Learning Outcomes
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