- Docente: Angelo Davalli
- Credits: 8
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics techniques (cod. 8483)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the internship the student has the knowledge and the ability to manage the technical work in the workshop under the supervision of the tutor. He knows the range of prostheses and orthoses in the panorama of orthopedic techniques; is able to understand what is specified in the medical prescription and is also able to choose the most appropriate materials for the construction of prostheses and orthoses.
Course contents
Description of the main operating machines and analysis of the technical data sheets and related risks
Description of the main materials and technical data sheets and related risks
Tests on grinders
Use of plaster and plaster bandages
Lamination with resins
Repair a wheelchair tire,
Bonding with mastic, bonding with resin
Making shapes with metal: cutting, bending, drilling ....
Using a soldering iron, small soldering ...
Management of over-the-counter products in affiliated healthcare facilities
Teaching methods
Tests and Practice in affiliated Orthopedic and Health Workshops
Office hours
See the website of Angelo Davalli