Florida Board Approved-- #50-20641

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From personal and professional interactions with clients to business management and advertising practices, ethical dilemmas can arise in all aspects of massage therapy practice. This course is intended to familiarize the practitioner with the ethical concepts surrounding the practice of massage therapy and to establish a foundation for ethical decision making.

This course satisfies Professional Ethics requirements for Florida Massage Therapists.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Massage Therapy: Ethics for today's practice

    • Course Description

    • Learning Objectives

    • Course Outline

    • Overview of the Principles of Professional Ethics

    • Understanding Professional Accountability

    • Defining Scope of Practice

    • Maintaining Client Safety

    • Patient Autonomy, Informed Consent, and Right to Refuse

    • Conducting the Intake Interview and Obtaining Documentation

    • Ethics in Business Management and Promotion

    • Maintaining Appropriate Documentation and Records to Avoid Medical Errors

    • The Importance of Maintaining Confidentiality

    • The Role of Interpersonal Dynamics and Power in the Therapeutic Relationship

    • Establishing Boundaries in the Therapeutic Relationship

    • Sexual Misconduct

    • Miscellaneous Types of Misconduct That Can Affect the Therapeutic Relationship

    • Harassment

    • The Duty to Report Misconduct

    • Conclusion

    • Self-Check

    • References:

    • Course Evaluation

About the instructor

Lead Massage Therapy Planner

Andrew Dacres

Andrew hails from the UK, where he was an advertising and compliance manager for a major television network. While there, he trained as a Massage Therapist, specialized in sports massage and was fortunate to have worked with members of the British Athletics squad.Andrew left the UK for New York in September 2001 and re-trained in Massage Therapy at the Finger Lakes School of Massage in Ithaca, New York. He was offered a teaching position at school while still a student, and spent two fall semesters there teaching sports massage, while also working at spas in Manhattan.Andrew moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 2004 and has been an instructor in massage therapy since 2005. He has taught across the entire massage therapy curriculum, ranging from Swedish Massage and Anatomy & Physiology, to Orthopedic Assessment and the treatment of sports injuries. He built a successful private practice in Atlanta and loved that he was able to both teach and use his hands-on expertise in private practice. More recently, Andrew transitioned from the classroom into more administrative roles in education, where he has been instrumental in the development of programs of study, curriculum, faculty and students.Andrew was born in England and raised in the Caribbean. He enjoys cycling and walking his two dogs. He also serves as a mentor to several young men in Atlanta and believes that mentoring is an invaluable extension of his ability to reach his students through education.Currently he serves as the Director of Education of The International School of Skin, Nail Care and Massage Therapy in Atlanta, Georgia.

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