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Enhancing Massage Quality Control: Expert Panel Discussion

Join industry experts discussing trends in massage therapy education, quality control, and core competencies. Explore efforts to improve graduate quality and diverse career paths in the profession. Discover the next steps for elevating massage therapy standards.

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Enhancing Massage Quality Control: Expert Panel Discussion

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  1. Massage Therapist Quality Control and Curriculum

  2. Panel Introductions • Panelists: • FSMTB - Debra Persinger • Alliance - Stan Dawson • NCBTMB - Susan Toscano • COMTA – Kate Zulaski • ABMP – Bob Benson • MTF – Ruth Werner • Panel Moderator: • Jan Schwartz

  3. On the Internet and at conferences like this one you hear from bloggers, CE providers, employers, therapists, and massage board members that the quality of massage graduates and the hands-on work they provide is dropping. What’s your opinion on the situation? Is Massage Quality Dropping?

  4. How do we know quality is dropping? What evidence do we have? Who gets to decide the criteria for quality? What is the Criteria for Quality?

  5. In some states, groups have advocated for more required hours, but is it really just about hours? Will more hours mean stronger graduates or simply higher tuition rates that burden new professionals? Is It All About Hours?

  6. Do we need a core set of outcomes that every entry-level massage program should follow? (Thisdoes not preclude programs teaching more than the core outcomes.) Core Outcome Requirement?

  7. Therapists enter the profession and choose diverse careers in a variety of environments. How do we embrace the level of diversity represented by these different paths massage therapists can take when they graduate? Diverse Career Paths

  8. It seems that everyone is looking to schools to ensure graduate quality, but what about the rest of us. What can each of the national organizations do to support schools in their efforts to improve quality? Improving Quality

  9. Are you aware of the attempts of therapists and educators working on core competencies on their own? What are your thoughts about that? Attempts to Define Core Learning Outcomes

  10. In your opinion, what’s the next step the massage profession can take to improve the quality of massage received by clients? Next Steps

  11. Biofreeze • Biotone • Bon Vital • Books of Discovery • COMTA • Elements Therapeutic Massage • Goddard College • Lippincott Williams & Wilkins • Massage Envy • Massage Warehouse • Milady • Oakworks • Pearson Education Thank You!

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