title: The labour market for qualified orthotists/prosthetists.
abstract: The United Kingdom Health Departments have recently encouraged increased intakes to degree-level training courses leading to a dual qualification in prosthetics/orthotics. Surveys of qualified orthotists and prosthetists and of their employers were undertaken to examine the dynamics of this labour market, and a model was used to project potential requirements for newly qualified orthotists and prosthetists. The model indicates that: current policy on student numbers is broadly appropriate for maintaining the present working population; any expansion in service provision would require significant growth in student places; and even a small decline in demand could shortly lead to an over-supply of such specialist services.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Manpower Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Seccombe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stock
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013222:State Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce