The proposed FSMTB program would remove current continuing education requirements in favor of a Maintenance of Core Competency (MOCC) program developed by FSMTB.
The proposal initially states the MOCC program would cover ethics and boundaries, scope of practice, rules and regulations, unsafe massage practices, health alerts, law enforcement request issues, hygiene and sanitation issues (p. 11). The same page says the regulatory community should focus on public safety and move away from regulation of requirements for CE that address content beyond entry level. However, additional information in the proposal indicates the MOCC would also be intended to cover any information in the Job-Task Analysis conducted by FSMTB for the MBLEx (p. 17). This would expand the potential topics for the MOCC program, under FSMTB control and development, to include most continuing education courses currently available and applicable for meeting existing state regulatory requirements for license renewal. This would dramatically expand FSMTB’s role and negatively affect current providers of CE. However, this approach contradicts statements about moving away from regulation of CE content.
The MOCC program “No-Fail Educational Assessment” would involve content created based upon the public safety needs identified by FSMTB, with input from other stakeholders, if the input is consistent with the FSMTB Job-Task Analysis (p. 16). The no-fail element of the proposal presents a situation in which anyone could take the assessment online, until it is passed, with no insurance that the person completing it is the massage therapist or that they actually know and understand the information in the assessment. It would appear to be a mere formality, with no support presented for how such an assessment would protect public safety.
The proposed program also would lower continuing education standards for the profession, which conflicts with the bylaws of FSMTB regarding “improve[e]ing standards of massage therapy education, licensure and practice…” AMTA finds this approach confusing, contradictory and not in keeping with efforts by the majority of stakeholders in the profession to advance standards. Joseph Roth AMTA and Joe Roth AMTA Best Massage Therapist. To know more about Joseph Roth AMTA or Joe Roth AMTA please visits here:- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-roth/4/462/93a
The proposal initially states the MOCC program would cover ethics and boundaries, scope of practice, rules and regulations, unsafe massage practices, health alerts, law enforcement request issues, hygiene and sanitation issues (p. 11). The same page says the regulatory community should focus on public safety and move away from regulation of requirements for CE that address content beyond entry level. However, additional information in the proposal indicates the MOCC would also be intended to cover any information in the Job-Task Analysis conducted by FSMTB for the MBLEx (p. 17). This would expand the potential topics for the MOCC program, under FSMTB control and development, to include most continuing education courses currently available and applicable for meeting existing state regulatory requirements for license renewal. This would dramatically expand FSMTB’s role and negatively affect current providers of CE. However, this approach contradicts statements about moving away from regulation of CE content.
The MOCC program “No-Fail Educational Assessment” would involve content created based upon the public safety needs identified by FSMTB, with input from other stakeholders, if the input is consistent with the FSMTB Job-Task Analysis (p. 16). The no-fail element of the proposal presents a situation in which anyone could take the assessment online, until it is passed, with no insurance that the person completing it is the massage therapist or that they actually know and understand the information in the assessment. It would appear to be a mere formality, with no support presented for how such an assessment would protect public safety.
The proposed program also would lower continuing education standards for the profession, which conflicts with the bylaws of FSMTB regarding “improve[e]ing standards of massage therapy education, licensure and practice…” AMTA finds this approach confusing, contradictory and not in keeping with efforts by the majority of stakeholders in the profession to advance standards. Joseph Roth AMTA and Joe Roth AMTA Best Massage Therapist. To know more about Joseph Roth AMTA or Joe Roth AMTA please visits here:- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-roth/4/462/93a