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THE CERTIFIED
FUNCTIONAL MANUAL THERAPY FELLOWSHIP
The
Institute of Physical Art and Johnson & Johnson
Physical Therapy believe that one-on-one
clinical mentorship is the most effective method of developing, refining, reinforcing and assessing advanced
manual therapy clinical skills. The purpose of the CFMT
Fellowship is to provide an intensely mentored one-year residential clinical fellowship in orthopedic functional manual
therapy for experienced physical
therapists who have obtained their CFMT designation from The
Institute of Physical Art’s Functional Manual Therapy
Certification program.
The goal of the CFMT Fellowship
is to produce master clinicians who demonstrate
superior clinical skills and advanced knowledge in orthopedic functional manual therapy, and who
effectively serve as care providers, consultants,
ambassadors, and educators of their peers, patients, medical professionals, and community.
The overall
performance objectives of the CFMT Fellowship are to accelerate and refine the
Fellow’s skills and advanced knowledge in patient evaluation, patient treatment, problem solving, and clinical reasoning, with a focus on the functional manual
therapy approach.
The CFMT
Fellowship seeks to meet these goals and objectives by providing a structured,
supportive environment for advanced training in, and extensive clinical practice of,
orthopedic manual therapy, utilizing mentorship as a primary and
essential aspect of developing advanced clinical skills.
- The Certified Functional Manual
Therapy Fellowship:
- Received
APTA/AAOPMT Credentialing May 2007
- Initiated
at Johnson & Johnson Physical Therapy, Steamboat
Springs, CO under the direction of the Institute of Physical Art.
- Nine
graduates from the Fellowship program, with two actively involved
- One-year
Fellowship with extensive one-on-one mentorship in Functional Manual
Therapy
- CFMT
Graduate
- APTA/AAOMPT
Member
- Colorado licensure
- Gregory
S. Johnson, PT, FFCFMT, Program Director, Primary Faculty. Thirty-five years of clinical and
educational experience, co-developer of the Functional Manual Therapy
System.
- Vicky
Saliba Johnson, PT, FFCFMT, Primary Faculty. Twenty-eight years of clinical and
educational experience, co-developer of the Functional Manual Therapy
System.
- Dean
S. Hazama, MPT, CFMT, FAAOMPT, Faculty. Graduate of the CFMT Fellowship
Program and Faculty for the IPA Functional Mobilization courses.
- Kent
Keyser, MS, PT, OCS, COMT, FFCFMT, ATC, FAAOMPT, Visiting Faculty. Thirty years of clinical and
educational experience.
- Timothy
Crunk, PT, MS, CFMT, OCS, FAAOMPT,
Visiting Faculty. Seventeen years
of clinical and educational experience.
- Meets
the requirements for recognition by the AAOMPT and for Certification by
the APTA. In excess of 400 hours
of supervised patient care and 150 plus hours of one-on-one time with
faculty
- Focus
on developing advanced evaluation and treatment skills
- Mentoring
of clinical application of Functional Manual Therapy skills
- Weekly
in-services
- Weekly
observation of patient care by faculty
- Weekly
meetings to discuss problem patients and Fellowship
- Training
in manipulative procedures for most articulations of the body
- Regular
observation of faculty, problem-solving, and treating complex patients
- Mentoring
physical therapy students during their clinical
- Monthly
Oral/Practical testing
- Program
tailored to each Fellow’s needs and goals
- Partnerships
with local physicians and professionals to observe them in practice and
surgery
- Partnerships
with local high school for acute care experience in training room and
during games
- Required
literature review and study
- Availability
to assist in IPA courses
- Project
requirement during Fellowship
- Opportunities
for extensive community service
- Active
member of JJPT staff as a contractual therapist with 30 a week
requirement of patient care
- Case
load is a broad range of orthopedic, post surgical, sports related, and
neurological patients
This page is still under development. Should you have any further questions
regarding the Functional Manual Therapy Fellowship, please contact:
Gregg Johnson
Phone – 970-870-9521
E-mail – gvrt@cmn.net
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Phone: 970 870-9521