​PORi's EDUCATION STRUCTURE

Participants start their PORi training with a 2-day PORi Foundation Course. The Foundation in Oncology Rehabilitation Course is a prerequisite for all the other PORi courses.

​Once they have completed the PORi Foundation Course, they can advance their specialty skill set by building additional core specialty courses related to specific disease sites and/or body areas (e.g. Head & Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer, Pelvic Cancer & LE Rehabilitation) onto the PORi Foundation Course. The fourth PORi Core is the Chemotoxicity and Cancer Exercise Management course - this course predominantly deals with the effects of chemotherapy and spans all cancer diagnoses. This will enable participants to pursue one or more specialized fields of interest within oncology rehabilitation. Each core course will be an assessment-based certificate program.

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

Pre-2018 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 course.

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 course, they will be designated a PORi Oncology Rehabilitation Therapist in that core course. For example, a person who has completed the Foundation and the Breast Cancer Core Courses would be a “PORi-Certified Breast Cancer rehabilitation Therapist”

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 Course; plus
• Two additional PORi Core Courses; plus
• An initial accumulation of at least 750 oncology patient visits

​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, complete an update online course or a case study, 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 Course (a single therapist may qualify for more than 1 core course if they have completed more than 1 core course), they are eligible to be designated as a “Bronze PORi Center of Excellence in Oncology Rehabilitation”. A Bronze PORi Center of Excellence has the clinical skills to treat all patients with a cancer diagnosis in any phase of their cancer treatment from diagnosis, through treatment, and into post-treatment survivorship. A Bronze PORi Center of Excellence may seek Silver and Gold PORi Center of Excellence accreditation.