The
Massage Therapy Diploma Program requires 2000 hours of in-class instruction. However, the program length will vary depending on the campus. The program at the Brampton and Scarborough campus has a total length of 100 weeks, while the program at the Toronto campus has a total length of 50 weeks.
For the 50-week program at the Toronto campus, the MT schedule runs 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday. For the 100-week program at the Brampton or Scarborough campuses, the MT schedule runs 4 hours a day, Monday to Friday. In addition to in-class instruction, students
are required to participate in the Massage Student Clinic and Clinic Outreach.
- Massage Student Clinic and Clinic Outreach:
Students will have the opportunity to begin training in the Student Massage Clinic, providing assessments and treatments of conditions and injuries to members of the general public under the supervision of a Registered Massage Therapist.
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Student Clinic also offers students the unique opportunity to work with various
populations as demonstrated through our Massage Outreach Program. Here students will provide onsite Massage
Treatment to the elderly in long term care, athletes onsite at various sporting
events, and onsite corporate wellness.
- Course List:
Anatomy
and Physiology, Massage Theory and
Techniques, Regional Anatomy, Palpation, Orthopaedic Assessments, Treatments, Neurology,
Professional Development, Kinesiology, Remedial Exercise, Law and Ethics, Hydrotherapy,
Business and Research Methods, Microbiology, Health and Safety, First Aid, Case
Studies, OSCE Preparation, Student Clinic.
- Cadaver Lab at the University of Guelph
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College of Health Care has a unique partnership with the University of Guelph,
Human Anatomy Laboratory.
Here, students have the
privilege of learning anatomy using human body donors. The specimens have
come from people who have graciously donated their bodies for the betterment of
science and education. Studying the structures of the human body from real
specimens is unsurpassed by any other
learning tool.
Prerequisites
All
prospective students will interview with a Medix College Admissions
Representative and a Massage Therapy Instructor.
Academic
Requirements: Grade 12 or equivalent, or mature student status.
Completion
of the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test, used to assess the aptitude
of prospective Massage Therapy Students for learning and problem-solving.