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Interprofessional Assignment
Jade Williams/200346222
Prep for Clinical Practice HLTH 1003
Georgian College
February 24th 2018
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Area of Focus Your Profession (state it)
The Profession’s Massage Therapy Act,
Specific Legal Act 1991
Legal Title Registered Massage
Therapy
The Scope of Practice -The assessment of the
(brief description not soft tissue and joints of
each part) the body
-To provide treatment
and preventative
measures by
manipulation of soft
tissues
-Treatment to prevent
dysfunction and pain of
the soft tissues and joints
-To maintain,
rehabilitate or augment
physical function, or
relieve pain with various
massage techniques
Authorized Controlled Massage therapists are
Acts & not authorized to
Conditions/Restrictions perform any controlled
acts under the RHPA.
-If the primary intent,
focus, and practical use
of a modality is outside
Other Profession
Opticianry Act, 1991
Licensed Optician
-Selling, fitting and adjusting
prescription eyeglasses
-Preparation, adaption and
delivery of eye glasses and
contact lenses or subnormal
vision devices to a person
-Taking eye glass
measurements as well as
contact lens measurements to
ensure optimal eye care
Under Ontario law, no person
other than a registered
member of the College of
Opticians of Ontario or the
College of Optometrists of
Ontario or the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of
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Other Profession Other Profession
Traditional Chinese Psychotherapy Act,
Medicine Act, 2006 2007
Registered Acupuncturist Registered
Psychotherapist
-The use the essential -The assessment and
principles of traditional treatment of
Chinese medicine to assess cognitive, emotional
patients and promote or or behavioural
maintain their health and disturbances by
prevent and treat common psychotherapeutic
disease means, delivered
through a
therapeutic
relationship based
on verbal or non-
verbal
communication
Authorized/controlled Proclamation
acts:1. Performing a included provisions
procedure on tissue below in the Regulated
the dermis and below the Health Professions
surface of a mucous Act, 1991 setting out
membrane for the purpose the controlled act of
of performing acupuncture. psychotherapy and
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the definition of Massage Ontario are authorized to fit
Therapy’s scope of and dispense eyeglasses,
practice, the modality is contact lenses and subnormal
considered not in the vision devices to the public
scope of practice. -Opticians are restricted to
refract
-Do not write prescriptions or
test vision for visual correction
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2. Communicating a
traditional Chinese medicine
diagnosis identifying a body
system disorder as
the cause of a person’s
symptoms using traditional
Chinese medicine
techniques.
authorizing
members of six
college to perform it
in compliance with
the acts, regulations
and by-laws that
govern each of their
professions. It also
included the
provision permitting
members of the
other colleges who
are authorized to
perform the
controlled act of
psychotherapy to use
the title
“psychotherapist”,
in compliance with
certain conditions
Exceptions:
permitting anyone to
perform controlled
acts in certain
circumstances,
including:
-helping someone in
an emergency;
-helping someone
with activities of
daily living;
-treating by prayer
or spiritual means
according to the
tenets of one’s
religion; and
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- when
administering a
substance or
communicating a
diagnosis to a
member of one’s
household (e.g.
telling
one’s child that she
has a cold).
Regulatory College College of Massage College of Opticians of Ontario The College of Traditional College of
(include website) Therapists of Ontario (COO) Chinese Medicine Registered
(CMTO) http://www.coptont.org/ Practitioners and Psychotherapists of
http://www.cmto.com/ Acupuncturists of Ontario Ontario
(CTCMPAO) (CRPO)
https://www.ctcmpao.on.ca/ https://www.crpo.ca/
Mandate/Mission of The College of Massage To protect the public by The College’s mandate is to To develop
Regulatory College Therapists of Ontario regulating Ontario opticians to serve and protect the public. standards and
(referred to as the ensure they maintain a high procedures to
College or CMTO) is standard of practice and regulate
dedicated to excellence professionalism. psychotherapists in
in protecting the public’s the public interest,
interest, guiding its striving to ensure
registrants and competent and
promoting the highest ethical practice
possible quality of the within a professional
practice of Massage accountability
Therapy framework.
Commitment to the The College of Massage To ensure the highest standard To protect the public by Leadership in
Public Therapists of Ontario of vision care for all Ontarians working in partnership with professional self-
protects and serves the Traditional Chinese regulation, dedicated
public by Medicine Practitioners and to the principles of
guaranteeing the Acupuncturists in Ontario to excellence, fairness,
competency and quality support and provide them openness,
of services provided by with tools to demonstrate responsiveness and
massage therapists their ongoing competence respect for diversity.
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through and to provide members

maintenance of with an opportunity to
Standards and control their own
Regulations. professional development

