Goal 3: Demonstrate advanced knowledge of orthotic fabrication for complex upper extremity conditions through professional papers.
AOTAs Standard for continuing competence: Knowledge, Critical Reasoning, & Performance Skills
Now that I have reached the end of my education, I have successfully been able to understand, analyze and implement evidence-based practice. The next step is to demonstrate my advanced knowledge in practice and act as a stabilizer, and consistently display doctoral-level knowledge and skills in my clinical setting. A screwdriver which is classified by its tip, can accommodate a variety of screws. Due to its shape, it stabilizes into the driving surface to tighten, loosen, or reposition. Similarly, the artifacts that I developed to demonstrate advanced knowledge should be just as accommodating as a screwdriver and be able to fit the needs of different settings and clinicians.
Continue reading to artifact 1 (goal 3): Orthosis PublicationÂ