Educational Training Objectives
Massage Therapy Program
- To ensure an understanding of the benefits and limitations of massage therapy.
- To
present a course that is broad enough in scope to provide a sound
academic foundation integrated with a strong practical application of
massage therapy skills, ethics, communication, research,
professionalism and community competencies.
- To
qualify each graduate to work successfully as a Registered Massage
Therapist in conjunction with other allied health professionals and to
give each graduate the opportunity to meet the entry requirements of a
fourth year BHSc.
- To
provide an orientation to basic business management so that the
graduate may operate a successful massage therapy business either in a
“self-employed”, “employer”, or “employee” capacity.
- To
provide a program which meets and/or exceeds the requirements of the
College of Massage Therapists of BC and the Private Career Training
Institution Agency of BC.
- To provide the students with the ability to:
- diagnose
musculoskeletal pathologies and to treat a variety of conditions and
injuries that are deemed responsive to Massage Therapy, utilizing a
process oriented approach and current techniques,
- utilize evidenced based and best practice principles, and
- educate clients in the cultivation of wellness.
- To
help students engage in a transformational learning process and to
provide an educational environment that acknowledges the process of
learning as equally important as the desired end results.
Relaxation/Spa Practitioner Program
- To ensure an understanding of the benefits and limitations of wellness massage and spa application.
- To
present a course that is wide enough in scope to provide a general
academic foundation integrated with practical application of business,
communication, ethics, professionalism and wellness massage and spa
skills.
- To
provide a program which meets or exceeds the requirements of the
Private Career Training Institution Agency of BC and reflects the
current trends of the wellness massage/spa industry.
- To
help students engage in a transformational learning process and to
provide an educational environment that acknowledges the process of
learning as equally important as the desired end results.
- To prepare each student to practice in the spa environment with a high level of safety and client centred care.
