COVER STORY
A NEW CASE STUDY:
The O&P Student By Yelena Mazur
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O&P News | April 2018
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e’re all familiar with the common phrase, “Children are the future,” or something resembling the sentiment. If this is a common understanding, why are students of O&P predominantly left out of the conversation regarding the future of the profession? Students are rarely questioned about their education, experience, or expectations. With a high demand for O&P research and data, it is surprising that students aren’t sought out and questioned about the necessary means to provide a prime environment and tools for producing optimum, credible, and perennial data. If we’re neglecting our students, what precedent are we setting for future patient care? AOPA decided to capture this missing dialogue and perspective by interviewing five O&P graduate students who attended the 2018 AOPA Policy Forum in March.
