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COVID-19 and Massage Therapy Education Impact and Future Implications

Massage therapy education processes, practices, and research are rarely described in the scientific literature, and the Covid-19 pandemic may have caused dramatic shifts in how massage therapists were being educated. To date, findings of the impact of the pandemic pivot on massage therapy education...

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Autores principales: Torns-Barker, Becca, Kennedy, Ann Blair
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Multimed Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9401084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36061227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3822/ijtmb.v15i3.761
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Sumario:Massage therapy education processes, practices, and research are rarely described in the scientific literature, and the Covid-19 pandemic may have caused dramatic shifts in how massage therapists were being educated. To date, findings of the impact of the pandemic pivot on massage therapy education have yet to be reported. This editorial explores the trends in hands-on education of other professions during the pandemic and relates these trends to massage therapy education. Currently, it is unknown how institutions supported massage therapy educators in preparation for the shift to online and hybrid learning.