Advocacy Toolkit

Advancing & Promoting The Profession

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: Grab the Media Kit with approved language, sample copy, and visuals.

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.