Study programme Prosthetics and orthotics (Protetika a ortotika)

Basic information

Study programme in national registry: Prosthetics and orthotics (Protetika a ortotika)
Guaranted by: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Study field: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Level of degree: 1
Form of study: present
Degree: Bc.
Length of study in years: 3
Professionally oriented: No
Joint study programme: No
Languages of delivery: english language, slovak language

Graduate profile

Description
The graduate can continue in the second stage of studies or find employment in specialized workplaces that provide care with the application of prosthetic, orthotic, calceotic devices and all compensatory devices. It is a study programme with a wide coverage throughout the country, since the content of the study is built in the ISPO system compatibility, within the international level, the presented study programme may be of interest also for the nearest foreign countries
Learning objectives
Graduates of the bachelor's study program Prosthetics and Orthotics have cross-sectional knowledge of the field with a focus on application use at a level corresponding to the current state of knowledge, have broad knowledge and understanding in the specialized field, including knowledge of practical contexts and relations to related fields. Graduates acquire knowledge in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, medicine and natural sciences, which they apply in clinical, prosthetic and bioengineering practice. Knowledge of foreign languages and adequate knowledge of economics, law and other social areas are part of the education. The qualification of the first degree of university studies in the Prosthetics and Orthotics study program is awarded to students who: - demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the field of study, following on from general or vocational secondary education - have the skills to acquire and interpret data in the field of study - have developed educational skills necessary to continue at higher levels of study - within the framework of interprofessional and interdisciplinary cooperation, they are able to adequately assess the specific type and function of the aid, its correct application and safe use.
Main learning outcomes
A graduate of the Prosthetics and Orthotics study program demonstrates knowledge in the field of design, construction and application of technical orthopedic aids in the field of prosthetics, orthotics as well as calceotic systems. They have knowledge about the diagnosis of the human musculoskeletal system, which he uses and interprets in the design of aids and interdisciplinary communication with clinical practice. In the design and construction of aids, he also applies his broad knowledge in the field of biomechanics. His competence also includes communication with the patient at a professional level, but also the ability to interpret the relevant facts in a form suitable for a lay listener. The graduate is able to search, process and obtain the necessary information from professional publications in electronic database systems and further apply this knowledge in communication and argumentation with the professional public at a professional level. Based on this knowledge and interdisciplinary cooperation, he makes ethically and socially responsible decisions with the aim of providing and ensuring the best possible and most appropriate care for the patient. Graduates of the study program have knowledge of conventional procedures for taking measurements and manufacturing orthopedic aids, but they also have knowledge and skills in the field of innovative approaches using 3D scanning and aid design in a software environment. The graduate has developed educational skills with a high degree of independence and is thus ready, based on the analysis of professional information, to propose procedures for complex patient care as well as to creatively approach the solution of potential problems of an interdisciplinary nature.
Professions
Professions for which the graduate is prepared at the time of completion.

Employability

Evaluation of the study programme graduates employability
Graduates of the bachelor's study program in prosthetics and orthotics in most cases continue to the second level of study in the study field of biomedical engineering, or related fields of study at home or abroad. Below is the available information from the uplatnenie.sk portal obtained from respondents who completed the prosthetics and orthotics study program: Year: 2018 Source: https://uplatnenie.sk/?degree=V%C5%A0&vs=709000000&faculty=709030000&field=2664R03&year=2018 Number of graduates: 22 Employed: 9% Contract workers: 0% SZČO: 5% Maternity leave: 0% Unemployed: 18% Continuing studies: 64% Others (working abroad, voluntarily unemployed): 5% Year: 2019 Source: https://uplatnenie.sk/?degree=V%C5%A0&vs=709000000&faculty=709030000&field=2664R03&year=2019 Number of graduates: 20 Employment: 0% Contract workers: 0% SZČO: 0% Maternity leave: 0% Unemployed: 0% Continuing studies: 100% Others (working abroad, voluntarily unemployed): 0%
Evaluation of the study programme quality by employers
Ing. Rastislav Penciak, PhD. - Biomedical engineering s.r.o. - with all points in the document "Statement of authority/authorities from practice to study program" he agrees and has no questions or comments Ing. Ľudovít Fialka - Orthopedic prosthetics center s.r.o. - with all points in the document "Statement of authority/authorities from practice to study program" he agrees and has no questions or comments Mgr. Juraj Čief, PhD. - Ortho-prosthetics s.r.o. - with all points in the document "Statement of authority/authorities from practice to study program" he agrees and has no questions or comments

Structure and content of the study programme

Suggested study plan in the MIAS portal

Current academic year plan and current schedule

Current academic year plan
Current schedule: MAIS portal

Persons responsible for the study programme

Person responsible for thequality of the study programme: Dr. h. c. mult. prof. Ing. Jozef Živčák, DrSc., MPH
List of persons responsible for the profile courses: Study advisor: Ing. Viktória Rajťúková, PhD.
Student representatives: Laura Sabolová
Study department

