If you are creatively or technically-minded and enjoy working with people, consider a career in prosthetics and orthotics. This program is the first and only program in Queensland that allows you to specialise in this area. Prosthetists and orthotists work with people who have amputations, musculoskeletal weaknesses, or neurological conditions, throughout the varied process of treatment.
In this program you will gain specialist training in an increasingly advanced and dynamic area of health. You’ll learn to provide innovative, compassionate, and client-centred care to help address the functional
limitations of people, resulting from illness, disease, or disability. You’ll develop skills, through study and clinical placements, to enter the profession and help break down barriers for people living with disability. For more information, visit Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics at UniSC – University of the Sunshine Coast.
Before undertaking workplace learning, students must obtain a Blue Card, comply with the Vaccination Preventable Disease requirements and may be required to undergo a criminal history check or other discipline-specific mandatory checks; refer to institution. You are required to possess a current First Aid and CPR Certificate to be able to participate in placement. The Inherent Academic Requirements of a program are those fundamental skills, capabilities and knowledge that students must be able to demonstrate in order to achieve the essential learning outcomes of the program, while maintaining the academic integrity of that program. For information, visit Inherent Academic Requirements on the UniSC – University of the Sunshine Coast website.
For additional information about the admissions criteria for UniSC – University of the Sunshine Coast and for this course, refer to UniSC – University of the Sunshine Coast’s website.
Completion of Year 12 or attained age 17 years
For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.
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Highest Rank to receive an offer
Median Rank to receive an offer
Lowest Rank to receive an offer
ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors
96.70
79.97
68.55
ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors
99.95
83.07
72.55
Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.
For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.
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Higher education study
Vocational Education and Training (VET) study
Work and life experience
Recent secondary education
Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank
Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered
Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor
International students
All students
Number of students
16
<5*
<5*
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N/P#
0
12
<5*
38
Percentage of all students
42.1%
<5*
<5*
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N/P#
0.0%
31.6%
<5*
100%
* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
# N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students
Clinical Prosthetist and/or Orthotist. The profession is prominent within public and private hospital settings, community based organisations, aged care facilities, the private health sector and academic arena. Services that may include allied health, rehabilitation and assistive technology services, are delivered across the entire age spectrum; resulting in services within the primary, secondary and tertiary care sectors.
Australian Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA)
3 years Full time or 6 years Part time