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The mission of The McKenzie Institute is to educate
all appropriate health care
professionals in the mechanical
assessment and treatment of
the spine and extremities and
to conduct or support research
in this area.
Appropriate health care professionals are those
with academic backgrounds that
have licensure, certification,
or registration by a national
regulatory or certifying organization
and so will possess the prerequisite
knowledge and skills to best
understand the principles of
the McKenzie Method® of Mechanical
Diagnosis and Therapy®.
It is not our role as an educational provider
to enforce each individual
health profession's regulations.
All course participants are
legally and ethically responsible
for reviewing the applicable
laws, the Standards of Practice,
and the Code of Ethics of their
profession to determine whether
they may use the information,
material and techniques taught
in the courses within their
professional and provincial
jurisdictions. The McKenzie
Institute cannot advise a
participant as to whether he
or she may use the information,
material and techniques in
the geographic areas in which
he or she practices.
From our review of academic and licensing criterion,
we have established these guidelines
in determining the appropriate
professionals who are eligible
to enroll in our Program of
Certification, or parts thereof,
as follows:
Minimal Criteria to complete Full Program
of Certification
(Parts A-D and Credentialing
Examination) :
Healthcare practitioner with at least a Bachelors
Degree in the field of study
AND current licensure in the
state of practice, or registration
by the appropriate state or
national regulatory organization.
In addition to having completed
the four part course series, eligible practitioners must
have had at least two years of postgraduate clinical experience
to take the Credentialing Exam.
(Approved healthcare providers: PT, DC, MD, DO,
NP, and PA; and in some
cases ATC, OT, RCEP
(by ACSM), and RN).
Minimal Criteria to attend Parts
A and B:
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Healthcare practitioner with an Associates Degree in the field
of study AND current licensure in the state of practice
(Approved providers: PTA).
Those PTAs who are currently
working with and supervised by
certified McKenzie MDT practitioners
may complete Parts C, D and E.
A letter from the certified MDT
provider must accompany each course
registration to verify supervision.
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A Bachelors or Masters Degree in the
field of study, but in a
state without licensure or registration, or the practitioner
has yet to become licensed
or pass registry exam requirements
(Approved providers: ATC, OT,
EP).
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A Physical Therapy student matriculating
full-time in the professional
phase of an accredited physical
therapy program who has succesfully
completed at least one course
in musculoskeletal examination
and treatment in the physical
therapy curriculum. A letter
from the Physical Therapy Program
Director or Chair must accompany
the Part A course registration
to verify the student meets
these requirements.
*We expect all participants to be responsible in reviewing their scope of practice, state practice act and other applicable state laws or regulations of their profession to determine to what extent they can utilize certain aspects of the McKenzie Method in their jurisdiction.
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