Course Description: Comfort-oriented massage or touch can be
administered to people with cancer regardless of the severity of their
condition. In this course, participants will have the opportunity to
apply their massage skills with in- and out- patients receiving treatment
for cancer. Massage will be given to people before, during, and after
chemotherapy, before and after radiation, and surgical and diagnostic
procedures. Therapists will have a change to use massage to support
family caregivers as well.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- List the benefits of massage for those in treatment for cancer
- List the massage adaptations necessary for people undergoing surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy
- Employ standard precautions with patients who are highly immunosuppressed
- Communicate with health care staff
- Record in the medical chart
- Work around hospital furniture and medical devices
- Give comfort-oriented massage to patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, diagnostic procedures, or hospitalized form the side effects of cancer treatment
- Work independently in a medical setting
- Describe the desire to work with people who have cancer
Participants must be able to meet the outcomes which will be assessed by
a written exam, instructor observation, and participant self-evaluation. Enrollment Requirement: The course is open to licensed, certified, or professional massage therapists
and bodyworkers certified in other modalities such as reflexology.
All participants must complete Massage for People Living with Cancer and
have instructor's permission.
Participants will be required to:
- Show proof of professional liability insurance
- Show proof of licensure, certification, or course of study
- Release hospital of liability for personal health care needs while in the course (Toledo course)
- Possess current TB screening documentation and show proof of immunity to MMR
- Undergo a drug screening analysis arranged by Oregon Health and Science University (Portland)
- Read the class texts prior to the start of class (Can be found in Book Orders section.)
Advance Reading
- Healing into Life and Death: The first 8 chapters. This book is hard for some, easy and wonderful for others. Which ever camp you are in, you will need to read slowly. Just read a page at a time if that is all you can manage. But definitely only read the first 8 chapters.
- Medicine Hands, 2nd Ed.: Chapters 4-5, 7, 8-11. Be sure you have the 2nd Edition!
- Massage for the Hospital Patient and Medically Frail Client: Chapters 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12, and pages 64-66 (cancer), pages 68-69 (ICU family waiting room), pages 178-180 (bone marrow and stem cell transplantation).
- Meet hospital dress and grooming standards, HIPAA regulations, and
safety knowledge and pass a background check
- Meet the physical and emotional rigors of an 8-hour hospital day;
approximately half of days 3-5 will be spent giving massage
- Have access to e-mail
Course Overview: Massage in the Oncology Setting is a 35
hour course conducted over five 8-hour days in the hospital. Following
is an overview of each day:
Day 1- Introductions, review of clinical information
related to the medical setting, hands-on practice focusing on use of light
pressure, and giving seated massage to family caregivers.
Day 2- Orientation to the hospital, standard precautions,
working around hospital furniture, charting, and a foot massage with an
in-patient.
Days 3 and 4 - Rotation in the morning through one of the
out-patient units and afternoon in the in-patient unit. Working with
family caregivers, as there is time. Participants will be supervised
by an instructor and assistant instructor.
Day 5 - Independent work; closure.
Fees: Total tuition — $795. Deposit to hold a spot — $200 (which applies toward the tuition). The deposit is non-refundable. However, if a student must drop the class and the instructor is able to fill the spot, 50% of the deposit will be refunded. The remaining tuition is due 6 weeks prior to the start of class. If, after this time, a student must drop, the tuition is non-refundable except in emergency circumstances. Up to 50% of tuition will be refunded.
Look at the
Class Schedule to see current
offerings of this course.
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