Educational Partnership Announcement
NAIOMT is excited to announce a partnership with The School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Messiah University that brings physical therapy continuing education events and an orthopedic clinical residency program to Messiah.
Continue Your Education
Enrich your physical therapy (PT) practice while fulfilling licensure requirements or pursue post-professional certification with continuing education courses and seminars at Messiah University.
The PT continuing education program includes a partnership with Messiah University to provide a series of two-day courses focused on orthopedic manual therapy that can be taken individually or stacked to earn post-professional certification.
Pennsylvania CEU Credits
Eligible participants can earn pre-approved contact hours for PT for the state of Pennsylvania in every course and seminar.
- Pre-approved PA contact hours
- Fulfill licensure requirements
- Earn COMT certification
- Hands-on lab experience
Become a Certified Orthopedic Musculoskeletal Therapist (COMT)
Earn additional PT certification in less than a year at Messiah University!
The NAIOMT COMT program is a five-course series which is practical, lab-based and founded on the most common diagnoses seen in outpatient physical therapy. You’ll learn to evaluate efficiently, focusing on the most important patient goals, and learn how to construct an evidence-based episode of care, managing at the top of your license with a strong focus on functional exercise progressions and a relevant manual therapy approach.
Eligibility
NAIOMT courses are open to licensed physical therapists and third-year PT students. Licensed PTs and third-year PT students who successfully complete COMT 1-5 courses and an elective are eligible for certification.
Upcoming COMT Courses at Messiah
All courses held in Mechanicsburg, PA
COMT-5: Lower Extremity
This is the last course in a series of five courses in the COMT certification series. This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the lower extremity.
COMT-1: Lumbar Spine
This course is the first of five courses in the COMT certification series. This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the lumbopelvic spine.
COMT-2: Cervical Spine
This is the second of five courses in the COMT certification series. This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the cervicothoracic spine.
COMT-3: Thoracic Spine
This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the thoracic spine and rib cage.
COMT-4: Upper Extremity
This is the fourth course in a series of five courses in the COMT certification series. This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the upper extremity.
COMT-5: Lower Extremity
This is the last course in a series of five courses in the COMT certification series. This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the lower extremity.
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Start Your COMT Certification Journey
Join hundreds of physical therapists who have advanced their careers through NAIOMT’s comprehensive certification program at Messiah University.
