Advancing & Promoting The Profession
Simple Steps to Educate and Advocate
Incorporate advocacy into your routine to build trust with care teams, payors, and patients. Use these quick wins to advance O&P right from your hometown.
Promoting the Profession
O&P is more than a career. It’s a calling that changes lives every day. Use these practical, ready-to-send resources to elevate the profession and your voice in local media.
Quick win: Boost awareness by posting one fact about the value of O&P care on your clinic's social media and tag the Academy for expanded reach.
Four Effective Ways to Promote O&P through the Media
Write a Letter to the Editor
Keep it under 250 words and tie it to timely local news. Small message, big impact.
Share a Photo or Video Clip
Spotlight community events or patient engagement. Visuals hook editors fast.
Let Patient Stories Speak
With permission and privacy in mind, share real outcomes. Reporters love human impact.
Stay Informed & Share
Track research and policy changes; offer context to local media to frame the story right.
Enhance public understanding of O&P through simple, consistent outreach. Quality O&P care empowers people and changes lives.