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What is a profession?

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a type of job that requires special education, training or skill

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What is a job?

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the work a person does to earn money

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What is professional development?

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the process of obtaining skills, qualifications, and experience that allow you to make progress in your career

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When was MT first regulated?

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1946

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When did the health professions act come into force?

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1990

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When was the CMTBC born?

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Dec 15 1994

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What is the RMTBC?

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professional body of RMT’s of BC

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What did the RMTBC used to be called and when did the name change?

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MTABC, 2013

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What is the CMTBC?

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regulatory body for RMT’s in BC, acts on behalf of British Columbians to ensure RMT’s ways deliver safe and effective treatments, acts in public interest

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What is the main complaint filed against RMT’s?

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sexual misconduct

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What are the 3 levels of legislation that govern massage therapy (from most important to least important)

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HPA, massage therapy regulation, bylaws of CMTBC

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What is the purpose of the HPA?

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investigate health profession association for possible designation, guidlines/laws/bylaws from govie, set professional grouping above unregistered or non regulated groups

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What is autonomy?

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the right to control what happens to your body

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What is beneficence?

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doing or producing good

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What is maleficence?

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the act of committing harm or evil

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What is non-maleficence?

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do no harm

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What is the principle of justice?

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the process or result of laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals

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What is justice?

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principle that demands that you be as fair as possible

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What is the CMTBC board?

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colleges policy making and governing body. Under the Health Professions act the board must govern control and administer CMTBC in accordance with the act its regulations in the CMT BC bylaws

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What is the fundamental role of the CMTBC board?

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act on it mandate to serve and protect the public

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how often does the CMTBC board have to report to the minister of health

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after each fiscal year

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What is the head of the CMTBC board called

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registrar, CEO

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how many members sit on the CMTBC board

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11 (6 RMT, 5 public reps

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How can RMT’s be elected to the CMTBC board and for how long can they sit on the board

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Elected by the profession for a two-year term with a two maximum

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How are public representatives appointed to the CMTBC board

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By the provincial government for varying terms either 1, 2 or three years in length

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How many times a year or board members expected to meet

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Five times per year in person

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What are board members required to take by the minister of health

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Oath of Office

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What is difference between being practising and non-practising

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practicing you see patients every week, non-practicing you do not

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How long can you stay non practicing?

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two years, then you must go back for one year of practicing before you can go back to non practicing

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What are the 7 committees of the CMTBC?

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¤ Discipline Committee
¤ Finance & Audit Committee
¤ Governance & Human Resources Committee
¤ Inquiry Committee
¤ Patient Relations Committee
¤ Quality Assurance Committee
¤ Registration Committee
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What does the discipline committee do?

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The Discipline Committee hears and determines any matters that have been forwarded to it by the Inquiry Committee. The Discipline Committee strikes a panel of three or more people to sit for each discipline hearing.

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What does the financing audit committee do?

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The Finance & Audit Committee supports the CMTBC Board’s mandate by identifying and addressing financial risks and issues, assuring reliable and relevant financial reporting, and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of financial operations. The Committee reviews quarterly financial reports, budgets and forecasts, and audited financial statements and auditors’ reports. The Committee advises the Board and management staff on financial matters.

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What does the governance committee do

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The Governance Committee develops and recommends to the Board best practices and effective approaches to strategic planning, organizational renewal, organizational conduct, and risk management.

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What does the inquiry committee do

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The role of the Inquiry Committee is to process complaints regarding the conduct and competence of registrants.
The Inquiry Committee can also conduct audits and initiate investigations on its own.

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What does the patient relations committee do

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The Patient Relations Committee establishes and maintains a program to prevent professional misconduct, including professional misconduct of a sexual nature. The Committee develops guidelines for the conduct of registrants with their patients, and provides information to the public regarding the College’s complaint and discipline process.

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What does the Quality Assurance Committee do?

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The Quality Assurance (QA) Committee monitors the ongoing competency of Practicing registrants, and the re-entry to the profession of Non-practicing registrants wishing to return to Practicing status. The Committee is responsible for the development of standards of professional practice, clinical practice guidelines, and advisory statements.

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What does the registration committee do?

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The Registration Committee is responsible for overseeing the process of becoming a registrant of CMTBC, including policy related to the administration of registration examinations, such as the accommodation of special needs. The Committee makes decisions about registration matters in accordance with the Health Professions Act and the College’s Bylaws.

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What is the Health Care Consent and Care Facility Admission Act>

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The Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act (HCCCFAA) sets out a patient’s right to give or refuse consent to health care, defines what constitutes ‘consent’, and articulates the obligation of health care providers – including massage therapists – to obtain consent for treatment.

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What is the personal information protection act?

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The Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) is
legislation that applies to the great majority of RMTs in
British Columbia. It sets out the general rules that apply to the protection of patients’ personal information, and the obligations of registrants to maintain patient
confidentiality and privacy.

40
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What does Schedule E of College’s bylaws set out?

