assignments catch up

Hi everybody - hoping that you are taking some time out and thinking occasionally about your world of professional relaxation massage practice..

I am looking forward to collecting (virtually at least) the latter assignments for both Fundamentals and Study Skills - most of them are all in and marked and I am hoping that I can load your marks on my return next week.. feedback will follow.

Although I am generally well impressed by the thoughtfulness and quality of your various blogs and written assignments - I find it hard to piece together a profile to fit you to the needs of our practice if I dont have your work - so maybe for those of you still struggling - think about the assignments as opportunities to get a clearer view of how you are doing as a newbie practitioner - dont fight with them or prolong the agony of not getting them in on time..

None of the assignments are pitched at difficult levels - they are more of a checklist - what is interesting to read is the ways you as students intepret the content material in your own ways - and by using other authors references gives me a sense that you are thinking about how you do fit..
Please email me as soon as possible of you are worried.

from August 26th - your work will be marked as late!!
Looking forward to seeing you all... and good wishes for your practicals.. what a way to start the second semester!!

Kind regards
Felicity Molloy

last one fundamentals

Hi group - tonight is our last session for the fundamentals course - its a continuation of Assessment Task 6 notes, which is about historical, cultural and philosophical approaches to massage...
I get to expand on a deep interest and enduring study of somatic practices - and you get the stuff for your assignment. We will do a check in about Study Skills timeslot tomorrow - and still looking forward to your suggestions about next semester timetable...
Link up at 6 pm on Elluminate Fundamentals
or
http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1248662566489

see you there.
Felicity Molloy

tonights elluminate

Hi all from rainy gusty auckland - onwards with our second to last fundamentals elluminate session - see you all at 6pm - we will be discussing the historical background which informs many of the dilemmas of massage as a significant health care practice today..
be prepared to discuss how you are going to help get us recognised as significant... what are the dilemma/ problems / drawbacks etc...

I doont have your emails as a group yet - the groupwise to outlook mission lost my groups... so hoping you are all on the blog... email each other if you are not sure... ..
it is a lot warmer here by the way but not gorgeous weather...

hows Jess??? Hope the headache has settled down now.

click the blue underlined words above or link..
link is http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247789172983

back to Elluminate

Hi group - the assessments are coming in thick and fast...
If you havtn got your assessments in so far - keep working on them - my marking load is a phenomenon and I will be getting to each stack one by one - if you have not yet handed in assessments - then you will need an extension form form Keith...
if you arent in town then you can get all this tidfied up whn you are here for your next Basic Massage days.
Done get too far behind it s really hard to catch up - at least communicate with me !!
Tonights Fundamentals Elluminate is 6 - 8pm again and about Ethics - Assessment Task 4 a Blog post. Be prepared to discuss some deep philosphical ideas about ethical practice...
Kindest FM

some information about tonight and next week.

Hi group

We are set up and ready to go this evening (Monday 29th 6 - 8pm - an Elluminate for Fundamentals of Massage - please can you have the Assignment Task (3) for it by your side - I am hoping that throughout the lecture you will be able to fill in the gaps. It is a Word doc. and I have just attached it to the group email.

After the session you can then just complete and send back to me as an attachment : ).

See you in the session.

FM

Fundamentals for Wednesday 16th June

The link for Fundamentals Elluminate this week is
http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1245120597892

Have ready any questions about endangerment sites - cautions and contraindications
and effects of massage - due dates looming
also
open up wikieducator link to client consultation
or cut and paste into a google search
http://www.wikieducator.org/Subjective_assessment_methods_for_massage_therapy/Client_Consultation

See you all there
FM

Wednesday 10th Elluminate 10 - 12pm

Fundamentals Course page:

Open the course page and check in on your assessments:

1. I have attached the Power Point (PP) for Endangerment sites and also Irene Hundleby's PP for Basic Massage (also attached) holds critical clues for your Fundamentals Assessment Task

1 - Hygiene, Contraindications and Endangerment sites. The correct due date for this is June 19th. - see week 25 of your timetable

2. Tomorrow;s Fundamentals Elluminate will be an opportunity to catch up with David and also he will go through the Assessment Task 2 notes - Effects of Massage. Due date for that is June 26th.

