The Massage Therapy Body of knowledge Stewards have announced the volunteer MTBOK Task Force member selection.
You can read a brief bio for each candidate here: http://www.mtbok.org/who_we_are.html
Congratulations to :
Megan Lavery Michael Shea Nancy Schmitt
Kevin Pierce Steve Schenkman
Susan Salvo Dawn Schmidt
Including Project Manager Chip Hines a former Senior Federal Government Project Manager and Certified Project Management Professional.
These members were chosen by the members of the MTBOK Stewardship Group.
The Stewardship Group, initially started by the AMTA, who began hosting a series of four meetings to ‘explore the possibility of the massage therapy profession’s leadership organization’s working together to develop a consensus around definitional and scope issues.’
The Stewards Group includes :
American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
AMTA council of schools
Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP)
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB)
Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF)
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)
In the hopes of giving massage professionals clear and concise definitions and certification requirements,’ the initial emphasis is to articulate the foundational elements common to a massage therapy body of knowledge shared by all stakeholders in the profession.’ -mtbok.org-
The foundational elements of the MTBOK consist of :
Definition of Massage Therapy :
(scope of practice, terminology, describing the field)
Definition of the competencies of an entry level massage therapist in terms of :
(knowledge, skill and ability)
The work of the MTBOK is expected to be completed by mid-2010, follow-on work can be expected to continue beyond this date.
The resources developed from this project will be shared broadly with the massage community according to the MTBOK website.
Now with the Task Force and Project Manager in place we will see a specific process for review and feedback implemented.
The MTBOK Stewards are committed to the values of transparency, openness and inclusiveness.
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