Competency information
Details
Fit a range of auricular (ear) prostheses for patients with congenital (external part of the ear).
Discuss prosthesis management with the patient, carer, or relative.
Considerations
- Why informed consent is necessary for each treatment event/episode.
- Utilise extrinsic colour systems for adapting a prosthesis to match surrounding structures.
- Patient education in relation to skin preparation for prosthetic application, self-care as part of the recovery of the patient and care for the prosthesis.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 7 | Outcome Discuss treatment options, design, plan, manufacture, fit and evaluate a range of auricular (ear) prostheses for patients with congenital absence of pinna (external part of the ear) prosthesis with the patient, their carers or relatives, and colleagues, as appropriate. |