Course Offerings

Massage for People Living with Cancer   A Foundational Training Course for Massage Practitioners and Students, Bodyworkers, and Other Professional Touch Therapists Curriculum by Gayle MacDonald   24 CE Hours   Instructors: Oncology Massage Education Associates Staff

Course Description: Comfort-oriented massage or touch can be administered to people with cancer regardless of the severity of their condition. The purpose of this class is to train touch therapists in the basics of oncology massage. The experience derived from this training will create newfound confidence in bodyworkers about working with clients, particularly private practice clients, who have cancer or are recovering from it. Therapists who focus on hospice and hospital work will also find this course to be valuable for their special needs patients.  More...

 

Massage for the Chemotherapy Infusion Patient Curriculum by Gayle MacDonald and Annette Lovett   24 CE Hours   Instructors:  Annette Lovett and Gayle MacDonald

Course Description:  This course gives massage therapists hands-on experience in a clinical setting with patients receiving treatment in a chemotherapy infusion unit. Therapists will work in two different infusion clinics, hematology malignancies and a medical oncology infusion unit that also sees patients in treatment for such conditions as MS, rheumatoid arthritis, and anemia.  More...

 

Massage in the Oncology Setting   A Six-day Hospital Intensive Curriculum by Gayle MacDonald   45 CE Hours   Instructors: Gayle MacDonald and Annette Lovett

Course Description: Comfort-oriented massage or touch can be administered to people with cancer regardless of the severity of their condition. In this course, participants will have the opportunity to apply their massage skills with in-patients receiving treatment for cancer. Massage will be given to people before, during, and after chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, and surgical and diagnostic procedures. Therapists will have a chance to use massage to support family caregivers and nurses as well.  More...

 

Aromatherapy in End of Life Care   A One-Day Course Exploring Supportive Essential Oils Curriculum by Mary Peifer   8 CE Hours   Instructor:  Mary Peifer, RN, LMT, CA

Course Description: This eight-hour class is designed especially for healthcare professionals who work with clients in a palliative or hospice care setting, or privately, and wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in the use of aromatherapy in end of life care. The day will be spent exploring specific, beneficial essential oils, their therapeutic properties, safety concerns, assessment skills, blending dilutions and hands-on activities of preparations for personal and/or professional use.. More...

 

Clinical Mentoring Through Case Studies   24 CE Hours   Instructors: Oncology Massage Education Associates Staff

Course Description: This class is designed to systematically mentor therapists who have completed Massage for People Living with Cancer as they take this work back into practice with their own clients who have been affected by cancer. Therapists will work in a group of other practitioners with one of the Oncology Massage Education Associates instructors as mentor. Mentoring will take place through case history write-ups and group interactions, mostly via email and occasionally the telephone. Therapists will receive one-on-one coaching as well as mentoring through a group process. More...

 

Refresh, Renew and Review of Massage for People Living with Cancer   8 CE Hours   Instructors: Oncology Massage Education Associates Staff

Course Description: This is a one-day class for those who have taken Massage for People Living with Cancer (MPLWC). The day will be spent reviewing key ideas and skills from MPLWC. Ample time will be made available for participants to ask questions that have arisen about clients since taking the 3-day foundational class, to explore case studies, and further their professional development as massage practitioners, and for therapists to reconnect with themselves and others. More...

 

Ethics, Boundaries and Communication in Massage Therapy — A Continuing Education Series This is a series of live, 4-hour classes designed for massage therapists who seek meaningful education in the area of ethics, boundaries and communication. The three classes may be taken in any order. They meet the requirements that many states have for license renewal, particularly the states of Oregon and Washington.

• Client-centered Communication in Massage Therapy      More...
  

 

Massage and Cancer: Finding the New Normal   16 CE Hours   Instructors: Oncology Massage Education Associates Staff

Course Description: Because cancer is a disease that impacts so many, that there is little doubt that massage therapists will encounter a client with a history of cancer in their practice. These effects will impact the delivery of an informed and supportive massage therapy session. More...

 

Oncology Massage Education Associates is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. #153811-00		Oncology Massage Education Associates is approved by the Florida Board of Massage Therapy is a Approved Provider. #50-14497		Oncology Massage Education Associates instructors are Recognized Education Providers by the Society for Oncology Massage.		Massage for People Living with Cancer is approved by the Massage Therapist Association of Alberta.