Study Programmes 2015-2016
Faculty of Medicine
Certificat d'université en thérapie manuelle
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Mr Marc VANDERTHOMMEN
c/o Christophe DEMOULIN
Motor skills
Block B21 - Sports centers - 4000 Liege
Phone number : 04/366.38.97 or 04/366.38.95
Fax number : 04/366.29.01
E-mail address : christophe.demoulin@ulg.ac.be

Sébastien WOLFS
Motor skills
Block B21 - Sports centers - 4000 Liege
Phone number : 04/366.35.77 or 04/366.38.97
Fax number : 04/366.29.01
E-mail address : sebastien.wolfs@ulg.ac.be
Presentation / Study programme
Orthopaedic manipulative physiotherapy (OMT) is a specialised branch of physical therapy dedicated to the treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions based on clinical reasoning and using highly specific treatment approaches including manual techniques and therapy exercises. OMT is based on the scientific and clinical evidence, as well as on each patient's biological, psychological and social characteristics (IFOMPT, 2004).
Objective
This is a two-year training programme run in collaboration with the University of Ghent, leading to a University Certificate in Manual Therapy. The certificate meets the requirements of the ministerial order of 22 April 2014, defining the accreditation criteria authorising physiotherapists to acquire the professional qualification of manual therapist (training programme worth 75 ECTS after obtaining the title of physiotherapist). The certificate granted meets the requirements of the ¿International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT)¿, allowing holders to obtain international recognition.
Special conditions of access / students concerned
This programme is aimed at :

- holders of a degree in physiotherapy ("Licence" or "Master") or in medicine awarded by a Belgian institution of higher learning (university or higher school)
- holders of a Belgian diploma ("Graduat") awarded by an institution of higher learning at the end of a short programme regulated by previous legislation. In this case, the candidates are required to apply for the recognition of their experience of minimum 2 years by the professors in charge of the programme.
- holders of a similar degree in physiotherapy earned outside of Belgium. In this case, the candidates are required to apply with the professors in charge of the programme.

Number of students : 18 minimum (36 maximum)

Prerequisites :

- Compulsory prerequisites (in anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, biostatitics) will be required of all participants. This condition is necessary to meet the requirements of the IFOMPT.
Duration of the training
The certificate programme takes place over a cycle of 2 years. New registrations in 2015-2016

2 years (75 ECTS : 33 in the 1st year and 42 in the 2nd year) including 378 h of face-to-face teaching, 160 h of supervised clinical practice, 1312h of student personal work and 300 h for the preparation for the final dissertation.

Note : The programme cannot be split.
Calendar
Start date(s): New cycle in September 2015

Planned schedule : in order to allow applicants to continue their professional activities, the training programme is comprised of 30 days of training every year, in the form of seminars lasting two or three days, which are organised approximately every three weeks.
These seminars may take place from Thursday 17:00 to Sunday 17:30. As regards the placement, 34 hours will be integrated into the training seminars, and the remaining 46 hours will be completed according to the training supervisors¿ availability.
Training language
French (75%) - English (25%)
Courses programme
Collegiality : Coordinator : Marc VANDERTHOMMEN

Members : Filip DESCHEEMAEKER (UGent), Damien VAN TIGGELEN (UGent), Christophe DEMOULIN (ULg), Jean-François KAUX (ULg), Marie-Antoinette FERRARA, Sébastien WOLFS (ULg), Bénédicte BERNARD (ULg), David COLMAN (ULg), Bart VANTHILLO (UGent), Yves HENROTIN (ULg), Yannick DEPAS, Marco TOMASELLA (ULg), Stéphanie GROSDENT (ULg), Laurent PITANCE (UCL), Axel BEERNAERT (UGent), Kristof DECORTE (UGent), Barbara CAGNIE (UGent), Nathalie ROUSSEL (VUB), Benjamin HIDALGO (UCL), Lieven DANNEELS (UGent), Jennifer FOUCART (ULB).
Bloc 1 du programme de l'année
Compulsory courses
 MCER2015-133
 Manual therapy of the upper quadrant
  -2418- 
 Module 1 : EBM/EBP - Raisonnement clinique de base - Introduction TMO - Collégialité
  -2217- 
 Module 2 : Membres périphériques - Collégialité
  -2627- 
 Module 3 : Rachis - Collégialité
  -1713- 
 Module 4 : Contrôle moteur - Collégialité
  -911- 
 Module 5 : Syndrome radiculaire - Collégialité
  -44- 
 Module 6 : Techniques de manipulation du rachis - Collégialité
  -1216- 
 Module 7 : Techniques particulières - Collégialité
  -126- 
 Module 8 : Douleur et communication - Collégialité
  --80- 
 Module 9 : Pratique clinique supervisée - Collégialité
Bloc 2 du programme de l'année
Compulsory courses
 MCER2016-142
 Manual therapy lower quadrant
  -46- 
 Module 1: EBM / EBP - Basic Clinical Reasoning - Collégialité
  -2317- 
 Module 2: peripherals Members - Collégialité
  -2120- 
 Module 3: Spine - Collégialité
  -1921- 
 Module 4: Motor control - Collégialité
  -911- 
 Module 5: radicular syndrome - Collégialité
  -1622- 
 Module 6: Manipulation of the spine - Collégialité
  -1315- 
 Module 7: Specific Techniques - Collégialité
  -203- 
 Module 8: Pain and communication - Collégialité
  --80- 
 Module 9: Supervised Clinical Practice - Collégialité
  ---[+] 
 Module 10: Training Final assignment - Collégialité - [10h AUTR]
Assessment
The candidates will be assessed through theoretical and practical exams, which will take place at the end of the first and second year. A partial theoretical assessment can be organised in January and intermediary assessments will take place over the year during placements, presentations, etc. At the end of the training, the candidate will have to submit a dissertation.
Registration on selection
Where?: ULg Lifelong Learning Unit
File for submission: full CV (experience, training, etc.), copy of your diploma, copy of your identity card, etc.
Enrolment fees:
- EUR 3000 / year
- EUR 2850 / year for ULg graduates (ALUMNI)
- Training programme approved by the Walloon Region: possibility of using training vouchers (reduction up to EUR 1500)