42395 - Internship 3

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics Techniques (cod. 5915)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the internship the student is able to train the disabled person in the use of prostheses and orthoses; is able to provide, in collaboration with the doctor, technical assistance for the supply, replacement and repair of prostheses and orthoses. It independently realizes and tests orthopedic aids with medical opinion.

Course contents

Realization of the upper limb socket
Realization of the lower limb socket
EMG signals survey,
Upper Limb Prosthesis Assembly,
Lower Limb Prosthesis Assembly
Trunk braces,
PAS use training
PAI use training
Customization of wheelchairs and aids
Domiciliary Visits
Over-the-counter products and customer relations

Readings/Bibliography

As it is an internship, there are no handouts or books related to it, but the proper execution of the training experience provides excellent guidelines.

Teaching methods

Tests and Practice in affiliated Orthopedic and Health Workshops


Assessment methods

Technical / Behavioral Opinion of Tutors
Practice test on the contents

Teaching tools

Technical / Behavioral Opinion of Tutors
Practice test on the contents

Office hours

See the website of Laura Bragonzoni