Education Development Council
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The Education Development Council (EDC) was established to guide and implement Academy continuing education offerings aimed to provide comprehensive education opportunities to O&P professionals.
The EDC oversees all of the Academy's education initiatives. This work is done through four committees: the Publications Committee, the Online Education Committee, the Scientific Societies Committee, and the Annual Meeting Clinical Content Committee.
2025 Annual Meeting Clinical Content Committee |
Online Education Committee |
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Kristin J. Carnahan, CPO, FAAOP The Clinical Content Committee determines the educational content for the Annual Meeting to ensure a well-rounded program that incorporates organized sessions, Free Papers, Thranhardt lectures, professional development sessions, and technician, mastectomy, and pedorthic programming. |
Co-Chair: Kris Desjardins, CPO, FAAOP(D) Co-Chair: Gerry Stark, PhD, MSEM, CPO/L, FAAOP(D) The Online Education Committee works to ensure that O&P Knowledge Central always offers a selection of high-quality online education programming. The committee focuses on building the educational content library to ensure that cost-effective, convenient education opportunities are available to O&P professionals. |
Publications Committee |
Scientific Societies Committee |
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Chair: The Publications Committee works to ensure that the publications offered by the Academy are many and varied, addressing all levels of O&P practice. The committee assesses the publication needs for the Academy, recommends the priority of topics/projects, oversees the selection of authors, and ensures easy access to obtain the publications. |
Chair: Societies are established to allow for interaction on research and clinical issues among O&P professionals who share similar areas of interest and practice. Key objectives include the following.
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