Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Northwestern Prosthetic School

My time here is Chicago is about up. Its been a fun experience living in Chicago and going through the prosthetic program at Northwestern. Our class of 22 will graduate this Friday and then branch off on our separate ways. I feel like we had a special class in that everyone really bonded and helped each other out. School has consisted of assessing patients and casting them for a prosthesis. I'd then build it and try fitting it to the patient. We all completed 7 prosthesis projects in 8 weeks so it has been busy and time has flown by. Our class laughed a lot together making being in "school" enjoyable and when we'd get together to party and danced everyone had fun. Some memorable moments included dissecting the human body (new experience for me), Elvis singing happy birthday to Tom(our prosthetic instructor), Team Uniforms, Mullets, kidney stone hospital run (luckily it wasn't mine), Critiques, foot braking, Shannigans, Mcfadden's, O'tooles, and getting free stuff at AOPA. Chicago has been pretty fun too, but I'm ready to get back an area that has mountains, lakes, canyons and grass.

Tom gets serenaded by Elvis Tom and Mark rockin' it proudly
Class picture with 'The King' James and Scott pulling plastic on a socket
Modifying Dustin drape forming
Nice seam Ryan
Trans humeral prosthesis (none of our projects were completely finished all the way but just enough for trial fittings)

Trans tibial Prosthesis

Papa smurf

8 comments:

Lil Lizzie said...

love the pics! especially the one with the king... y'all look pretty official in those lab coats :) looks like you're a pro prosthetist now!

Darrell and Amanda said...

I can't believe your done already! That was so fast...

Eileen said...

Hi,
You don't know me. I found your blog by googling the NUPOC. I am hoping to start the prosthetic program in Feb.(waiting on a big envelop)

I was wondering if I could ask you some questions? Please email me at cman9toes@msn.com

Thanks, David

p.s. RULDS2?

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