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The Assignment:

Name: Jaden H

(First Name and Last Initial)

Advisory #10

Name of your host: Silvia Hickey Relationship to you: Mother

The Interview: (ask your host these questions)

What is your job title? Registered

Massage Therapist

What is your job description?

She assesses, treats and gives rehabilitation exercises for individual with musculoskeletal conditions.

What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job?

She accesses conditions and make treatment plans. Give treatments and teach appropriate home care. Also, she prepares legal documents for lawyers and insurance companies.

 What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas

a) training?

An in-clinic practicum and several outreaches that means during schooling you work at a clinic and the outreaches are you having to work 2 weeks at various clinic such as sports therapy, multiple sclerosis and GF strong hospital.

b) education

To become a massage therapist, you must complete a three-thousand-hour massage therapy program in an accredited school and then write the college of massage therapists board exam.

c) experience?

You must complete a three-day introduction to massage therapy course prior to entering the program to determine if you can do this job.

d) skills and attributes (personal qualities)?

You must be fit and have a caring personality and be empathetic and make sure you care for others well being.

What are some of the things you like about the job?

It’s very rewarding when you can take away people’s pain and improve their quality of life. She likes the flexibility in her schedule and likes the pay. She enjoys talking to different people everyday and no day is ever the same.

What are some of the things you dislike about this job?

The only thing she doesn’t like is that she’s self-employed, so she doesn’t get pension, sick days or vacation times. It can be hard physically.

How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so?

She thinks there will be a greater increase in demand for massage therapists because the demand for massage therapist is growing year after year.  She can see massage therapists moving into hospitals, care homes and other similar institutions as regular staff.        

Student Reflections:

1. Give three reasons why you would like this job (be specific):
2. a) I like this job because you can talk to the patients while in your massage and have conversations so if you like the person that that would be a fun hour because you can talk about whatever you want.
3. b) Music is played in the background and makes it really relaxing so if the person doesn’t want to talk then you can just listen to the music. It makes the atmosphere really relaxing for the person getting the massage as well as the person giving the massage because you can clear your head and work well on the patient without any distractions.
4. c) I like how you get to help people because your relieving their pain and fixing their problems. They come to you and then you’re the person that they trust to fix you and I think that it’s cool that you can. I think that massage therapists are underrated because they can help a lot, but a lot of people don’t come to see them.

Give three reasons why you would not like this job (be specific):

2. a) Because there’s a lot of paperwork that you must fill out for the scheduling and the claims and I had to fill out some of them today and I found it boring and I would not want to do it again.
3. b) You can get a lot of pains in your wrists from working hard on other people so over time you can develop things like tendonitis which is very hard to go away. I’ve had tendinitis and I don’t think its fun so I would hate to get it on a regular basis.
4. c) I would not want to deal with bad patients or stuck up ones. I know that a lot of people that I wouldn’t want to work with come in and you cant say no to them and I honestly think that’s really annoying because I don’t want to be stuck with you for an hour that you don’t like because that would completely ruin your day.

Is this job for you? Why or why not?

I don’t think it is because I would rather be more involved in a surgery and help people that a them massage them. It’s a lot of work and I would rather be involved in a certain group like cardiovascular then must massage over someone whole body. I don’t really like how they don’t have all their clothes on and the only thing covering them is a sheet because if that sheet drops then your left in an uncomfortable situation that I don’t want to deal with. I think it’s a cool job, but I wouldn’t want to do it.

Explain the value of the TYKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post-secondary (after high school) plans (education? training? travel? work?).

 I want to be a cardiologist and I think that it was cool to see other parts of the medical program. I got to learn about the different parts of the body and the different muscles, and I think that’s something that will help me in the future. I learned about different things that people need to be in the medical program such as schooling and qualities and how to deal with patients. I was able to see the paperwork that is needed and how to do it. I learned how to get into the massage program and the requirements needed. I realized how hard it is to get into a good school and the important grades and qualifications that you need to get into a good school. It takes a lot of hard work to get into the medical program and I was able to listen in to the requirements and tips to get in and be well liked in the industry.