Part B:

Massage Therapy and Opticianry

The profession of Opticianry benefits clients by providing them with complete client care regarding the gaining of knowledge of
medical eye-seeing devices and how to utilize them to improve their daily living. To some people eye glasses and contacts are an
accessory or a fashion statement but to those who truly need them to aide in their vision improvement really value their impact.
Opticians help in finding the optimal pair of eye glasses or contacts suitable to each individual patient and doing all the needed
adjustments to make sure they are the perfect fit. Without the help of Opticians and their specific knowledge dealing in eye care it
would make finding and understanding the way eye care devices work much more difficult for the public and prevent them from
making the best-informed decisions when dealing with their eye care.

I think Opticians can benefit me as another health care professional by giving me a different outside perspective of certain areas.
Massage therapists have decent knowledge on the overall body but very little on just the eyes themselves and all the possible
pathologies. Opticians focus on solely the eyes and their pathologies, this might help gain insight on disorders and or issues
pertaining to our mutual patients that I might not have noticed or realized to provide even better care for patients. It would also help
me gain more knowledge on future possible situations to better understand my patients and what their needs are.

Massage Therapy and Acupuncture

Acupuncture benefits clients by providing a different/alternative approach to treatment and healing. Acupuncture applies ancient
traditional Chinese medicine to people seeking different means of treatment or those might have a condition not able to be treated
by conventional medicine. This is a huge benefit to those who have exhausted all options of conventional treatment. Not only does
acupuncture help with physical pain but it also can help clients mentally by treating emotional conditions, this can be a benefit to not
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only clients going through chronic pain but to clients experiencing life stress who need emotional healing. Their knowledge of
anatomy and acupuncture points benefits their clients to receiving the best care possible when receiving treatment.

Massage therapy and acupuncture can work wonderfully together, both are non-traditional ways of treatment to those going
through illness or pain. They can mutually benefit and compliment each other by providing different ways of alleviating unwanted
symptoms associated with each patient and working together on a common goal; treating and improving the client. For example, a
person who is undergoing chemotherapy may want to add more un-conventional ways to help them through the process of healing.
Massage can be used to alleviate soreness and improve mental well-being while acupuncture can be utilized as well to help decrease
the adverse side effects of chemotherapy. The benefit that acupuncture provides massage therapy is the mutual understanding and
desire of both parties to help the client as well as Acupuncturists extensive anatomical knowledge to help discuss different ways and
viewpoints of treatment for us to stay current in both professions. I believe having conversations and gaining an overall
understanding of each other’s professions helps all professionals in knowing each other’s scopes of practice and how we can work
together to help clients as effectively possible.

Massage Therapy and Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy provides mental consoling and a great understanding of how the mind works to clients. The benefit to the public is
helping those who need help with mental health issues with their expertise on mental disorders and how they work.
Psychotherapists benefit their clients by sorting through their problems by means of talking them out and finding practical solutions.
Psychotherapy can also be another form of un-conventional treatment of mental disorders by other means than medication. This
benefits clients by giving them other options of treatment other than just taking prescription pills.

Massage therapy not only can treat pain and dysfunctions but it also helps with the relaxation and mental aspect of well-being too.
Massage therapy could be a great combination to those already seeking treatment for mental disorders through psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy can benefit us by giving us as massage therapists a greater understanding and knowledge base of some mental
disorders that some of our clients in present or future situations might have. Health is not only physical but mental as well and a lot
of the public still fails to realize this. By working together and having conversations about treatment with other health care
professionals like Psychotherapists can help both sides gain perspective and gives us a great ability to educate and assist the public.