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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