Prerequisites
UBC Gunn IMS training is only available to physicians and highly-trained physiotherapists who meet prerequisites.
To meet prerequisites, physiotherapists must have:
1. a minimum of 4 years clinical experience treating patients post-licensure (i.e. not including student placements) in either a musculoskeletal and/or neuromuscular physiotherapy setting
2. a minimum level of postgraduate training in either the orthopaedic/musculoskeletal or dry needling fields. Standardised prerequisites accepted by the program are ONE of the following (a. or b.):
a. Eligible dry needling training:
i) Acupuncture Canada CAFCI designation (completion of the Level I courses Parts 1, 2A & 3A /A1, A2, A3 program and examinations)
ii) Acupuncture Canada ACC designation – Level 1 (i.e. completion of both the AA1 and AA2 courses and the associated Level 1 Examination)
iii) Certificate of Medical Acupuncture, Medical Acupuncture Program (MAP), under the Division of Continuous Professional Learning, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (University of Alberta)
iv) McMaster University Contemporary Acupuncture Program
v) Acupuncture Canada Dry Needling Program - Successful completion of Level 1 and Level 2, or
vi) Other dry needling training - may be accepted as meeting the prerequisite standard. Please submit evidence of your training for consideration. Your training will be assessed in comparison with our standardised prerequisites considering hours of training, assessment procedures (theory and/or practical exams, case study submissions etc) and the calibre of the teaching organisation.
b. Eligible postgraduate musculoskeletal training:
i) Level 3 (upper and lower) of the Intermediate Diploma of Manual Therapy certified by the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA),
ii) UBC Graduate Certificate in Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapy (GCOMPT), or
iii) Other musculoskeletal post-graduate training - may be accepted as meeting the prerequisite standard. Please submit evidence of your training for consideration. Your training will be assessed in comparison with our standard prerequisites considering hours of training, examination procedures (theory and/or practical exams, case study submissions etc) and the calibre of the teaching organisation.
Please note: if you submit alternative prerequisites for consideration, i.e.:
a. Eligible dry needling training, vi) Other dry needling training, or
b. Eligible post-graduate musculoskeletal training, iii) Other musculoskeletal post-graduate training,
you must provide:
i. A summary of the related hours of training
ii. Details regarding any examination procedures
iii. A website link for the program/course, and
iv. Proof of attendance, e.g. certificate
To meet prerequisites, physiotherapists must have:
1. a minimum of 4 years clinical experience treating patients post-licensure (i.e. not including student placements) in either a musculoskeletal and/or neuromuscular physiotherapy setting
2. a minimum level of postgraduate training in either the orthopaedic/musculoskeletal or dry needling fields. Standardised prerequisites accepted by the program are ONE of the following (a. or b.):
a. Eligible dry needling training:
i) Acupuncture Canada CAFCI designation (completion of the Level I courses Parts 1, 2A & 3A /A1, A2, A3 program and examinations)
ii) Acupuncture Canada ACC designation – Level 1 (i.e. completion of both the AA1 and AA2 courses and the associated Level 1 Examination)
iii) Certificate of Medical Acupuncture, Medical Acupuncture Program (MAP), under the Division of Continuous Professional Learning, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (University of Alberta)
iv) McMaster University Contemporary Acupuncture Program
v) Acupuncture Canada Dry Needling Program - Successful completion of Level 1 and Level 2, or
vi) Other dry needling training - may be accepted as meeting the prerequisite standard. Please submit evidence of your training for consideration. Your training will be assessed in comparison with our standardised prerequisites considering hours of training, assessment procedures (theory and/or practical exams, case study submissions etc) and the calibre of the teaching organisation.
b. Eligible postgraduate musculoskeletal training:
i) Level 3 (upper and lower) of the Intermediate Diploma of Manual Therapy certified by the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA),
ii) UBC Graduate Certificate in Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapy (GCOMPT), or
iii) Other musculoskeletal post-graduate training - may be accepted as meeting the prerequisite standard. Please submit evidence of your training for consideration. Your training will be assessed in comparison with our standard prerequisites considering hours of training, examination procedures (theory and/or practical exams, case study submissions etc) and the calibre of the teaching organisation.
Please note: if you submit alternative prerequisites for consideration, i.e.:
a. Eligible dry needling training, vi) Other dry needling training, or
b. Eligible post-graduate musculoskeletal training, iii) Other musculoskeletal post-graduate training,
you must provide:
i. A summary of the related hours of training
ii. Details regarding any examination procedures
iii. A website link for the program/course, and
iv. Proof of attendance, e.g. certificate