Remember you can blog or email if you are getting stuck. I fI cant help you then I will forward your concerns to David - they get resolved!!

See you soon.

Kind regards
Felicity Molloy

follow up from Elluminate and a task - enjoy!!

Hello group

Firstly - attachments have been sent to you from the Study Skills mentor - Paul Hamilton - they are on your emails.

and

Apologies again for the rest of the Elluminate session - grrr. I find the interruptions of technological hitches challenging in my teaching practice and can only imagine how frustrating it can be on your side as a student - actually I do experience them as a student in a course I am currently student on!!

I have noticed the enormous depths of patience in IT Support Help Desk 0800 765 948 though - thank-you for mine yesterday - we finally figured it was not a Java problem but an Elluminate update on my computer..

For problems with the mics - you can still get help through HelpDesk - they seem to be learning Elluminate alongside us.. always a few steps ahead though! -

and/or Check it out yourselves by going into Elluminate open session - Massage Common Room - and you can run thorugh your audio wizard (under Tools in the Elluminate classroom)!

I think that in building our learning community - an extra personage we may need to account for - may be the computer itself - I from know on will talk to mine nicely before I start Elluminate!! - She will be called Frank.

Just to list the topics we were discussing today for your benefit and making some critical links with Assessment Tasks One, Two and Seven,

1. Appointment Booking and Preparation for Massage

I have asked for you to Blog a "script" (Formative) - to review and formulate your way of communicating to a new or returning client.

Use the notes from wiki educator about Prepare Massage and Client Consultation - you will find the links for these on your course page in the Google docs department..

Also

Refer to Chapter 8 of Salvo. pp191 - 215.

and - Keep in mind the problematic of a client filling out their client sheet and indicating a medical condition which may need clearance.

Kind regards

Felicity Molloy

elluminate details and fundamentals plan for wednesday

Hi there
Just a reminder that we are back in Elluminate on wednesday 27th May 10 - 12pm.
Hopefully all Elluminate problems will be ironed out by then - if there have been any -

Remember to call the Polytechnic helpdesk 0800 765 948 if there are problems and give yourself plenmty of time to get in to the session.

I will be recording the sessions - remind me to do that! - This is great if you are sick of really cant attend but you miiss out on the discussion and it is quite challenging to sit by yourself and catch up over head phones.

This week we will set off by revisiting the theory we were working with in the practical session - specifically - setting up our room and preparation.

We will then go onto Client sheets (please read Chapter 8, p.191-215 of Salvo as preparation and have this text ready for the session)

Contraindications and endangerment sights - to follow -

This session will prepare you for Assessment Tasks 1 and 2 and we can review assessment schedule for Due dates.

Have the Fundamentals course page open on your desktop.

see you all there
Felicity Molloy

Welcome to Fundamentals

This is the course blog for the Fundamentals of massage (part-time) course (Level 4, Credits 10).

Aims

This course aims to provide students with a theoretical framework within which to practice relaxation massage.

Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe the development of massage practice
2. Describe different cultural and philosophical approaches to massage
3. Describe the effects of and contraindications to massage
4. Describe the scope of massage practice
5. Describe ethical and legal considerations in massage practice
6. Use client health records effectively in a relaxation massage practice
7. Describe how issues of sustainability relate to massage practice

Content

• The massage process
• Contraindications and endangerment sites
• Effects of massage
• Scope of massage
• The historical development of massage
• Ethical and legal considerations relevant to massage
• Record keeping for relaxation massage practice
• Sustainable massage practice

Attendance Requirements

Students will be expected to engage with online discussions and activities and in some instances, participation may be required.

Completion requirements

Students must achieve competency in all assessment tasks for completion of this course. Students attendance and participation must also comply with the attendance requirements of the course.

Student Reading List

Required Reading Resources:

• Salvo, S. (2007). Massage therapy - principles and practice (3rd ed.). Missouri: Saunders.
  
• Premkumar, K. (2007). Pathology A to Z – A handbook for massage therapists (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Recommended Reading Resources:

• The course coordinator may recommend additional reading resources.