CATALOG - University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONContinuing Professional EducationClinical Orthopaedic ResidencyOrthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy FellowshipCONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (CPE)CertificationsManual Therapy Certification (MTC)Primary Care Certification (PCC)Sports Physical Therapy Certification (STC)Cranio-mandibular Head, Neck, and Facial Pain (CFC)GeneralThe University was founded on what was to become the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciencesby conducting continuing professional education seminars in 1966. Admission to continuing professionaleducation seminars is open to all appropriately licensed health care professionals.While the University supports clinical specialization, it also supports cross-disciplinary and multi-skilledpractices. The University offers its seminars to multiple professionals - provided their education andlicensure enable them to use the instruction provided.While every effort is made to allow therapists to attend any seminar of their choosing, certain advancedseminars require prerequisite seminars. Additionally, seminars are structured to be integrated withspecialty certifications, transitional and post-professional advanced degree programs. The Universityreserves the right to restrict attendance to only those professionals whom it determines have appropriatequalifications. Health practitioners other than physical and occupational therapists (e.g., MDs, PTAs,COTAs) may attend selected seminars, provided their license enables them to practice the content of theseminar. Professional licensure required for specific seminars is published elsewhere in this catalog and inseminar brochures.Continuing education seminars may be taken in a series toward a clinical certification. The Universityhas long held that continuing education should be structured toward a meaningful goal. Thus, in 1981,when a group of therapists who had taken manual therapy courses from the school asked to be examined,the faculty agreed and Certification began.Certification programs offer a series of seminars, which culminate in a comprehensive examination(written, oral and practical testing to define competency in the selected clinical area). Certifications are anintegral part of the University’s transitional and post-professional degrees.Certification Preparation and Exam is a six-day process which provides a review and update of thecontent of each prerequisite seminar. The objective is the safe application and interpretation of advancedclinical skills. Results are confidential. Only the names of those who pass are published. Some attend theweek purely for the value of review. Some attend more than twice before taking the exams. Those whofail to satisfactorily complete all of the components of the Certification process may be re-tested.Seminars leading to Certification may be taken for either CEUs or toward graduate credit. Graduate creditis earned by completing distance education coursework after attending the seminars. CEUs are awardedfor seminar course attendance unless students enroll for graduate credit. CEUs are invalid once studentsenroll in the distance education portion of the seminar course for academic credit. This policy is disclosed120