Dear Registrant,
At a January 13 Board meeting, the CMTBC approved-in-principle the consultation draft of Performance Indicators that will be used to assess the Practice Competencies of the inter-jurisdictional occupational competency profile (IOCP).
We draw this to your attention at this time because the IOCP sets the groundwork of a national standard in massage therapy training for the entry-level massage therapist.
Other jurisdictions seeking regulation in the future will adhere to the IOCP as part of an inter-jurisdictional standard for school curriculum and registration examinations. It will serve as a framework for massage therapy education programs, as well as regulators’ licensing exams.
The IOCP – shared by the regulated provinces of B.C., Ontario and Newfoundland/Labrador – was adopted in June, 2010. It has been the basis of massage therapy training in B.C.’s accredited massage therapy schools since then.
It outlines the practical knowledge in which a candidate must demonstrate “Practice Competency” to successfully gain licensure as an RMT. The Practice Competencies have until now stood alone; it has been left to the schools and Registration Committee of the CMTBC to assess a candidate’s ability to meet them. The addition of Performance Indicators completes the document by providing the means to assess the competencies.
The three jurisdictions that regulate massage therapy are moving forward to implementation of a common, inter-jurisdictional entry-to-practice standard for massage therapists.
The Update of the Working Group (“national consortium”) on Performance Indicators appears below.
Update # 4
from the Working Group for the Development of Performance Indicators based upon the Competency Profile
Meeting December 11th and 12th
The working group met in Toronto for two days with a full agenda including finalization of the consultation draft of the Performance Indicators, preparation of the Webinar for each of the regulatory colleges, outlining the Validation Survey process and planning for the March 3rd, 2012 Stakeholders’ Workshop in Vancouver. All of these items had as their sub text the intent of Moving Forward to Implementation of the Competencies and Performance Indicators.
An Example of a Practice Competency and its Related Performance Indicators
Over the past Updates, definitions of Competencies and Performance Indicators have been provided. Since the group has now finalized its consultation draft, it was decided to again include an example of a Competency and its Indicators in this communication. You will note it is the same example included in Update # 3 but includes revisions and refinement in wording of the Performance Indicators as well as the Assessment Vehicles.
The Competencies were accepted by the Regulatory bodies in the spring/summer of 2010. The Indicators, listed below, are in draft form and were accepted in principle by the Regulatory Colleges in January 2012.
| Practice Competency | | Performance Indicator | Assessment Vehicle |
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| Reg Exam MC | Reg Exam OP | Ed Academic | Ed Simulated | Ed Clinical |
| Perform postural assessment. | |
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| | 1. | Identify the indications, contraindications and precautions for performing postural assessment. | x | x | x | x | x |
| | 2. | Communicate the assessment procedure to patient. | | x | | x | x |
| | 3. | Describe the process for performing a postural assessment. | | x | x | x | x |
| | 4. | Demonstrate postural assessment based upon patient history and presentation. | | x | | x | x |
| | 5. | Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings. | x | x | x | x | x |
| | 6. | Describe the relationship between abnormal findings and clinical manifestations. | x | x | x | x | |