Table 2.
Presence of nine core standards for orthotist/prosthetist regulation by country and income category (High Income, Upper-Middle Income, Lower-Middle Income and Low Income)
Presence of Government Regulation | Presence of Core Standards | Number of Core Standards (Total) | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum Training/Education | Entry-level Competency Standards | Scope of Practice | Code of Conduct | Course Accreditation | Continuing Professional Development | Language Standard | Recency-of-Practice | Return-to-Practice | |||
High-Income country n = 14 (47%) | |||||||||||
1 | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
2 | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
4* | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | 7 |
5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
6 | – | – | – | – | X | n/a | X | – | – | – | 2 |
7 | X | X | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 1 |
8* | X^ | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
9* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
10* | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | 7 |
11* | – | X | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
12 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
13* | – | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | 7 |
14* | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | 7 |
Upper-Middle-Income country n = 4 (13%) | |||||||||||
15* | – | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | X | X | 7 |
16* | – | X | X | – | X | X | X | – | X | – | 6 |
17* | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | 8 |
18* | – | X | X | – | – | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Lower-Middle-Income country n = 5 (17%) | |||||||||||
19* | – | X | X | X | – | X | – | X | – | – | 5 |
20 | X | X | – | – | – | X | X | – | – | – | 3 |
21* | – | X | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
22* | – | X | X | – | X | X | – | – | X | X | 6 |
23* | – | X | X | – | X | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Low-Income country n = 7 (23%) | |||||||||||
24* | – | – | – | – | – | n/a | X | X | – | X | 3 |
25* | – | – | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 0 |
26* | X | X | X | – | X | X | X | – | – | – | 5 |
27* | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | X | – | – | 5 |
28* | – | – | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 0 |
29* | – | X | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 1 |
30* | – | X | X | X | X | n/a | – | X | X | X | 7 |
Total (%) | 10 (33%) | 25 (83%) | 20 (67%) | 14 (47%) | 19 (63%) | 19 (63%) | 14 (47%) | 16 (53%) | 15 (50%) | 11 (37%) |
X = standard in place;–= standard absent
*represents those countries where email contact was made with the association/regulatory to clarify the scan data (n = 22)
^ represents one country whereby specific states/regions had a government regulator
n/a signifies the absence of an in-country training programme