Reimagining Mobility. Advancing Research. with Fanny Schultea

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In this episode, Brent Wright and Joris Peels sit down with Fanny Schultea, Executive Director of Live in Motion Foundation (formerly The Prosthetic and Orthotic Foundation For Education and Research), to explore how O&P can reinvent itself for the future. Fanny shares her journey from textile design and military service in Iraq to clinical practice, education, and national leadership within the profession.

The conversation examines the workforce challenges facing O&P, the need for new care-delivery models, and the importance of investing in students, residents, clinicians, technicians, and researchers. Fanny also explains how stronger outcomes research, economic evidence, professional development, and public awareness can help expand access to care and demonstrate the value O&P brings to patients and the broader healthcare system.

In this episode:

• Why O&P must rethink how care is delivered
• Addressing clinician shortages, burnout, and barriers to entry
• Building stronger career pathways for the next generation
• Funding scholarships, professional development, and research
• Using outcomes data to demonstrate the value of O&P care
• Preparing the profession for value-based healthcare
• The role of technology, wearables, and AI in future care
• Bringing greater public awareness and investment to O&P

Special thanks to Advanced 3D for sponsoring this episode.

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