Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
Kleinhoefstraat 4, B - 2440 Geel
014 56 23 10
URL: http://www.khkempen.be/khk04/eng/opleidingen/bachelor/Orthopaedics.asp
Datum: 20 mei 2012
Kleinhoefstraat 4
2440 Geel
014 56 23 10
info@khk.be
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Orthopaedics (Campus Geel)
Orthopaedics
About Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics is where medicine and handiwork meet. Since the beginning of times man has made appliances that could remedy deformities, heal fractures and replace lost limbs. With medicine, orthopaedics has evolved considerably over the last decades: new materials and electronics are used now. And yet: the essence of orthopaedics has remained the same – handiwork. Both aspects – handiwork and technology – are integrated in this training. We educate people who assimilate future developments in a valuable tradition. Today, the department of orthopaedics offers an orthopaedic technology option and a footwear technology option for sports and rehabilitation.
Options:
Footwear Technology for sports and rehabilitation
Course content
The shoe technology option for sports and rehabilitation was created in response to the demand for such a professional field in 2005. Moreover, this professional field needs people who are highly educated and have knowledge of medical, technical and practical subjects.
Work placement
The work placement in the second and third year will be completed following your specialisation and will be held at an orthopaedic workplace.
Job opportunities
As a Bachelor of Orthopaedics you have the skills, and, after receiving your National Health Board recognition, the authority to practise the certified profession of bandager, orthesist and prosthesist. With your diploma you can start working for orthopaedic workshops, both in hospitals and private centres. You can start your own business, too, as we train you to be the manager of a team of skilled technicians. Your work will typically imply taking the patient’s measurements, manufacturing prostheses, bandages or ortheses, and delivering and fitting them on. All this is to happen in close co-operation with doctors and the rehab centre. You can also find a job in new process and product development, or as a teacher in secondary and higher education.
Orthopaedic Technology
Course content
You will be trained to treat and process techniques to professionally make bandages, ortheses and prostheses. Hi-tech proficiency will be a necessity, because of technological developments in microcomputer-controlled prostheses and ultra light alloys and composites. We teach students these aspects both theoretically and practically. This training is highly medical too. As an orthopaedic technologist, you are not only responsible for manufacturing aids, but also for adjusting them to the individual patient’s needs and for assistance when using them.
Work placement
The work placement in the second and third year will be completed following your specialisation and will be held at an orthopaedic workplace.
Job opportunities
As a Bachelor of Orthopaedics you have the skills, and, after receiving your National Health Board recognition, the authority to practise the certified profession of bandager, orthesist and prosthesist. With your diploma you can start working for orthopaedic workshops, both in hospitals and private centres. You can start your own business, too, as we train you to be the manager of a team of skilled technicians. Your work will typically imply taking the patient’s measurements, manufacturing prostheses, bandages or ortheses, and delivering and fitting them on. All this is to happen in close co-operation with doctors and the rehab centre. You can also find a job in new process and product development, or as a teacher in secondary and higher education.