Tier 1

KNOWLEDGE

Netherlands

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A 3-day hybrid online and face-to-face workshop (with Prof. Wim Dankaerts) focused on developing your knowledge about multidimensional nature of low back pain, person-centred care, advanced clinical reasoning and Cognitive Functional Therapy.
To Enroll:
Professor Wim Dankaerts   

Wim is an Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer  , musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinician, researcher and educator. He has a particular interest in the integration of a multi-dimensional clinical reasoning process and person-centred communication to enhance self-management in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders.

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Registrants minimum 25/maximum 50 
Registrants must have a HBO/university degree in physiotherapy
17 PE/CPD points through Kwaliteitshuis (Keurmerk + KNGF) (with successful completion)
Other health disciplines are welcome, although no PE/CPD points are available
Face-to-face dates
September 19th - 20th
9:00 - 17:00


Location

Champ'Aubert
Netherlands
Free parking, accessible by train
Languages

Online content – English
Face-to-face – Dutch/English
Registration closes
4 September 2025
Purchase includes:
  • Registration for the 3 day course (1 day online, 2 days face-to-face)
  • 12-month access to online material and lifetime access to the course slides
  • Lunch on day 2 and 3 (face-to-face days)


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'Day 1'

Online

  • 'Day 1' starts immediately as you enrol at Evoolve Pain Care Academy
  • Prior to the first face-to-face session - Day 2, watch 5 hours of lectures by Prof. Peter O'Sullivan and Dr JP Caneiro (Evlve Certified CFT Practitioners) about the multidimensional nature of low back pain and Cognitive Functional Therapy
  • Complete 4 online quizzes and achieve >70% to recieve PE/CPD points (3 attempts provided)
It is the responsibility for registrants to complete all available online content and quizzes prior to Day 2.

Day 2

Face-to-face

  • Watch Cognitive Functional Therapy consultations including the patient story (interview), physical examination and management plan from the first consultation to post-discharge
  • Discuss clinical reasoning with your colleagues and Prof. Wim Dankaerts   (Evထlve Certified CFT Practitioner)
  • Learn about the Cognitive Functional Therapy multidimensional Clinical Reasoning Framework form

Day 3

Face-to-face

  • Watch a more complex case application of Cognitive Functional Therapy consultation from the first consultation to post-discharge
  • Apply the Cognitive Functional Therapy multidimensional Clinical Reasoning Framework form
  • Discuss clinical reasoning with your colleagues and Prof. Wim Dankaerts   (Evထlve Certified CFT Practitioner)
  • Learn about the research supporting the effectiveness of CFT
  • Develop an understanding of the training pathway to become an Evထlve Certified CFT Practitioner

Post course

Online

  • Receive access to the remainder of the course and CFT consultation videos
  • Complete the remainder of the online course (1-3 hours)
  • Rewatch and revise the content as needed
  • Sucessfully complete the final quiz and be awarded with the Evထlve Certificate of Foundational KNOWLEDGE of CFT

Introducing our Facilitators

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Wim
Dankaerts   

Belgium

Peter O'Sullivan   

Australia

JP
Caneiro   

Australia

Tier 1 - KNOWLEDGE is the first of three training tiers towards becoming an Evlve Certified CFT Practitioner.
You will develop foundational knowledge about:
  • Multidimensional nature of chronic back pain
  • Person-centred communication 
  • Behavioural examination
  • Clinical reasoning framework
  • Cognitive Functional Therapy
  • Two patient demonstrations of their journey through CFT 
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Watch. Learn. Reflect.

Over 17 hours of online structured learning material.
Self-paced learning activities. 
Return to sections you find important.

To Enroll:

Watch our
lectures



Over 8 hours of lecture content with interactive reflections




Listen to patient stories



Over 9 hours of consultation videos, post consultation discussion, and Q+A




Test and
reflect


Structured reflections after each lecture


Complete the final assessment 


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Upon successful completion of the final assessment, you will earn the:

Evlve Certificate of Foundational KNOWLEDGE of CFT

Tier 1 - KNOWLEDGE: Modules