Lasting Influences of COVID on O&P Practice and Education (AM2025-OS08)

Lasting Influences of COVID on O&P Practice and Education (AM2025-OS08)

This session will discuss some of these lasting effects, including the impact on patients (e.g., amputation and wound rates in individuals with vascular disease, physical activity and mental health in individuals with amputation) and the impact on providers (e.g., changes to orthotic and prosthetic clinical practice processes, advances in telehealth, and changes to orthotic and prosthetic educational practices). Panelists will explore challenges that arose from the pandemic as well as improvements that were made to orthotics and prosthetics clinical care and education.