In January I had the opportunity to travel to a number of cities in India to work with a group of professionals who are establishing a new clinical business model for the O&P practitioners of India.
My responsibility was to introduce new technology for practice management as well as identify opportunities to provide continuing education to the students in the O&P schools in India through the Internet. The trip was very productive and educational. Although India is still considered a developing nation by many, I was impressed with the caliber of clinical education that the students were receiving. I was continually thanked by the students for the access to the online journals and other clinical information that they have through our website at
www.oandp.com. More than ever, I realized how much of an impact the work that we are doing here in Gainesville is having on the global disabled community. I am working closely with organizations in India and the US to expand the software technology that we created for use in American O&P practices to the many O&P practices that are spread throughout India. The students were in awe of the online educational modules that we created and we are looking forward to expanding access to many of these resources even further. I also had a nice opportunity to visit a few sites and sample a lot of great food. The people were all very friendly and I look forward to returning in the future to monitor the progress of our technology expansion throughout the country.
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