{"id":2988,"date":"2014-10-09T16:20:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T16:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internships\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:04:40","slug":"upcoming-orthotics-and-prosthetics-info-session-careerspc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/upcoming-orthotics-and-prosthetics-info-session-careerspc\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Orthotics and Prosthetics Info Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"OP facilities\" alt=\"OP facilities\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/uploadedImages\/Library_Assets\/Academics\/Health\/Orthotics_and_Prosthetics\/opfacilities.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in a career in Orthotics and Prosthetics? This expanding health field involves fabricating and custom fitting artificial limbs and orthopedic braces to help rehabilitate patients with disabling conditions. Demand for these professionals is increasing, as are the educational requirements.<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg College offers an\u00a0<a title=\"Associate in Science Degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/opt\/\">Associate in Science Degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics Technology<\/a>\u00a0that prepares technicians for this evolving field. Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=24eP5s6nvN0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay News 9<\/a>\u00a0story which recently highlighted this new career pathway.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for an info session on Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 5 \u2013 6:30 p.m. at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/Hec\/#tab=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Education Center<\/a>\u00a0in the Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Follow career news at SPC on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23careerspc&amp;src=typd\">#careerspc<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in a career in Orthotics and Prosthetics? This expanding health field involves fabricating and custom fitting artificial limbs and orthopedic braces to help rehabilitate patients with disabling conditions. Demand for these professionals is increasing, as are the educational requirements. St. Petersburg College offers an\u00a0Associate in Science Degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics Technology\u00a0that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/upcoming-orthotics-and-prosthetics-info-session-careerspc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Upcoming Orthotics and Prosthetics Info Session<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-2988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-general","tag-career-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10523,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988\/revisions\/10523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}