Orthotics & Prosthetics Residency Overview

The O&P residency is structured as a series of rotations in technical fabrication skills, pedorthics, inpatient orthotics, outpatient orthotics, and outpatient prosthetics. The resident has a schedule of mentors to guide their progress with increasing levels of independence. We offer exposure to all patient populations and O&P devices to satisfy NCOPE residency requirements. 

The O&P Center consists of a large outpatient center with an onsite technical department, as well as 3 smaller satellite offices. Michigan Medicine is a level one trauma center and teaching hospital affiliated with a nationally ranked medical school. O&P clinicians work closely with physicians in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, and Neurosurgery to provide O&P care. 

O&P Residents attend a variety of specialty clinics including: 

• Lower extremity prosthetic clinic 

• Upper extremity prosthetic clinic 

• Pediatric and adult orthopaedic clinics 

• Polio clinic 

• Myelo clinic 

• CMT clinic 

• Brachial plexus clinic 

On Call Requirements

O&P residents take part in covering on-call service on weekends. The resident should expect to be on-call every fourth weekend. Residents are directly supervised and accompanied by a certified clinician. The amount of actual time on call will vary according to need and the supervising clinician's discretion. The on-call participation is an opportunity to experience unique situations and procedures not always available during normal clinic hours.

Interdisciplinary Interaction

As part of the patient management team, the resident will interact with other health professional areas. These include: 

• Physical Therapy 

• Occupational Therapy 

• Nursing 

• Speech and Language Pathology 

• Physicians, Resident Physicians, and PAs