This course is designed for professionals who are looking to implement a respected and researched FCE testing protocol into their medical practice. Expand your understanding of performing a kinesiophysical FCE protocol and walk away with the knowledge to plan, administer, and perform evidence-based FCEs that exceed industry reliability and validity levels. Learning outcomes include:
- Recognize/identify the latest evidence-based research on a kinesiophysical FCE approach
- Explain and apply safe occasional, frequent, and/or constant abilities
- Demonstrate an ability to perform/document safe, reliable, and defensible FCEs
- Organize and extrapolate data to an eight-hour day
- Identify common consistency of effort and reliability of pain methods
- Implement high level FCE documentation that enhances your reports
- Participate in legal discussions that will back up your FCE results in a court of law
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Introduction to Functional Capacity Evaluations:
- The OccuPro evaluation philosophy
- Principles of functional capacity testing
- Proper FCE documentation
- Creating your FCE report or using FCE software
- Marketing and growing your FCE program
- Selecting FCE equipment and setting up your testing space
- Overview of the many types of FCEs you can perform
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Functional Capacity Evaluation Performance:
- Intake process
- Job analysis, job descriptions, DOT, and other ways to gather the jobs physical demands
- Consistency of effort/reliability of pain ratings
- Sitting and standing
- Musculoskeletal testing
- Upper extremity testing/coordination
- Non-material handling, occasional material handling, and frequent material handling
- Job simulation
- Full FCE case study and practicum