Education - Vicair product training and seating & positioning training

We offer education in which we provide training about our products and also about seating and positioning. We stay up-to-date with the latest developments and perform studies to bring more science into seating. We value the knowledge we gain and want to share this with you.

Clinical days & seating seminars

We also offer clinical days and seating seminars. Clinical days are hands-on workshops in which you will be guided through live seating assessments. Together with the educator the participants can achieve maximum comfort without compromising skin protection and stability.
Seating seminars are a full day theoretical program during which knowledge about seating and positioning will be shared. Topics that are really relevant in your market can be addressed on request. A Vicair product demonstration is also part of the standard seminar day.

Combi-course: seating and positioning & product training - Online available

Vicair offers – in collaboration with its distributors – a combi-course that consists of two parts: a seating and positioning course with Dutch accreditation that is specially developed for clinicians and a Vicair product training. The first focusses on addressing seating and positioning problems that clinicians often face in assisting their clients. The latter then continues with explaining the technology and functionality of the Vicair cushions, relating to practical cases in which they can be used. We discuss making adjustments in an interactive setting, through this hands-on approach you immediately learn which changes can help in certain situations.

Interested in one of our (online) educational courses or want to know more?

Educational library

In the Vicair Academy Library you can access all our educational resources. The Library contains all kinds of varied educational or product knowledge related document downloads. All the knowledge we gain in the field or through our scientific research is available in the Library. Interested in the knowledge that we have to offer?

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Educational Reviews

Seminar review Embracor Medical

“What a day!!! Thank you to all Healthcare Professionals who attended our education seminar focused on proper seating and mobility system set up. The intelligent but also hilarious Carlos Kramer, Head of Education at Vicair, kept the group constantly interested. He talked about the principles of the design of wheelchair cushions and wheelchair backrests and the way in which a correct setting can influence the pressure distribution and positioning."

– Trisha Swan, Embracor Medical

Seminar review The Therapy Collective

“It was a fantastic practical workshop and the therapists who attended came away with a greater understanding of the principles of seating and positioning, as well as some great tips on how to apply the outcomes of a postural assessment to product selection.”

Seminar review Lonneke Oppeneer

“Sharon is a passionate speaker with an abundance of knowledge that she manages to translate into readily understandable material in her presentation. If you have the opportunity to attend one of Sharon’s seminars, I highly recommend that you take it!”

– Lonneke Oppeneer, children’s fysiotherapist, Heliomare, the Netherlands

Mark Smit

Physiotherapist, Clinical Educator
Mark graduated from the academy for Physiotherapy and has gained his experience practicing his trade literally all over the world. From private practice to development work in Papua New Guinea and Bosnia-Herzegovina. His work has always had a focus on those with disabilities and rehabilitation. He returned to the Netherlands and started work there in the assistive technology industry, working for dealers, suppliers, government and nursing homes. In the most recent years of his career Mark started working for some of the largest companies in seating and positioning in the assistive technology market.

Mark has spent a great deal of his career abroad and has shifted his main focus to educating over the last couple of years. He dedicates himself to providing training, hands-on workshops and seminars to therapists, dealers, wheelchair users and their caregivers. Mark is passionate about anything and everything related to skin protection, seating and positioning. He provides educational activities for Vicair on an international level and you might just run into him at plenty of events.

Michel Miltenburg

International Accountmanager
As international account manager for Vicair, Michel travels the world and meets people in all shapes and sizes, with each their own unique set of abilities, limitations and various scopes of seating challenges.

It is his personal goal to find the highest possible level of comfort and functionality in wheelchair seating systems. He strongly believes that most individual seating problems can quite easily be solved by using one of the standard Vicair products. You just have to know to pick the right one. Michel loves the daily interaction with assistive technology professionals, distributors, clients and therapists from all over the world, to share his own insights and learn from their knowledge and experience. “There is not much we can’t solve when we put our heads together.”

Madison Cruz

Account manager, The Netherlands
Madison Cruz is a graduate of Human Movement Sciences with a preference for all subjects related to rehabilitation. During her internship, she noticed that she was developing a passion for assistive devices and found connecting with people about this subject very interesting. The beginning of Madison’s career she spent at an assistive device dealer. Now she is excited to be taking the next step, where she wants to specialize in keeping wheelchair users protected and comfortable throughout the whole day.