Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Popular O&P schools in Indian Sub-continent

The countries that are primary referred as Indian Sub-Continent are Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan, Myanmar and sometimes Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia along with India. There are many schools for O & P education in these countries some are ISPO accredited some are nationally accredited by their own certifying councils. Generally Bachelors & Masters level courses in Prosthetics and Orthotics are run by these institute which are 3 to 4 years in duration. Some of the popular institutes according to the year of establishment are as mentioned below:

1.  All India Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mumbai, India (ESTD: 1955)

2.  National Institute of Rehabilitation, Training And Research, Cuttack, India (ESTD: 1975)

3. Institute of Physically Handicapped, New Delhi, India (ESTD: 1976)

4. National Institute for Orthopaedically Handicapped, Kolkata, India (ESTD: 1978)

5. Pakistan Institute of Prosthetics and Orthotics Science, Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah, Pakistan (ESTD: 1981)

6. Cambodia School of Prosthetics & Orthotics, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (ESTD: 1994)
 
7. Sirindhorn School of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Bangkok, Thailand (ESTD: 2002)

8. Srilanka School of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Ragama, Sri Lanka (ESTD: 2004)




1 comment:

Manish Batra said...

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