SLSPO is a collaboration between the Ministry of Health, the Nippon Foundation of Japan (the funder) and the Cambodia Trust, a UK based charity which manages similar projects in Cambodia and East Timor. The project started in 2004.
Goal of the SLSPO is to become the National Training Centre for the education of Prosthetist - Orthotists. Students are taught how to prescribe, manufacture and fit prostheses (artificial limbs) and orthoses (braces), to International standards. The course consists of two years practical and academic training plus one year supervised clinical placement.
The school will seek international accreditation by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) at Category II level as a guarantee of its training standards.
The Ministry expects to employ a reasonable number of trained personnel as they qualify from the SLSPO, to meet the demand for Prosthetic and Orthotic services of the country.
