How to go about using the FIM™ instrument

The first step is to be trained in the use of the FIM™ or WeeFIM® instrument. AROC provides a number of workshops each year that you can attend. Alternatively, if a number of people in your organisation require training, AROC can provide a trainer to teach a workshop at your venue.

Organisations that require frequent training often have one of their staff accredited as a facility trainer.

Once you have recieved training you then need to become credentialed, which means sitting and passing an exam. Credentialing lasts 2 years after which time you should undertake refresher training and then resit the exam to maintain your credentialing.

Are there any eligibility criteria for training?

Training is available to anyone who wishes it, as long as they have some clinical qualification (medicine, allied health, nursing).

* FIM and WeeFIM are trademarks of the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, a division of UB Foundation Activities, Inc.