Spring Meeting 2006 A strong showing was present for the 2006 annual meeting held in Hickory Hills, IL. Much groundwork was laid in establishing a new board of directors as well as committees to spearhead political, clinical, and business issues we face everyday. We hope to make great strides for the O&P practitioners of IL during this year and will share our efforts via our newsletter and this website.

Northwestern University NU is in the process of offering two academic programs in addition to the graduate certificare programs in prosthetics and orthotics. A "Blended Learning" curriculum is being developed allowing an individual to participate in a distance learning program for the didactic component in combination with a clinical component to be taught by the NU faculty at the Northwestern University Prosthetic Orthotic Center. NU also is in the process of developing two masters level programs to offer additional training above and beyond the entry level certificate programs. For additional information about the "Blended Learning" or Masters level programs please contract the registrar at: v-rachel@northwestern.edu