Lymphedema Management

A division of Pacific Therapy Education, Inc.

The International Certification in Lymphedema Management identifies you as a highly
qualified professional in the treatment of lymphedema.


	The basic or initial course: As described in the brochure, this course provides the participants with the necessary knowledge to evaluate and treat patients with several symptoms of lymphedema (see course objectives in the brochure). Full completion of this course is dependent upon successfully taking its final exam. This is a research-based certification course.


	The level 2 course has been created to give the attendees the opportunity to review the manual lymph drainage and bandaging techniques according to the Leduc method and to learn about the treatment of several syndromes including symptoms of lymphedema and/or venous edema. This course is not a prerequisite for attendance to course level III or Advanced course.


	The Advanced course is taught by Professor Albert leduc, PT,PhD, Professor Olivier leduc, PT,PHD and and Anne-Marie Vaillant-Newman, PT, MA. The program includes: Problem solving as related to primary and secondary lymphedema. Treatment (manual lymph drainage and multi-layered bandaging techniques) of head and face, genital, breast, trunk and limbs lymphedema. Treatment of venous edema. Review of the anatomy of the lymphatic system through the visualization of unique dissection slides of the lymphatic system. Presentation of the most recent research performed by the Leduc team in the fields of lymphology and phlebology.


	The International Certification in Lymphedema Management can only be awarded to Physical Therapists, Occupational therapists and Medical Doctors. At the end of the Advanced course, attendees will take the ICLM Examination. Successful attendees will be ICLM certified after completion of a case study. Basic course + Advanced course + the case study represent a total of 138 hours of training. Certified attendees will be listed as such on: www.lymphedemamanagement.com & www.lympho.net The New York Society for Continuing Education in Physical Therapy, Inc evaluated our different courses and assigned the following credit levels: On December 28, 2006, NYSCEPT awarded · The basic course program 4.68 CEUs. . · The course level II ‘s program 2.67 CEUs · The advanced course program 3.6 CEUs · The case study 4.0 CEUs. So, the complete curriculum was awarded 14.95 CEUs by NYSCEPT. The program evaluation in contact hours indicates: · 45 contact hours for the basic course · 24 contact hours for the course level II · 35 contact hours for the advanced course · 80 contact hours for the case study: (4.0 CEUs are the equivalent of 80 hours of work according to NYSCEPT.) This is a total of 184 contact hours. These are the figures that you may submit to insurance companies questioning the length of your program.

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