Graduation Requirements Post 2020

To graduate from the Fellowship program, all Fellows-in-training must successfully complete the following assessment items and meet or exceed 1275 hours of training within 60 months, including the minimums in each category. (See summary table below.) All components are required.

Topic Education: Didactic theory & practical hrs Clinical mentoring hrs Outcome measures
Required NAIOMT core courses 705, 715, 720 & 725. 189
Credit given for previously completed courses
Certificate of completion
Required NAIOMT online (Minimum=5 fellowship modules) 63 Certificate of completion
Practice in techniques 40 hours minimum 40 Log of practice on CFP #4A
Fellowship Project – online research course & written paper 63 Satisfactory completion of online research course and project.
Lab Assistant (Minimum 1 course) 14 Lab assistant certificate
Effective Mentoring for the Advanced Clinician online course. 7 CFI Application & Mentoring video
Electives – As needed 41
(Or as needed.)
1:1 Direct In-person Clinical mentoring: Minimum 75 hours 75 Signed and documented on CFP#4
‘Other’ Clinical Mentoring minimum of 150 minus direct 1:1 hours 75 Signed and documented on CFP#4
Patient population log – adequate representation of each body region CFP#3A patient population log
Clinical Practice Hours (unsupervised): 850 hours minus 150 mentored hours 700 Signed & documented on CFP#4
NAIOMT 630 oral practical and CMPT (pre- or post- 2016 CMPT certification) CMPT required
730 4 written case presentations – * credit for previous LIII written exams & cases Pass in all required cases or equivalent
NAIOMT COMT (730 or previous LIV oral-practical exam) Pass in each station.
2 clinical live patient exams with follow-up – 1 primarily spinal, 1 primarily extremity Pass x 2 Signed & graded on CFP #5A plus 2nd visit
Clinical case evaluations – 30 through fellowship clinical mentoring Pass x 30 – signed and graded on CFP#3
Evaluations by CFI, summary & detailed CFP#2B & CFP#6 forms with minimum of satisfactory
Detailed self-evaluation pre-fellowship and exit evaluation at graduation CFP#2B Self Eval & CFP#2B Exit Eval
Evaluation(s) of CFI & program evaluation CFP#7 and CFP#10
Fellowship project Minimum B grade
MINIMUM TOTALS = 1269 hours 419 850

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