Btec Level 6 in Advanced Clinical & Sports Massage

[lady rose]

Hi and thanks V much for the info.
I agree that all training should have external verifcation, am just unsure as to how this can be done for CPD courses and those courses that have material in them that do not have a comparable elsewhere. I realsie that BTEC are looking at thngs like informal and formal assessments and as you say how the training is represented, presented and undertaken opposed to the exact content but how do we know the content is worthy? Who assesses that TP has adequate skills and experience to teach the material? I understand that this is where the SMA and IRSM etc come in but what about the independants, how can we create a standard if we dont all pull together?
Just because a course has been awarded a BTEC 6 or a CPD of 10 points, how do we, as therapists,that the content is worthy. For me this is not about Jing, but a general question of concern of any new award or any new material put into a course. How are trainers checked by awarding bodies that they have substantial training and experience in what they are teaching?
Why are there still one day trainings in massage, certificates in remedial massage in a weekend, one day trigger point courses run by someone who has just finished their own training. I dont want to go to a course where the trainer is teaching something that they have never even practised, I hear these things word of mouth from colleagues, so why are these people getting accreditation to teach?
When new courses pop up in the UK and get accredited for CPD, how far does the organisation check with the provider that what is being offered is coming from a reliable source?
I enquired with BTEC direct a few months ago and was told that BTEC was on an English qualification (not much good if courses are provided in both England and Scotland) and that if you wanted to put a course together to have a BTEC award there was a minimum ammount of students that needed to take the courses before they would even consider offering any kind of BTEC. So from that I take it that may be one of the reasons that CPD is an alternative route for training providers and as you rightly say, from there ist a therapists choice.
I am very much in favour of raising the bar in our field and love to learn many diffierent applications that can provide me with more 'tools in the toolbox' as well as help my clients. I have been on some great courses and on some terrible courses. I know that some organisations need trainers to have suitable training certificates and credentials, usually at least a C&G or equivelant but there are some organisations that just want the money to accredit the course and have a outline of the course, this doesnt proove that the course is worthy.
I was speaking to a training provider recently who is part of the IRSM ans SMA and we were discussing the bridging to level 5 and how popular it is becoming. I cant help feeling that there seems to be a devaluing of course credential and accreditation and a devaluing of our work if courses pop up with an ever increasing BTEC number or equivelent. I absolutely aggree that theer are some level3's who are fantastic therapists and some who havee got all the qualifications but dont have the practical skills, that is in every job. I just wish there was a way that everyone talked to each other and sorted it all out.
In general I do think it is good that we further our careers by increased trainign and CPD, there is always more to learn and more to offer and we are lucky in the UK to havev many skilled and reputable trainign providers in core therapies but I feel that there is still lots of work to do to ensure that our work, accross the board, maintains and raises its reputation but am unsure that the variety of course credentials, TP credibility and experience is providing this.

 

[moo goo gai pan]

Btec Level 6 in Advanced Clinical & Sports Massage

The thing is now, most of the profession is aware of who is allowing standards to go unchecked, and momentum is growing for action to be taken. Maybe in the next year or so, we will see one level of course, as a minimum, with minimum amount of inclass hours, which is the only way we can guarantee to keep our industry strong.

 

[pickin5strings]

Btec Level 6 in Advanced Clinical & Sports Massage

please note my comments about AB's is what they are supposed to do however as evidence increasingly shows, (for one company in particular) this is not always the case


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