Certified Integrated Ergonomic Specialist - Office

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Personal trainers
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Exercise Physiologists
• Chiropractors
• Medical Doctors
• Kinesiologists
• Physicians
• Allied Health Professionals
• Safety & Health Professionals

For professionals who want to:

1. Transition into an ergonomic or injury prevention career:  Get the knowledge and the certification in order to be able to transition into ergonomic or injury prevention careers.  

2. Improve your earning potential: Add this certification to your skill set for improved earning potential. 

3. Start your Ergonomic Telehealth Business or Side Hustle: Learn how to create your ergonomic telehealth side hustle or practice.

4. Start your Ergonomic Business or Side Hustle: Learn how to create your own ergonomic side hustle or business. 

Our Office Ergonomic Course is designed to teach you how to implement your new office ergonomic knowledge right away!  Learning outcomes include:

1. To recognize when to use the Cal OSHA Industrial Relations tool to perform ergonomic assessments with 70% accuracy.

2.  To match when to use cognitive, organizational, or physical ergonomic interventions with the appropriate ergonomic hazard with 70% accuracy. 

3.  To be able to list appropriate ergonomic intervention opportunities with 70% accuracy.

Essentially, by the end of the course, you'll know how to perform office ergonomic assessments and evaluations to be able to be successful in an office ergonomic setting. 

• On Demand (watch anytime)
• Delivery is via recorded power points, recorded interviews and recorded lectures
• Lifetime updates and access

AOTA approved Category: OT Service Delivery

• 5 Contact Hours
• 0.5 AOTA CEUs
• PT/PTA approved for 0.5 CEUs or 5 contact hours in the following states: 

   We are CEU approved for PT/PTA in Texas, Alaska, Arizona, Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (Rule 64B17-9), Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. 

Hour One:

• Review evidence-based ergonomic standards, OSHA history, and methodologies
• Break down the Deming Cycle of Lean Continuous Improvement and how this is used as the ergonomic backbone

Hour Two:

• Data Gathering: Applying Physical Ergonomics data collection using OSHA compliant methodology and tools.
• Data processing: Analyzing Organizational Ergonomics data application to optimize workplace process flow and cohesion.
• Leveraging Strengths: Developing Cognitive Ergonomics insight into spatial, temporal, digital and focal matrices to leverage peak performance.  
• Reviewing Cognitive Ergonomics treatment ideas
• Optimizing Opportunities: Identifying next what Environmental, Health & Safety elements might be improved in office ergonomic situations or settings

Hour Three:

• Synthesizing Strategies: Recommending ways to improve an office ergonomic situation or setting using ‘COPE’ Strategies for Integrated Ergonomics (variety of cases will be provided)

Hour Four:

• Integrating the Deming Cycle with performing one to one, one to many, and one to  several ergonomic training (walking you through the various ways you may present your ergonomic ideas to patients and companies). 

Hour Five:

• In depth walk through of a real ergonomic case, from assessment, to interventions, to outcomes including documentation and instruction example.

• Participation in the full training.
• Successful completion of the provided question multiple choice quiz with a 70% score.
• Successful completion of case study/studies provided.

• Introductory
• No prerequisites required

Speaker's are:

Dr. Emma Shapiro PT,DPT and Dr. Matt Jeffs PT,DPT. 

PD Provider:

Alternative Healthcare Careers

Email: [email protected]

Address: 22 Shongum Rd, Randolph NJ 07869

Dr. Matt Jeffs receives an honorarium for working with Alternative Healthcare Careers and performing this lecture.

Dr. Emma Shapiro is the owner of Alternative Healthcare Careers and receives proceeds from this course.

Any devices, software, or equipment mentioned are for instructional and example purposes only.

Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. 

This and many of our courses are currently approved for continuing education credit by most state boards. If you do not see your state, you can submit for individual approval your respective state. Please email us to confirm your state's status if you have any questions. 

We are determined to make sure you have a wonderful experience! Please email us at [email protected] and we will accommodate any of your needs.

You will be a Certified Integrated Ergonomic Specialist or CIES! And our hope is that you'll be able to go out and start performing ergonomic assessments.

Alternative Healthcare Careers will make all efforts to assist in adjustment of any courses or classes. We advise you to notify us at [email protected] 48 hours in advance so that we can place you in another upcoming class.
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Information provided within this course should be used within scope of practice. This course content is not intended for use by any participants outside the scope of their license or regulation.

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service or material discussed during this event. He does receive an honorarium for his presentation. Any products mentioned in the course are used for example purpose only. 

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