineation, the domains were identified as Patient Evaluation, Formulation of the Treatment Plan, Implementation of the Treatment Plan, Continuation of the Treatment Plan, Practice Management, and Promotion of Professional Practice.
- Tasks are the activities performed within a domain of practice.
- Knowledge and skills statements describe the organized body of information and the physical or mental manipulation of information or things required to perform the tasks associated with each domain.
A layout of the final structure of the delineation specifying domains and the number of task statements associated with each domain is contained in Table 20. The Task Force identified the need for revisions to the domain names to provide more accurate and concise descriptions of O&P practice. Three changes to the domain names were discussed and ultimately approved. Patient Assessment was changed to Patient Evaluation. Follow-up to the Treatment Plan was changed to Continuation of the Treatment Plan and Promotion of the Competency and Enhancement of Professional Practice was changed to Promotion of Professional Practice.
Table 20
| Domain | Number of Tasks |
|---|---|
| Domain 1: Patient Evaluation | 8 |
| Domain 2: Formulation of the Treatment Plan | 10 |
| Domain 3: Implementation of the Treatment Plan | 17 |
| Domain 4: Continuation of the Treatment Plan | 14 |
| Domain 5: Practice Management | 8 |
| Domain 6: Promotion of Professional Practice | 6 |
| Total | 63 |