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A Registrant must protect and maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information and take all reasonable measures to ensure that the collection, use, access, disclosure, care and disposal of Personal Information occur in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act, and any other legal requirements.

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What are the communication styles?

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Passive, Aggressive, Passive-Aggressive, Assertive

42
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What are the components of active listening?

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 Paraphrasing
 Clarifying
 Feedback

43
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Feedback should be:

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 Immediate
 Honest
 Supportive

44
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listening is based on intention to do:

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 Understand someone
 Enjoy someone
 Learn something
 Give help/ solace

45
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What do pseudo listeners do

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 1. Fake it so other’s will like you
 2. Seem alert to see if you are going to be rejected
 3. Specific listening – leaving the rest
 4. Polite until you can speak
 5. Half-listen so others will payback by listening to you

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What are the blocks to listening?

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 Rehearsing
 Mind Reading
 Comparing
 Filtering
 Judging
47
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How do you demonstrate real listening

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 Maintain good eye contact
 Lean slightly forward
 Reinforce the speaker by nodding or paraphrasing
 Clarify by asking questions
 Actively move away from distractions
 Be committed, even if you’re angry or upset, to understanding what
was said.

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What are stereotypes?

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 An exaggerated belief or fixed idea about a person or group that is held by people and sustained by selective perception and selective forgetting.

49
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What is prejudice?

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 A preconceived idea or negative attitude, formed before the facts are known, and sustained by over generalizations.
 A bias without reason, resisting all evidence

50
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What are emotions

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 Any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear

51
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What are the barriers to communication?

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 Language
 Gender
 Ignorance:
 Fear

52
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How do you overcome barriers to communication?

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 Respect each person
 Encourage discussion
 Listen to all sides
 Determine specific issues
 Identify conflict styles
 Appreciate differences of opinion
 Engage in exploring alternatives and positive outcomes
 Look for common ground
53
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What are therapist behaviors that hinder the patient therapist relationship

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  1. Ignoring cues of distress
  2. Making assumptions
  3. Shutting down discussions
  4. Judging from bias or preconceived notion
  5. Criticizing or oversimplifying client points of view
  6. Focusing negatively on the drama of the situation
  7. Insisting on consistency and sameness at the expense of flexibility and creativity
  8. Responding with anger, profanity, or other
    inflammatory retorts
  9. Displaying patronizing or disrespectful attitudes
  10. Violating the client trust
54
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What is body language also known as

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technically known as kinesics - is a significant

aspect of modern communications and relationships.

55
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What does body language reveal

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 Your own body language reveals your feelings and meanings to others.
 Other people’s body language reveals their feelings and meanings to you.

56
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What is paralanguage

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 the non-lexical component of communication by speech, for example: intonation, pitch and speed of speaking, hesitation noises, gesture, and facial
expression.

57
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What are the components of body language

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 Gestures
 Arms and Hands
 Posture
 Breathing
 Facial Expression
 Eye Contact
58
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What is proxemics

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 the study of what you communicate by the way you use space

59
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What is considered public space

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 Public Distance used for Public Speaking
 Close Phase: 12 - 25 feet (3.7 to 7.6 m)
 Far Phase: > 25 feet’

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What is considered social distance

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 Social Distance for Interactions among Acquaintances
 Close Phase: 4 - 7 feet
 Far Phase: 7 - 12 feet

61
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What is considered personal distance

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 Personal Distance for Interactions among Good Friends or Family Members
 Close Phase: 1.5 - 2.5 feet
 Far Phase: 2.5 - 4 feet

62
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What is considered intimate distance

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 Intimate Distance for Embracing, Touching or Whispering
 Close Phase: < 6 inches
 Far phase: 6 - 18 inches

63
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What are the components of paralanguage

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 Pitch
 Resonance
 Articulation
 Tempo (slow and fast talkers)
 Volume
 Rhythm
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What are Meta messages

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 Communicates speaker’s attitudes and feelings by emphasizing certain words
in a sentence over others.

65
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What is consent

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To agree to do or allow something : to give permission for something to happen or be done

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What are the types of consent? Does one override the other?

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 Verbal - a clear YES must be heard
 Written – does NOT override verbally withdrawn
consent

67
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What are the components of initial consent

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Initial visit, or initiating a new
therapeutic approach.
 Explain: who, what, where, why, when, how?
 Use texts, visuals, anatomical models etc. if necessary
Do you need a translator?

68
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True or false: ongoing consent is implied

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False

69
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Who can give consent

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 Legal Adults
 Youth above the age of majority (19 in BC)
 Legal guardians (mentally incapacitated adults)

70
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What is your liability as a healthcare provider

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 Clinical rationale
 Client Autonomy
 Beneficence/Non-maleficence
 Know why you are doing what you are doing!

71
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How can a client withdraw consent?

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 Verbal: It’s more than just saying no.

 Non-verbal: what should you look for?

72
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How long do you have to keep your charts + records

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16 years

73
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How long do you have to keep your charts + records of a client who cannot consent for themselves?

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until they are of age then 16 years.

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