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Postgraduate Pelvic Re-education

Especially for graduate physiotherapists from Belgium who want to specialize in treating people with health problems in the pelvic region, we offer an attractive two-year postgraduate course in Pelvic Rehabilitation (Pelvic Physiotherapy)

Training in Brief

  • Name: Postgraduate Certificate in Pelvic Physical Therapy
  • Target audience: Master of Science rehabilitation sciences and physical therapy from Belgium
  • Duration: 2 years
  • Variant: Part-time
  • Location: Amersfoort
  • Admission: master of science degree in rehabilitation sciences and physical therapy
  • Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate

Training content

In the first year we lay the foundation with knowledge and skills in the field of pelvis and pelvic floor. In the second year there is deepening to more complex casuistry. Clinical competencies are central throughout the training: screening, diagnosing, prognosticating and treating patients with disorders in the pelvic region. We acquire new knowledge in lectures, apply it in working groups and train new skills specific to the pelvic region in skills classes. This training is very practice-oriented. We therefore practice on each other to experience and learn the role of patient and researcher or practitioner.

Within the program we pay attention to pediatric pelvic physiotherapy. It is also possible at SOMT University of Physiotherapy to specialize fully as a pediatric pelvic physiotherapist.

Both years focus on competency learning with an internship in practice. In this you also work independently in practice for half a year with a coach at a distance. You conclude the training with a clinical exam in a practice.

Structure of training

The course content is organized around 5 curricula:

  • Urology
  • Gynecology and obstetrics
  • Gastroenterology
  • Sexology
  • LWK – pelvis – hip

Running through these content learning lines are competency learning lines:

  • Clinical reasoning
  • Examination skills and treatment in the pelvic area
  • Underpinning the subject with guidelines and critical review of literature
  • Attitude and communication around this special area of man

Students from Belgium with a university master’s degree are exempt from the subjects of epidemiology and statistics.

Organization of training

  • Class days: Monday and Tuesday (on average every three weeks)
  • Hybrid education: online and live at SOMT University of Physiotherapy in Amersfoort, the Netherlands
  • Collaboration in study groups and practice groups with home-based students
  • Internships: in consultation with the internship address

View the regular Master’s Degree in Pelvic Physical Therapy page for more information about the program.

Recognized training for special professional competence in pelvic rehabilitation and perinatal physical therapy

The pelvic physiotherapy program of the 2-year postgraduate course in Pelvic Rehabilitation (pelvic physiotherapy) meets the requirements for special professional competence in pelvic rehabilitation and perinatal physical therapy. This accreditation has been officially issued by the Kinesitherapy Accreditation Committee of the Department of Care Flanders.

Accreditation

Accreditation has been approved from Pro-Q-Kine:

  • For general physical therapist, these are 24 post-training units
  • For already specialized Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation and Perinatal Physical Therapist, these are 3360 points for the specialist register.

Contact

Do you have a question? Master’s program head Corine Adamse would be happy to help! Send her an e-mail at c.adamse@somt.nl.

Details

  • Study load: 13-16h (per week)
  • Level: EKK 7
  • Accreditation: NVAO and NVFB
  • KRF NL registration: Yes
  • Language: Dutch **
  • Start of study: September
** English-language scientific literature
Starts September 2024 | 2-year program