Ethics for Today's Practice of Massage Therapy
Tracking # 20-665404
$16.00
What you'll learn
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define the concepts of professional accountability and scope of practice.
- Identify the elements of informed consent.
- Describe the steps that should be taken during a new client intake interview.
- Identify the types of ethical dilemmas that can arise in day-to-day business management and promotion.
- Describe the interpersonal and power dynamics involved in the therapeutic relationship and how they can give rise to intentional or unintentional ethical violations.
- Describe the importance of boundaries in the therapeutic relationship and how they can be established and protected.
- Identify strategies for avoiding sexual misconduct in the massage therapist/client relationship.
- Identify miscellaneous types of misconduct that can interfere with the therapeutic relationship.
Course overview
This course fulfills the Florida Board of Massage Therapy requirement for Professional Ethics by discussing common ethical dilemmas, the scope of practice, important boundaries and how to identify misconduct. It is worth 3 contact hours toward license renewal with the Florida Board of Massage Therapy and 0.5 hours with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB). /// Convenient Online Course /// Reports to CE Broker /// At-Your-Own-Pace ///
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Board of Massage Therapy
Massage Therapist
Georgia Board of Massage Therapy
Massage Therapist
Michigan Board of Massage Therapy
Massage Therapist
New Hampshire Advisory Board of Massage Therapists
Massage Therapist
South Carolina Board of Massage Therapy
Massage Therapist
Massage Therapist Provisional
Tennessee Board of Massage Licensure
Massage Therapist
Disclosure statements
AchieveCE’s full accreditation list can be found on their accreditations page. It is the policy of AchieveCE not to accept any commercial support for any course(s). AchieveCE’s courses can be taken at-your-own-pace, online from any device and they report to CE Broker within 24 hours.