Training Overview >> Functional Capacity Evaluation Training: Functional Capacity Evaluation Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs) are used to make life-changing decisions that affect patients’ livelihoods. ErgoScience understands the importance of accurate, reliable and valid test administration and results, and have even researched the appropriate length and format of our FCE training to ensure that clinicians receive the necessary length of training and the appropriate balance of both instruction and application. Training for ErgoScience’s proprietary FCE occurs over a period of three days. This course provides instruction in ErgoScience’s proprietary FCE administration and documentation using ErgoScience’s report writing software, as well as the opportunity to apply what you have learned by utilizing case examples. Training courses are conducted by an ErgoScience certified trainer, ensuring that you receive professional training from an experienced industrial therapist. Essential skills acquired upon completion of this course include:

• Can consistently identify safe maximum effort
• Will reliably recognize deviations in posture and movement patterns
• Can effectively utilize ErgoScience’s unique patented 3-in-1 scoring system
• Will efficiently create user-friendly summary reports with ErgoScience’s Report Generating Software
• Will be able to integrate appropriate musculoskeletal screens
• Can identify medical precautions and contradictions
• Can accurately extrapolate performance from brief periods of observation to an 8-hr day

Certification requires you to demonstrate competency in scoring, report-writing and musculoskeletal screening. This course is approved for 24 CEUs by the Alabama State Board of Physical Therapy.

Quarterly trainings are held in Birmingham, Alabama. ErgoScience offers the flexibility of on-site training courses, where one of our certified trainers will travel to your clinic to conduct the training. We offer flexible solutions with the goal of maximizing cost effectiveness for the clinic.


To register for training, please contact:
Beth Jones
tel: 205-879-6447, ext 208
email: bethjones@ergoscience.com.





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