Pakistan Institute of Prosthetics & Orthotics Sciences

HISTORY

PIPOS was initiated as PETCOT institute of and Orthotics sciences emerged from the German Afghanistan Assistnce Program which started in 1981 in D. I .Khan, district of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah, to provide the needed orthopaedic appliances.

The German Agency for Technical Cooperation (G.T.Z) improved and enlarged the existed O&P setup at Hayat Shaheed Teaching Hospital attached to Khyber  Medical College. The Production of appliances , however was the first step.

It turned out soon necessary that a training and education programme was needed on much higher level. The idea was born to establish an institute for the first time in Pakistan for BSc. degree in Orthotics Prosthetics under the University of . PETCOT started its function in 1988.

PETCOT was later on named as Pakistan Institute of Prosthetics & Orthotics (PIPOS) Pakistan. PIPOS has been awarded as Category-II accreditation for training and education in the field of Prosthetics and Orthotics by ISPO (International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics) based in Denmark

CONTECT OF COURSE

The course is 04 years (08 semesters) in duration. The final year (semester 7 and 8 ) are clinical based. The course has been set up and run on ISPO (International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics) and WHO (World Health Organizations) guidelines. Adjustments have been made to suit Pakistan's education and UOP (university of ) requirements.Peshawar

Course contains the following subjects:

1) Anatomy

2) Physiology

3) Biomechanics of human body

4) Pathology

5) Clinical orthopaedics

6) Prosthetics and Orthotics

7) Mechanics

8) Material Technology

9) Workshop Technology

10) Mathematics

11) Pro-Engineering (3-D Drawing)

12) Psychology

13) Communications

14) Islamiyat

15) Pak-studies

16) Electro-Technology

17) Patient Work

Along with the provision of B.Sc (Hons) degree, PIPOS is also providing all types of Prosthesis (Artificial limbs) and Orthosis (Braces) for almost every kind of physical disability. For this purpose institute maintains a model production centre providing assessment, rehabilitation services to thousands of people annually. Each year more than 6000 orthopaedically disabled patients including amputees are fitted with the artificial limbs and supports in PIPOS rehabilitation centre located at Hayatabad, Peshawar