Get your start in a rewarding career in health.
With La Trobe's Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Honours) you can become a qualified health professional with expertise in treating people's physical and functional limitations. From first year, you'll undertake clinical placements and experiences both on campus in La Trobe's prosthetic and orthotic facilities and at external sites. You'll study anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and prosthetic and orthotic prescription, design and fabrication. Honours is offered in two streams: industry and research. You'll complete either a major industry-relevant honours project or a research honours project in the final years of the course.
You'll learn:
Prosthetics and orthotics
Learn the theoretical basis and clinical practice of prosthetic and orthotic management, including treatment, assessment and prescriptions in children and adults.
Research
Gain an appreciation for research in prosthetics and orthotics by examining research designs, data and how it translates to consumers.
Clinical skills
Practice the assessment, prescription, manufacture and fit of prostheses and orthoses in a variety of clinical environments.
Healthcare
Discover the importance of wellbeing in a person's healthcare journey and how health professionals can work together to achieve the best outcomes.
Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Honours) intended learning outcomes
Integrate knowledge of the biosciences and public health with specialist discipline knowledge in the practice of prosthetics and orthotics
Collaborate and communicate specialist knowledge effectively with a range of professional and non professional stakeholders in a variety of cultural and practice settings using appropriate modes and media
Plan, implement and evaluate a client centred, Prosthetic and Orthotic treatment plan informed by clinical assessment and current evidence
Deliver safe, ethical and effective practice as an autonomous practitioner, and as a member or leader of a team in a multidisciplinary environment
Critically reflect on your professional practice to identify learning needs that will improve client outcomes
Apply technical and communication skills to design, provide and evaluate complex prosthetic and orthotic service provision
Critically analyse problems and provide solutions informed by client goals, research evidence and clinical experience
Plan, execute and interpret the findings of project work or research with independence
Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Honours) career opportunities
As a trained prosthesis and orthotic professional, you could find employment in a variety of roles, such as:
Public health
Become an integral member of healthcare teams in hospitals, aged care facilities and rehabilitation centres.
Private practice
Use your knowledge and skills in private prosthetic-orthotic facilities and other agencies.
Research and design
Graduates may also work for commercial companies that design and manufacture devices for people with disability.
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3 มีนาคม 2025
La Trobe University
Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus,
Plenty Road,
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY,
Victoria,
3086, MELBOURNE, Australia
At a minimum, you need to have completed Australian Year 12 (or an accepted international equivalent) with a certain grade. You may also need to meet subject pre-requisites
English language requirement:
IELTS: Overall 7.0, no band less than 6.5; Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 66 with no communicative skill score less than 56; TOEFL Internet based (iBT): Overall score of 94 with 19 in Reading, 20 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 24 in Writing; Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) / Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): 185 with no less than 176 in any component
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