The Rehab Career OS.
One product for compliance, credential intelligence, and career direction — built for physical and occupational therapists by physical therapists. Independent. No sponsorship. Free during beta.
The problem we're solving
Rehabilitation professionals spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours each renewal cycle on continuing education, and most of that spend is driven by marketing rather than evidence. Career decisions — which certification, which fellowship, which clinical doctorate — are made the same way, often with even less data.
CE Shield is built on the premise that those decisions deserve the same rigor a clinician would apply to a treatment plan: published evidence, transparent methodology, and an honest accounting of trade-offs. The product has three pillars — career-path intelligence, an evidence-backed certifications matrix, and a CE compliance tracker that keeps you licensed while you specialize.
Who built it
CE Shield is built by physical therapists who treat patients and have lived the credential-decision problem firsthand. Clinical scoring is informed by practicing-clinician experience; the business analysis (reimbursement, market demand) draws on healthcare-administration backgrounds. The evidence library is curated in collaboration with research librarians.
How we make money — and how we don't
Credential scores are not for sale — full stop. We take no money from certification programs, training vendors, or sponsors for rankings, and we don’t run display ads. The entire product is free during beta.
Here’s the model we’re building toward, stated up front so you can hold us to it:
- Premium tracking— a paid tier for compliance tracking and the document vault, priced under the incumbents.
- Disclosed course referrals— when we link to CE courses that satisfy your state’s requirements, some links may earn us a referral fee. Those links will always be labeled, and they will never appear on — or influence — credential scores.
- Team plans— compliance dashboards for clinics and departments.
Free for students, always.If you’re in a DPT, OTD, or related program, CE Shield’s career-path intelligence is free for you — not just during beta.
Get in touch
Found an error, disagree with a score, or have a certification you think we should add? We treat the matrix as a living document and re-publish on every revision. Reach out through the contact form once you’re signed in, or email hello@ceshield.com.