Mentoring in the Basics of Oncology Massage
New class offering beginning June 2011
Instructors: OMEA staff
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Course Description This class is designed to systematically mentor therapists who have completed Massage for People Living with Cancer as they take this work back into practice with their own clients who have been affected by cancer. Therapists will work in a group of other practitioners with one of the MPLWC instructors as mentor. Mentoring will take place through case history write-ups and group interactions, mostly via email and occasionally the telephone. Therapists will receive one-on-one coaching as well as mentoring through a group process.
Course Objectives:
Increase clinical
knowledge and skills needed for working with clients affected by cancer
treatment.
Create community and gain
support, encouragement and inspiration from a network of committed
colleagues.
Assist therapists with
ideas for creating relationships within their local oncology community.
Encourage the habit of
self-reflection of one’s work.
CE Hours 24 (NCBTMB approved). Course to be completed over a period of
6 months.
Prerequisites:
Completion of Massage for People Living with Cancer (MPLWC)
Approval of MPLWC instructor
Completion of a 500-hour massage program or the equivalent* licensure or regulatory certificate
Professional liability insurance certificate
Regular access to email
Submission and acceptance of application
Format Distance learning
Required reading:
Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer, 2nd Ed.
The entire book is recommended. For this course, chapters 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 are required.
*Working with people living with cancer is complex. We require mentoring applicants to have completed a 500-hour program to insure that they have strong basic skills. If you believe that you have the equivalent of a 500-hour massage program, please write to us at
medhands825@gmail.com. List the trainings that you have had and why you feel they are equivalent to a 500-hour core training program.
Look at the
Class Schedule to see current
offerings of this course.
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