Our Training
Matheson's recognition in Occupational Rehabilitation attracts leading professionals to our teaching staff. Each an expert practicioner in their own right, these top professionals have developed the following Matheson courses.
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This is the premier Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) training course available today! Culminating in the hands-on administration of a functional capacity evaluation practicum, Matheson students will learn from top work evaluators from across North America to learn protocols that have been carefully built around evaluation tools which are readily available, widely accepted in the field, have been court-tested, and have published peer-reviewed reliability and validity studies.
Looking for a workshop to hone your evaluation and report writing skills? Trying to streamline your process of how you are performing functional capacity evaluations or just need someone to bounce ideas off of as you grow your program? This module-based course supports the functional capacity evaluator who is looking for practical application techniques, fine tuning evaluation flow and a Matheson Trainer to help mentor their practice, technique and skills. (To gain the most from this workshop, students are strongly encouraged to have at least 6 months of FCE experience. This course is not an introduction to FCE. This course satisfies the requirements of CWCE renewal.)
Position yourself to take advantage of the growing marketplace for FCE-generated case resolution data. Working as your personal coach, Roy Matheson will help you select from the FCE report formats best suited to your local market. And, selecting from the 7 formats most requested by local and federal systems, Roy will guide you through his modular triage process of building a high-utility report.
This course, focused on identifying and measuring the essential functions and physical demands of a full-range of jobs, serves as a platform for learning how to prepare a thorough job analysis report. Those seeking to perform analyses across the spectrum of cognitive, aptitude and temperamental demands of a job will benefit from the university-level resources that complement this course.
Learn how to implement the four crucial steps to penetrating and holding your regional FCE market. The principles taught in this course are also applicable to post-offer, work conditioning, work hardening, job analysis and ERISA evaluation services.
This online course will cover the aspects of aging that can impact the older worker and ergonomic strategies to positively impact productivity and reduce the risk of work place injuries.
Build long-lasting and rewarding relationships with referring physicians and case managers while discovering the secrets to organizing, staffing and equipping your return-to-work program. This course is for the therapist or clinical staff member who has daily contact with injured workers receiving work hardening or work conditioning services.
This practical course builds on a review of current EEOC interpretation of ADA case law and a job analysis practicum to culminate in the draft and validation of a Post-Offer test. Materials provided to participants include a full set of job analysis and Post-Offer testing data collection forms.
This course, focused on identifying and measuring the essential functions and physical demands of a full-range of jobs, serves as a platform for learning how to prepare a thorough job analysis report. Those seeking to perform analyses across the spectrum of cognitive, aptitude and temperamental demands of a job will benefit from the university-level resources that complement this course.
The Ergonomic Evaluation Certification Program is designed for those who want to gain a solid foundation in the performance of objective, defensible, and complete Ergonomic Evaluations. This is a practical, hands-on training program. You will come away with a battery of risk assessment tools for work tasks requiring strength, upper extremity dexterity and whole body endurance.
The WorkSafe Ergonomics Solutions training gives you real world tools to implement a company-wide ergonomic program that actually resolves ergonomic issues. It provides a framework to allow all employees to take responsibility for personal and company ergonomic issues that may lead to soft tissue injuries. The tools and concepts learned in this training are supported by the web-based Matheson WorkSafe software which enables easy implementation of a company-wide ergonomic program.
Following years of requests to shadow Dr. John LaCourse, CPE #83, through an actual on-site ergonomic evaluation, Matheson presents this unique learning experience! Participants will work in groups as they view media and actually enter the field assessing office, commercial or industrial sites.
This online course will cover the aspects of aging that can impact the older worker and ergonomic strategies to positively impact productivity and reduce the risk of work place injuries.
The two days spent with Dr. Matheson may be among the most enlightening in the rehabilitation professional’s career development. Although the tools taught in the course are valuable and important, Dr. Matheson also shares career-changing knowledge on how to organize one’s thinking about the data generated by each medical or vocational expert involved in a case. Any evaluator who intends to work at the “expert” level in this field will benefit greatly from this experience.
The field of Life Care Planning is rapidly evolving in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The Life Care Plan is a document that identifies the current and future care needs (i.e. medical, rehabilitation, equipment, home support needs) of individuals with a wide range of diagnoses (i.e. orthopaedic, brain injury, spinal cord injury, chronic pain, etc.).
A practical approach to selection of assessment tools, functional evaluation, clinical reasoning, and formulation of opinion, conclusions and recommendations for individuals with ABI in order to determine work capacity, work readiness, determination of treatment planning and return to work goals. An Evaluation Process Model will be utilized to guide the evaluator through key clinical steps and considerations.
The Advanced Functional Capacity Evaluation training course provides delegates the opportunity to participate in lectures and roundtable discussions on cutting-edge issues in the field. Course curriculum will include a review of best-practice functional capacity evaluation (FCE) protocols, an update on key published literature, and a comparison and critique of major FCE systems. While updating and sharing skills with other highly experienced evaluators, delegates will receive intense preparation for some of the field's most challenging issues in the clinic and in the courtroom. Clinicians will improve the defensibility of their work and gain the skills required to comprehensively critique competitors in the field.
Looking for a workshop to hone your evaluation and report writing skills? Trying to streamline your process of how you are performing functional capacity evaluations or just need someone to bounce ideas off of as you grow your program? This module-based course supports the functional capacity evaluator who is looking for practical application techniques, fine tuning evaluation flow and a Matheson Trainer to help mentor their practice, technique and skills. (To gain the most from this workshop, students are strongly encouraged to have at least 6 months of FCE experience. This course is not an introduction to FCE. This course satisfies the requirements of CWCE renewal.)
Following years of requests to shadow Dr. John LaCourse, CPE #83, through an actual on-site ergonomic evaluation, Matheson presents this unique learning experience! Participants will work in groups as they view media and actually enter the field assessing office, commercial or industrial sites.