Course description
Registration URL: https://www.gunnims.com/gunn-ims-dry-needling-certification-course.html
Applications accepted: Part 1A – online and self-paced (continuous enrolment).
Part 1B & 2 Applications will be accepted until the courses are full. We recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Certification Course: Part 1A – Access to the online portion of the course is ongoing (allow 50 hours for completion). There are two in-person weekends (Part 1B on October 5-6, 2024 and Part 2 on November 23-24, 2024).
Outline:
This is the only dry needling course in Canada that has been externally audited and accredited by a tertiary institution with the authority to grant Mainpro+® (maintenance of proficiency) credits for physicians according to national and international best practices as established by the College of Family Physicians of Canada National Committee on Continuing Professional Development.
The Gunn IMS approach is a total system for the diagnosis and treatment of persistent myofascial pain syndromes (including muscle, joint, tendon, bursal, fascial, neural and biomechanical problems); using intramuscular dry needling and related postural and rehabilitative concepts. It considers these problems as stemming from segmental nervous system dysfunction rather than simply local muscle trigger points. The model was developed by Dr C. Chan Gunn and described in his book “The Gunn Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Pain”.
Dr Gunn has endowed UBC with the responsibility for the ongoing teaching of the Gunn IMS model of treatment – a program that has run continuously since 1994. Since 2011, the Gunn IMS Program has been part of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and is now located in the Chan Gunn Pavilion on the UBC Vancouver campus. All course proceeds are used to support program development and research in Gunn IMS.
Application of the model requires an advanced level of clinical reasoning and pattern recognition, mature clinical judgement, extensive anatomical knowledge and precise palpation skills, and students applying must meet certain prerequisites.
Please visit www.gunnims.com for details.
CERTIFICATION FORMAT:
All three parts (1A, 1B and 2) must be completed successfully to receive certification:
Part 1A – online. Access to the online portion of the course is ongoing – (allow 50 hours for completion). This component comprises lecture material, training in the Gunn IMS neuropathic assessment, completion of the anatomy and theory exams, and the submission of a case study.
Cost: $1125
ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS: Must be completed within 12 months, however, completing Part 1A is strongly recommended prior to attending the Part 1B and Part 2 in-person weekends.
Parts 1B and 2 – both in-person (details at www.gunnims.com). Each part will comprise two days of dry needling skills training which must be assessed by instructors to be safe and effective to receive certification. Course participants will practise assessment and treatment techniques (including intramuscular dry needling) on each other. Instructors may also demonstrate assessment and treatment techniques on participants.
Cost: $1250 each.
Further course details at: https://www.gunnims.com/edmonton2024.html
NEEDLING REVIEW FORMAT- $500 for either Part 1B or 2, $900 for both. No assessment components. For details see https://www.gunnims.com/needling-review.html
Details
Applications accepted: Part 1A – online and self-paced (continuous enrolment).
Part 1B & 2 Applications will be accepted until the courses are full. We recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Certification Course: Part 1A – Access to the online portion of the course is ongoing (allow 50 hours for completion). There are two in-person weekends (Part 1B on October 5-6, 2024 and Part 2 on November 23-24, 2024)
