Therapeutic massage and the NQF
- AHPCSA Council Registration Examination - Report highlights weaknesses in candidates’ knowledge Are Therapeutic Massage Therapy students being adequately prepared to practise as safe, competent and ethical health professionals? Will they be able to deal with messy and indeterminate situations that develop in the clinical encounter between therapist
- In conclusion
- Is TMT a profession or a skill? TMT became a profession when the practice of TMT was statutory recognised in February 2001.
- Reasons why MTA does not recommend a three-year diploma: Reasons why MTA does not recommend a three-year diploma:
- The road forward? With the promulgation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) in October 2007 came the need to align the Therapeutic Massage Therapy (TMT) qualification with the new higher education legislation
- What does all this have to do with you? As a registered practitioner you may at this point be thinking ‘What does this have to do with me?’ In fact it has a great deal to do with you because it affects the future of your chosen profession and this after all, has everything to do with you.
- What does it mean to be a professional The term professional is applied to describe a person (or the work of such a person) with the following attributes: service orientation, making expertise available to others, based on a distinctive body of knowledge and skill
- Which is the most appropriate for TMT MTA has opted for the professional degree at 480 credits as the most suitable qualification type for a number of reasons.
- Who are the stakeholders? Therapeutic massage and the National Qualifications Framework: Who are the stakeholders?
- Why doesn’t MTA recommend that the current two-year qualification MTA does not recommend that the current two-year qualification is retained for the following reasons: