Certification
About the JCHT Credentialing Program
The purpose of the program is to promote the progress and advancement of hand therapy, to train hand therapists to achieve high-level expertise and skills, and to improve their competence, thereby contributing to national healthcare.
Requirements for Credentialing
1. Participation in seminars and scientific meetings: 25 units
2. Clinical practice: 28 units
3. Research activities: 12 units
4. Education and social contribution: 10 units
5. Certification examination (written and oral)
JCHT Training Seminar Curriculum
Functional anatomy and kinesiology: 15 hours
Functional anatomy
Palpation (hands-on training)
Basic medicine (8 hours)
Biomechanics
Wounds, infections, and healing
Physiology
Pathophysiology
Pathokinesiology
Diagnostic imaging
Clinical medicine: 8 hours
Hand therapy (introduction)
Basic terminology
Fractures (introduction)
Tendon injuries (introduction)
Peripheral nerve injuries (introduction)
Contractures (introduction)
Inflammatory disorders (introduction)
Evaluation methodology: 12 hours
Evaluation methodology (introduction), palpation, and observation
SWT (hands-on training)
ROM
Muscle strength
Upper extremity function
ADL
Case presentation
Application and practice: 51 hours
Tendon injuries
Contractures
Peripheral nerve injuries
Functional reconstruction
Fractures
Inflammatory disorders
Multiple tissue injuries
Congenital anomaly, amputations, and burns
Physical therapy I, II
Splinting I, II
Research, education, and development: 24 hours
Research methodology
Statistical analysis
Research methods (exercise)
Splinting (advanced)
Clinical training
There are two options for clinical training:
1. 176 hours + 352 hours of training at an institution approved for clinical training
2. 16 hours + 32 hours of training and additional assignments (case reports, splinting) at an institution approved for clinical training
Institutions approved for clinical training
| Sapporo Tokushukai Hospital Hokkaido |
| Nishikawa Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery Clinic Aomori |
| Yamagata Saisei Hospital Yamagata |
| Tokyo Hand Surgery & Sports Medicine Institute Tokyo |
| St. Marianna University School of Medicine Kanagawa |
| Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital Saitama |
| Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital Shizuoka |
| Niigata Hand Surgery Foundation Hospital Niigata |
| Kanazawa University Hospital Ishikawa |
| Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital Aichi |
| Chunichi Hospital Aichi |
| Hokusetsu General Hospital Osaka |
| Koshimune Orthopedic Surgery Hospital Osaka |
| Aino Memorial Hospital Nagasaki |
| Sadamatsu Hospital Nagasaki |
Recertification
1. Participation in seminars and scientific meetings: 8 units
2. Clinical practice and research activities: 8 units
3. Education and social contribution: 8 units
JCHTs
Hokkaido
Sadako TSUBOTA
Ayumu ECHIGO
Koji IBE
Aomori
Shoko TSUSHIMA
Akihiro SATO
Tomokazu OIKAWA
Yamagata
Hiroshi SASAHARA
Tokyo
Koichirou ABE
Kazuo SAITO
Ukyo NAKAGI
Kaoru ABE
Hiroyuki SHIMIZU
Akiko TAKAIWA
Hiroko OHNO
Daichi Narita
Saitama
Rina TAKAHASHI
Yousuke AKIYAMA
Kanagawa
Mikayo OMORI
Syuya OKUMURA
Kimiko SHIINA
Niigata
Mineo OYAMA
Chihiro FUJIME
Masahiro ODAGIRI
Shota MATSUZAWA
Nagano
Hiroyuki FURUTA
Fukui
Yukiyasu NAKAYAMA
Ishikawa
Seiji NISHIMURA
Aichi
Akio OKANO
Satoshi KATURA
Masaki CHAKI
Mitsuhiro MUTO
Sizuoka
Yasue HARADA
Osaka
Masao WATANABE
Yoshiaki NISHIDE
Koji HORAIYA
Kyoto
Hiroko TANIMURA
Keiichiro SAITO
Nara
Kaori HASHINO
Terufumi IITSUKA
Hyogo
Isamu KUSHIBE
Kazuko IKEMOTO
Yamaguchi
Yoshinori SUGITA
Kagawa
Seiji ISHII
Nagasaki
Kazuyuki TASAKI
Nobuhiro NONAKA
Misato SUGINO
Genta YAMADA
Taisuke HORI
Tatsuya SAKAMOTO
