Building an Inclusive Massage Practice with Cultural Competence

When you finish this course, you will be able to:

• Define cultural competence.
• Examine research on national and organizational culture.
• Explain theories for national culture and organizational culture.
• Describe how cultural competence contributes to organizational culture. 
• Describe a culturally competent massage therapy practice. 
• Identify microcultures that need cultural competence in the massage practice setting. 

1. Introduction
2. What is Culture?
3. Origins of National Culture Research
4. What Are the Dimensions of National Culture?
5. Organizational Cultures
6. What Are the Dimensions of Organizational Cultures?
7. What Is Cultural Competence?
8. How to Create a Culturally Competent Practice
9. LGBTQIA+ Communities and Cultural Competence
10. How to Create an LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Practice
11. References

Susan Salvo, EdD, BCTMB, LMT has over 30 years of experience in the massage therapy profession. She is a co-director of the LA Institute of Massage Therapy, and is a nationally known author and speaker who has written several massage textbooks and online courses.

Course Expiration

Please note that you must complete each AMTA online learning course and pass the exam one year from the date of purchase. If you do not complete the course and pass the exam within one year, you will be required to re-purchase the course.

Online courses expire one year from the date of purchase. When a course expires, you will no longer have access to the course materials and will be required to re-purchase the course.

Copyright

This course contains information that is proprietary. None of the material contained within this course may be used without the express written permission of AMTA unless otherwise indicated in the course. As a reminder, before practicing any new modalities or techniques, check with your state’s massage therapy regulatory authority to ensure they are within the state’s defined scope of practice for massage therapy.

Refunds

Online courses are non-refundable. AMTA will not cover fees incurred from duplicate payments, insufficient funds, stopped payments or credit/debit cards over credit limits.