Rehabilitation Certificate
Knowledge, training, and authority for decision-making in the field
An advanced rehabilitation course is part of a common chronic module. The course provides knowledge and tools for intervention and treatment in a variety of conditions, for the entire population.
The advanced rehabilitation course is part of a common chronic module, together with advanced courses in primary care, diabetes, and wound and stoma.
See the opening dates of the common module courses
The course curriculum is focused on central topics in rehabilitation, and it provides knowledge and tools for healthcare intervention in conditions where the patient needs rehabilitation, from childhood to old age, as well as bringing him/her to optimal function. The program will provide knowledge and training for decision-making in this field.
Clinical practice will provide you with skills for treating patients, in various stages of rehabilitation process, during hospitalization and in the community, and you will be introduced to the multi-disciplinary team model of working.
Curriculum
The study program includes 380 study hours, of which:
- 212 theoretical study hours
- 168 clinical experience hours
Prerequisites for admission to the program
- You are a citizen or a resident of Israel
- You have a registered nurse licensure certificate in Israel
- You have a bachelor's degree in nursing.
An accredited degree in nursing is a degree accredited by interinstitutional committee at the Salary and Employment Agreements Department at the Ministry of Finance. The list of degrees is updated from time to time in the circular: "Academic degrees accredited for salary purposes in the civil service, Clalit Health Services and Hadassah Medical Center and Shaare Zedek Medical Center - nursing" (Hebrew). - You have passed the selection exam for the advanced nursing courses with a grade of 70 or higher, and the grade is valid (3 calendar years from the exam date), or you are eligible for an exemption from the selection exam
Tuition
Registration fee
See the registration fee for advanced courses and selection examinations in the relevant annual circular (Hebrew).
More information about the tuition for advanced courses
Government licensure exam
After meeting the studies requirements and completion of studies, and for the purpose of registering as an advanced nursing course graduate, you must successfully pass the licensure exam.
The exam content and structure vary and are adapted according to the field and knowledge acquired.
In this course you will take the licensure exam in a simulation-based method.
The simulation licensure exams include clinically representing conditions, which visualize reality, and to solve them one should make use of the knowledge and psychomotor and communication skills acquired in the course.
The exam involves switching between different stations (simulations), determined according to the characteristics of the field of training you have studied.
Among the station types:
- Performance station simulator (manikin)
- Simulation station with an actor
- Inquiry station about the simulation with an actor
- Analysis station of a clinical condition by a video film/audio recording (computerized)
- Knowledge station with a computer – 50 multiple choice questions
The licensure simulation exams for the advanced nursing courses are conducted in MSR – the Israel Center for Medical Simulation – the National Education Center for Healthcare Professionals, the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
Further details about the exam date and more instructions regarding the licensure exam
Where can you take the course
| Course Location | Course Opening Date | Course Days | Contact |
| Wolfson | 18/03/2025 | Sunday, Tuesday | Roza Marzkandov roza@wns.gov.il Dalia Golan dalia@wns.gov.il Telephone: 03-5028359 extension 101 |
| Meir | 04/04/2024 | Sunday, Thursday | Liat Zedek Liat.zedek@clalit.org.il |
| North Training Center (Rambam) | 14/03/2024 | Tuesday, Thursday | Ayelet Zohar a_zohar@rambam.health.gov.il Fax: 04-7773046 |
| Sheba (Ziva Tal) | 17/03/2024 | Sunday, Thursday |