Spatial, material, and technical provision of the study programme and support

List and characteristics of the study programme classrooms
The following laboratories and classrooms are available to students on the third-year biomedical engineering study program (external form): Laboratory of biomedical engineering - seminar room of biomechanics No. rm. A516, 5th floor A-blok Laboratory of engineering metrology No. rm. B323, 3rd floor B-blok CAD/CAM laboratory No. rm. B321, ground floor B-block Center of Additive Regenerative Manufacturing and Engineering (CARMEN) No. rm. B/P008, ground floor B-block Medical Additive Manufacturing Utility 2 (MAMUT 2) ground floor B-block Laboratory of biomaterial testing No. rm. B/P009, ground floor B-block Research and Innovation Orthotic-prosthetic laboratory No. rm. B/P010, ground floor B-block Laboratory of additive biomedical processes (MAMUT 1) No.r m. B/P011, ground floor B-block Coordinate metrology laboratory No. rm. B/P012, ground floor B-block Laboratory of 3D scanning systems and infrared diagnostic No. rm. B/P015, ground floor B-block Computed tomography technological center No. rm. B/P018, ground floor B-block Biomedical ZONE - Digital Modeling and Simulation Lab (BiZONE) No. rm. B/P021, ground floor B-block Laboratory of prosthetics and orthotics - prototype material laboratory No. rm. B/P023, ground floor B-block TRIPOLYS II No. rm. B003, ground floor B-block The laboratories are currently conducting research and development within the EŠIF projects (CEMBAM, OPENMED, CPT ZOPA), several APVV projects, and VEGA AND KEGA grant projects. Laboratories of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement: http://www.sjf.tuke.sk/kbiam/veda-a-vyskum/laboratoria-a-ucebne
Characteristics of the information provision
Access to study literature and information databases is provided through the TUKE University Library: http://www.lib.tuke.sk/Library/Home/DigitalLibrary The library fund of UK TUKE consists of its own funds (books, scripts, anthologies, magazines, theses and electronic media). In 2022, the library fund consisted of 172,878 book units. The annual addition to the library is over 3,000 book units. The study room contains basic and supplementary study literature, magazines, anthologies, encyclopedias, language and educational dictionaries. Users have free access to them. As part of the lending services, users borrow approximately 5,000 book units annually. The university library has barrier-free access to 2 elevators and 2 barrier-free toilets. There are 650 study places and more than 300 places with electrical sockets for charging laptops and mobile phones. The library has 32 desktop computers with Internet connection, intranet, Wi-Fi network and access to databases of electronic periodicals. Through the library's Copycenter, students have access to printing and reprographic services provided on 12 printers, 3 of which are large-capacity for oversized printing. The library also has its own digitization workplace with a scanning robot, as well as a book scanner for the public, which is located in the study room. Currently, the library fund is being built not only on a physical level (print and USB, CD, DVD), but also a repository of digitized books from the library fund on the MediaINFO platform, containing over 600 titles, is being developed. Access to information technologies is ensured through ÚVT TUKE: https://uvt.tuke.sk/wps/portal/uv/software
E-learning
Study materials are available through the Microsoft Teams software platform supporting educational activities and collaborative study or the Moodle e-learning portal, which is also used to verify students' knowledge and the level of achievement of planned educational outcomes. Lectures, exercises or consultations with students also take place via the CISCO Webex communication platform. Access to these tools is free for both TUKE employees and students. https://uvt.tuke.sk/wps/portal/uv/software/microsoft-office365 https://uvt.tuke.sk/wps/portal/uv/sluzby/webex/prihlasenie-sa-do-webex http://moodle.tuke.sk/
Institution partners
Luis Pasteur University Hospital Košice Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice Biomedical engineering s.r.o. in Kosice Institute of Measurement of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava Institute of Materials Research, SAS in Košice Institute of Polymers, SAV Institute of Measurement, SAS Agel Hospital Košice-Šaca Center of Orthopedic Prosthetics s.r.o. Košice Slovak legal metrology n.o. Banska Bystrica Ing. Darina Kuštánová - MiopeD, orthopedic prosthetics, Zvolen Otto Bock Slovakia s.r.o., Bratislava Ortokomplet, spol. s.r.o., Spišská Nová Ves ORTOPROplus, spol. s.r.o., Košice Protetika, a.s., Bratislava ORTO - Via spol. s.r.o., Movement Laboratory, Košice Materialise, Belgium Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia Lithoz, Austria Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University Prague, Czech Republic Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, VŠB Ostrava, Czech Republic The Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering, UIC, Chicago USA

Admission procedures

Required abilities and necessary admission requirement
Admission procedures
Results of the admission process over the last period