O & P Program Clinical Resources

This page provides information for our Baylor preceptors. For questions, contact the O & P Program directly at opresidency@bcm.edu.

• We are an NCOPE-accredited residency program.
• All residents complete NCOPE Master's degree education standards within the first 12 months of the program.
• The residents are still enrolled as students at Baylor and pay tuition throughout their combined 18-month residency.
• The first three rotations are four months long each, while the second year of residency can contain two three-month rotations or one six-month rotation.
• All residents are research track with one remote course per rotation.
• All rotations are planned from January to March of every year for the whole academic year (Example July 2024 to July 2025).

Benefits of BCM Affiliation 

• Contribute to the future of Orthotics and Prosthetics
  • Improve lives and strengthen the profession through clinical education
• CEUs
  • Mentoring residents can be time-consuming (especially for first rotation) but very rewarding
  • Time spent mentoring a resident can be tallied up and submitted to ABC for CEUs
  • Submit your time for CEUs
• Clinical Educator Development:
  • All primary preceptors get free access to BCM’s annual Continuing Professional Development Webinars
  • These live webinars offer CE credits.
  • Asynchronous viewing is available upon request
  • Every year has a different theme. See the schedule
  • Past themes have included: Clinical mentorship training and research updates in O&P
• Voluntary Clinical Faculty Status:
  • Benefits: TMC library access
  • BCM email
  • BCM Continuing Professional Education
  • To apply:
    • Submit your CV, transcripts, and other required paperwork
    • If interested, reach out to opresidency@bcm.edu.
• Recognition:
  • All primary preceptors can be nominated for the annual clinical teaching excellence award by their residents. 

The clinic must be an ABC or BOC Accredited facility and the primary mentor must meet all NCOPE requirements (stated below).

Qualifications for Resident Mentor per NCOPE:

• 4.2.1 Must possess a state license, national certification, or international recognition as an orthotist/prosthetist. Must have successfully completed
• formalized orthotic/prosthetic education from a CAAHEP accredited program, a former O&P accredited education in the area supervision is being
• provided or be equivalent to ISPO Orthotist/Prosthetist (formerly Category I)
• 4.2.2 Must have three years post certification or licensure experience
• 4.2.3 Must be principally located at the residency training site
• 4.2.4 Must have completed the required modules of the NCOPE Residency Online Development Training Course or the Approved Clinical Mentor Course
• 4.2.5 Cannot be a currently registered

Orthotic/Prosthetic Residency Standards - The National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (ncope.org)

Our process does not require an OPRESCAS application as the residents are not employed by the clinical site, only completing a portion of their training. The clinical site does not have to pay the NCOPE residency fees associated with hosting a resident (Baylor covers this cost). 

• We are currently affiliated with over 200 preceptors from about 200 clinics nationwide.
• Most residents achieve two to three competencies per rotation.
• 45% of our graduates are employed at a clinic where they completed a residency rotation during the program.
• The average BCM graduate first-time passing time board passing rates are consistently higher than the average across all first-time takers. 

• BCM Preceptor Handbook
• O & P Clinical Calendar
• ABC Code of Professional Responsibility
• National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education