Thank you to everyone
who celebrated 
POP Month 2025

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC) thanks the entire POP community for raising the visibility of the profession and recognizing POP professionals nationwide during POP Month 2025.

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POP Month 2025 Highlights

Keep the Celebration Going

POP Month may be over, but the celebration continues year-round, whether you’re a POP professional, a patient care facility owner, a manufacturer or consumer group serving POP communities. Here are a few ideas to spark creativity, but the possibilities are endless.

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Meet students where they are and “POP out” to give a presentation about the profession to a local school, college, club or community group.

Share about POP Month on social media and at meetings and conferences.

Welcome students and community members to “POP in” to tour the facilities, learn more about the profession, and hear why staff love what they do.

Host an Event

Host an open house or shadowing day during POP Month to highlight POP innovations and encourage students to experience the profession up close.

Honor an outstanding employee or innovator with a POP award and share their achievement with the community.

Share Your POP Journey

Contact local media, post on social media, appear at a local school science fair, or volunteer for POP Month events.

Invite students to “POP over” and experience an authentic “day-in-the-life” of POP professionals by hosting a shadowing day.

Our Partners

Academy of Pedorthic Science

American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists

American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association

Amputee Blade Runners

A Place for Her

Baylor College of Medicine Orthotics and Prosthetics Program

BioLogic P&O

Board of Certification/Accreditation

California State University Dominguez Hills Orthotic and Prosthetic Program

College Park Industries

Cranial Technologies

Dankmeyer, Inc.

Durrett’s Orthotics & Prosthetics

Eastern Michigan University Master of Science in Orthotics and Prosthetics Programs

Fior & Gentz

Friddle’s Orthopedic Appliances

Grace Prosthetic Fabrication Inc.

Hanger Clinic

Hely & Weber Orthopedics

International Institute of Orthotics and Prosthetics

Kennesaw State University Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics

National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics & Prosthetics

National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education

Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center

OrthoPediatrics

Orthotic & Prosthetic Clinics of America

Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation For Education and Research

Prosthetic & Orthotic Group

University of Hartford - Prosthetics and Orthotics

University of Pittsburgh’s Masters in Prosthetics and Orthotics Program

University of Washington Prosthetics & Orthotics Program

About WhatIsPOP

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC) launched WhatIsPOP in 2022 to raise awareness and excitement about careers to future POP professionals.

Explore WhatIsPOP

What is POP?

POP is the most interesting career in healthcare. People who work with prosthetics, orthotics and pedorthics improve the lives of millions of people, making a profound, immediate and visible difference for patients, families and communities.

Innovation

POP offers exciting jobs and innovations, from 3-D printing of orthotic devices to a first-of-its-kind innovative lab team devoted to developing a neurally controlled artificial limb.

Education

Opportunities abound to find the POP path that’s right for you. POP offers career options for people with high school, college or graduate degrees.

POP Careers

The POP profession is plentiful and engaging, mixing interpersonal and technical skills. With so many types of jobs and different ways to contribute, variety is part of POP. Whether working in a hospital setting, a university medical center, a multi-location clinical practice or a local clinic serving underrepresented communities…the possibilities are endless.

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Thank you to everyone who celebrated POP Month 2025