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.