Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Chiropractor to prosthetist-orthotist

A chiropractor already meets 42% of what the prosthetist-orthotist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From chiropractor
42 % overlap
Partial match
To prosthetist-orthotist
20 You already bring
11 Still to learn
57 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.2/ 100

1 How much of what a prosthetist-orthotist is expected to do is already part of a chiropractor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the prosthetist-orthotist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A prosthetist-orthotist role treats 12 of its required skills as things a chiropractor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • advise on rehabilitation exercises
  • biomechanics
  • collect healthcare user's general data
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • contribute to the rehabilitation process

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A prosthetist-orthotist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chiropractor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on rehabilitation exercises communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held orthopaedic conditions health and welfare
  • already held assist patients with rehabilitation assisting and caring
  • already held biomechanics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held contribute to the rehabilitation process assisting and caring
  • already held kinetics health and welfare

All 20 carried skills, including the 12 the prosthetist-orthotist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 assisting and caring 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn instruct patients on supportive devices required
  • still to learn answer patients' questions required
  • still to learn comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
  • still to learn contribute to continuity of health care required
  • still to learn adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • optional, not held perform a prosthetic examination of the patient optional
  • optional, not held test prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
02 handling and moving 3 required, 7 supplementary
  • still to learn design medical supportive devices required
  • still to learn modify lifecasts required
  • still to learn create lifecasts required
  • optional, not held manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials optional
  • optional, not held modify casts for prostheses optional
  • optional, not held finish prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held repair orthopedic goods optional
  • optional, not held repair prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held manipulate wood optional
03 health and welfare 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • still to learn prosthetic devices required
  • optional, not held pedorthics optional
  • optional, not held prosthetic-orthotic device materials optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held medical terminology optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held types of orthopedic supplies optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn listen actively required
  • optional, not held place orders for orthopedic products optional
  • optional, not held recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition optional
  • optional, not held recommend orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
05 information skills 1 required
  • still to learn archive healthcare users' records required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held orthopaedic goods industry optional
  • optional, not held orthotics optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a prosthetist-orthotist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on rehabilitation exercises skill
  • already held biomechanics knowledge
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held kinetics knowledge
  • already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
  • already held rehabilitation knowledge
  • already held assist patients with rehabilitation skill
  • already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
  • already held human physiology knowledge
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held orthopaedic conditions knowledge
  • already held orthopaedics knowledge
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify patients' medical records optional
  • optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held hygiene in a health care setting optional
09 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held record data from biomedical tests optional
10 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manipulate plastic optional
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials optional
  • optional, not held modify casts for prostheses optional
  • optional, not held pedorthics optional
  • optional, not held perform a prosthetic examination of the patient optional
  • optional, not held finish prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held identify patients' medical records optional
  • optional, not held maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held orthopaedic goods industry optional
  • optional, not held orthotics optional
  • optional, not held place orders for orthopedic products optional
  • optional, not held prosthetic-orthotic device materials optional
  • optional, not held recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition optional
  • optional, not held recommend orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held repair orthopedic goods optional
  • optional, not held repair prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held test prosthetic-orthotic devices optional
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held hygiene in a health care setting optional
  • optional, not held manipulate plastic optional
  • optional, not held manipulate wood optional
  • optional, not held medical terminology optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held record data from biomedical tests optional
  • optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
  • optional, not held types of orthopedic supplies optional
88 held skills the prosthetist-orthotist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational code of ethics skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
  • not needed by the target role advocate health skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse X-ray imagery skill
  • not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
  • not needed by the target role apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply massage therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply specific manual chiropractic techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply supports for spinal adjustment skill
  • not needed by the target role assess chiropractic intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role chiropody knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chiropractic terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct chiropractic examination skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct neurological examination skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct physical examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role develop chiropractic services skill
  • not needed by the target role develop chiropractic treatment plans skill
  • not needed by the target role develop plans related to client discharge skill
  • not needed by the target role develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose musculoskeletal conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on preventing injuries skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role endocrinology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role exercise physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow-up after patients' surgery skill
  • not needed by the target role formulate a treatment plan skill
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret electroencephalograms skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret evoked potentials records skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret findings from medical examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret medical images skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret medical results skill

48 further entries not listed here

10 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn prosthetic devices required
  • optional, not held pedorthics optional
  • optional, not held orthopaedic goods industry optional
  • optional, not held orthotics optional
  • optional, not held prosthetic-orthotic device materials optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held hygiene in a health care setting optional
  • optional, not held medical terminology optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held types of orthopedic supplies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from chiropractor

Full index of moves from chiropractor

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a chiropractor become a prosthetist-orthotist?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A chiropractor already covers 42% of what a prosthetist-orthotist is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 12 of which the prosthetist-orthotist role treats as required.

What skills does a chiropractor need to become a prosthetist-orthotist?

11 required skills are missing, plus 26 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is design medical supportive devices.

How hard is the move from chiropractor to prosthetist-orthotist?

Its learning distance is 67.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.