PORi Certification

PORi's EDUCATION STRUCTURE

​Participants will start their PORi training with a 2-day PORi Foundation Course.  Once they have completed the PORi Foundation Course, they can advance their specialty skill set by building additional specialty modules (e.g. Head & Neck Cancer; Breast Cancer, Pelvic Cancers & LE Rehabilitation or Chemotoxicity & Cancer Exercise Management) onto the PORi Foundation Course.  This will enable participants to pursue one or more specialized fields of interest within oncology rehabilitation. Each specialist module will be an assessment-based certificate program.

As participants complete each course, they will progress through the phases of PORi-certification as outlined below:

EXISTING CERTIFICATE HOLDERS

Any therapists that have already completed our pre-2018 PORi Certificate Program will have their PORi-Certification automatically converted to the Foundation in Oncology Rehabilitation plus the Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Therapist module.

3 Phases of PORi Oncology Rehabilitation Certification

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Phase 1 - PORi Oncology Rehabilitation Therapist

Phase 2 - PORi Oncology Rehabilitation Specialist
​Once participants have completed the PORi Foundation Course and at least one PORi “Core” Module, they will be designated a PORi Oncology Rehabilitation Therapist in that core discipline. For example, a person who has completed the Foundation and the Breast Cancer Core Module would be a “PORi Oncology Rehabilitation Therapist – Breast Cancer”

THE PORI KNOWLEDGE BASE

Ongoing clinical support for PORi Therapists & Specialists will be available through the PORi Knowledge Base. The Knowledge Base enables subscribers to ask clinical questions, access recent research and learn about new techniques and protocols relevant to their practice in oncology rehabilitation.
​For participants who want to attain an additional level of PORi certification, we have the option to become a “PORi-certified Oncology Rehabilitation Specialist”.  The pre-requisites for this designation are as follows:
  • PORi Foundation in Oncology Rehabilitation; plus
  • PORi Core Chemotoxicity / Cancer Exercise Management Module; plus
  • Two additional PORi Core Specialty Modules; plus
  • An accumulation of at least 750 oncology patient visits
  • Continued membership of the PORi Knowledge Base

​The designation of “PORi-certified Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation Specialist” is reviewed every three years. To maintain this designation, a therapist will need to maintain an oncology caseload of at least 750 oncology patient visits in a 3-year period, retain their membership of the PORi Knowledge Base, complete a half-day update course and pass a multiple-choice exam.

Phase 3 - PORi Center of Excellence

​Once a facility/location has at least two current PORi-certified Oncology Rehabilitation Specialists or at least one PORi Oncology Rehabilitation Therapist in each Core discipline (a single therapist may qualify for more than 1 core discipline if they have completed more than 1 core course), they will be designated a “PORi Center of Excellence”.

For a health system, once at least 75% of their locations are PORi centers of excellence, the entire system can be designated a PORi Center of Excellence.