Certified Fitter of Therapeutic Shoes
Agenda, Online 3 day Course
Live Course with an instructor (Webinar Based)
$400.00 (per student)
A practitioner who is an ABC Certified Fitter of Therapeutic Shoes is a health care professional who is specifically educated and trained to provide non-custom therapeutic shoes and non-custom multi-density inserts. This program is a 20-hour online course comprised of Live PowerPoint lectures, videos, lab assignments, home study, and a hands-On portion using web-based conferencing technology.
The course will be broken into six components: four, four-hour live online lectures, home study material and a live individual web conference to complete the hands-on portion of the program. This program is designed for the professional that has limited time to travel, has some computer skills, and likes to have an instructor covering the subject and answering questions as the course is in progress. This course meets the requirements for the ABC Certified Fitter of Therapeutic Shoes.
A high speed Internet connection and web camera are required. Also required are a fitting stock (at least eight pair of shoes in different widths and lengths to be able to fit shoes to your patient), measuring device, heat gun (or oven), off-the-shelf orthotics and a molding mat. All of these items can be purchased at the time of registration. A sample box of materials will be sent upon registration as well. A headset with microphone is also recommended to follow along with the program.
The Course Itinerary is as follows:
Block A:
15 min - Intro
30 min - Terminology
70 min - Anatomy of the Foot
30 min - Gait
70 min - Material Science
30 min - Handouts on material
Block B:
05 min - Diabetes the Movie
60 min - Complications associated with the diabetic foot
120 min - Patient Evaluation
145 min - Selection and fitting
70 min - Handouts of patient evaluation, selection and fitting
Block C:
90 min - Common foot disorders
90 min - Documentation
30 min - Overview of Block A
30 min - Handouts on documentation and billing
Block D:
30 min - Professional Ethics
10 min - Marketing
20 min - Measuring, Fitting and Heat Molding video
45 min - PPT on Measuring, Fitting and Heat molding
60 min - Review of Blocks B and C
90 min - Review of ABC Book of Code, Fitter Book of Rules, and Scope of Practice
Block E
60 min - Live Hands on Competency demonstration:
Block F
120 min - Additional Home Study: Study daily all the hand outs and course material including the four addition Reading handouts
Tests will be administered on all subjects including a test on the home study material as well.
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