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The Objective: EIM Certification Programs provide post-professional training for physical therapists and are designed to advance the physical therapist as a provider of patient care in a specific area. You will be learning from world class faculty from a variety of the best academic programs and clinical practices in the country. EIM offers Certification Programs in the following areas:

• Upper Quarter Musculoskeletal Disorders – 7 credit hours
• Lower Quarter Musculoskeletal Disorders – 7 credit hours
• Extremity Disorders - 7 credit hours
• Spinal Disorders – 8 credit hours
• Manual Therapy – 15 credit hours

The Experience: 90% of the Certification Programs happen wherever you happen to be. Certification Programs consist of an intensive combination of didactic, collaborative and clinical education experiences using a blend of distance learning, on-line courses, and weekend intensive on-site courses. The weekend intensive on-site courses occur at EIM Network Partners and academic centers located in key geographic areas around the country, providing easy access via automobile and air travel with suitable hotel accommodations in the immediate vicinity.

The Outcome: EIM's Certification Programs are designed so that you will:

• Improve knowledge of current evidence in preparation for Orthopaedic Board Certification.
• Become a certified, highly skilled, autonomous practitioner with advanced clinical competency in the area of focus of the Certification Program you choose.
• Make evidence-based practice an immediate reality in your clinical practice.
• Enhance your critical thinking and psychomotor skills to improve decision-making and outcomes of care.
• Have the opportunity to use your Certification Program credit hours toward an EIM Residency or Fellowship program, should you decide to do so down the road.

For information on the specific tracks please click on the links above.

CERTIFICATION TRACK REGISTRATION POLICY

Registration for any of the weekend courses listed on the EIM website does not enroll you in or apply to a given certification track. If intending to register for a course within a certification track, you MUST contact donna@eimpt.com to enroll. Current 2010 registration deadlines for the following courses in the Certification Tracks are:

Management of Cervical Thoracic Disorders - June 30

Management of Upper Extremity Disorders - August 21

Management of Lower Extremity Disorders - Deadline in 2011, please check website later.

Management of Lumbopelvic Disorders - Deadline for 2011, please check website later.

*EBP Online Course, 'Charting a Course for Your Success ' is a prerequisite for any Certification Track management course and may be purchased by going to http://evidenceinmotion.com/sessions.aspx.