Advanced Functional Capacity Evaluation
Training Course

Our Advanced FCE Course is designed for professionals who have experience performing FCEs and are interested in the latest evidence-based research. This training course goes above and beyond a traditional FCE course by discussing upcoming APTA/AOTA FCE best practice guidelines, legal precedent concerning FCEs, and important government legislation to help you vault yourself into an expert in FCEs. Learning outcomes include:

• Identify and select the most accepted FCE testing methodologies within literature
• Describe and compare the pros and cons of using a kinesiophysical approach, a psychophysical approach, or a combination of both approaches
• Compose and document advanced FCE testing methods to make sure your specific test is valid, reliable, and evidence-based
• Summarize and interpret the implication of the Daubert Standard/Frye Standard and how to exceed these standards within your practice
• Prepare objective documentation techniques that take your FCE tests to the highest of documentation standards
• Compare and analyze the latest performance techniques from FCE industry leaders
• Evaluate and consider in-house testing methodologies and commercially-based FCE testing methodologies to determine which have the most/least peer reviewed and published, reliable, and valid research
• Apply to become a Certified Functional Capacity Evaluator by obtaining a CFCE Certification

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapist Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Exercise Physiologists
• Chiropractors
• Medical Doctors
• Kinesiologists
• Physicians
• Allied Health Professionals

• Advanced
• Previous FCE training required
• 15:1 student to instructor ratio

• Category 1: Domain of OT – Work
• 12 hours (2 days)
• 1.2 AOTA CEUs

• Participation in the full two days of training
• Demonstration of current evidence-based FCE testing methodology comprehension
• Participation in the FCE case reviews
• Completion of course quiz with a score of 80% or better in all course formats

Day One:

• Explore the differences between kinesiophysical/psychophysical functional capacity evaluations, philosophies/methodologies, FCE clinical stands, and general practices
• Discuss research associated with the early stages of a FCE you performed including the various methods of gathering sitting and standing abilities
• Define 3 trial grip, five span grip, rapid exchange grip, coefficient of variation, and tests of hand dexterity
• Explore and define evidence-based methodologies to determine a client’s ability to perform occasional and frequent material handling

Day Two:

• Discuss implications for hiring, return-to-work, and FCEs associated with the ADA, ADAAA, FMLA, EEOC and workers' compensation
• Understand Dauber versus Frye and rules for admissibility of evidence
• Look into recent and important court decisions associated with FCEs including Indregard v. Georgia Pacific, Goodyear
• Discuss how to prepare for expert testimony in deposition or trial/how to critique opposing functional capacity reports