FSMTB Job Task Analysis Survey Now Available

The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards’ (FSMTB) 2017 Job Task Analysis and Career Patterns Survey is now available online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/FSMTB_2017. The results of the survey define the domains of relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for competent entry-level practice and inform the content of the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx) to ensure that it reflects current practice. The survey will be available via the fsmtb.org website through Friday, August 18.

Access the FSMTB’s website at www.fsmtb.org.

Access the survey directly at www.surveymonkey.com/r/FSMTB_2017.

The FSMTB is an autonomous, not-for-profit organization comprised of state regulatory boards and agencies that regulate the massage therapy profession. All revenue collected by the organization is used to enhance FSMTB programs, maintain and improve the quality of the MBLEx, and provide support to members in fulfilling their responsibility of protecting the public. 

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Increasing Education Hours: A Trend on the Rise

Due to a revised federal rule change, states with minimum-hour education requirements lower than 600 are considering increasing their massage therapy program length. Find out which states have already introduced bills that would raise education hours, which massage boards have proposed and made final rule changes, and why this is becoming a national trend.

Blog

ABMP CE Summit: Headaches

 Headaches.

Join us online Tuesday, April 30, 2024, for the ABMP CE Summit: Headaches, which take learners on a journey from understanding headaches to working with clients with headache pain using multiple modalities and techniques.

New CE Course: Stretching the Hip

Dr. Joe Muscolino displays a massage therapy technique.

The new ABMP CE course, “Stretching the Hip,” is available in the ABMP Education Center to view and earn 1.5 CE hours.

Benefits

Podcast: Cancer, Clots, and COVID—A Complicated Client

A client was recently treated for colon cancer—and it didn’t go well. She had surgical complications, a bout of sepsis, and more. Is massage therapy safe? We discuss on this episode of “I Have a Client Who . . .” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner.

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