With over 75 years of experience in massage therapy education, Dexterity PD brings expertise and excellence to continuing education and professional development. Our courses are designed to expand the knowledge and skills of massage and manual therapists and bodyworkers.
Dexterity PDÂ submits our courses to regulators and associations for pre-approvals where applicable.
Our courses undergo a rigorous editing and peer review process.
Our courses are designed to assist in refreshing your knowledge and acquiring new skills.
We use a variety of multimedia and learning tools to keep you engaged.
Our on-demand courses available to use on your phone, computer, or tablet via browser or mobile app.
We have a growing library of online courses leverage the advanced knowledge of our course creators. Our courses are subject to extensive testing and review and are submitted our to regulators and associations to help you easily meet your Continuing Education Unit (CEU) requirements and professional development needs.
We strive to make your online learning experience enjoyable and practical. We invite you to meet your continuing education needs from the comfort of your home. Explore your range of topics in our extensive library of Continuing Education Courses and Certificate Programs.                Â
Refresh and enhance your fundamental knowledge of anatomy and physiology that give you the background to provide high-quality treatments.
Explore how to conduct various clinical assessments and appropriate tests to identify common pathologies.
Provide patients with valuable new services and enhance the benefits of your treatments.
Strengthen your treatment skills and improve patient outcomes by growing your knowledge of how to effectively assess and treat various conditions
Enrich your knowledge on how to create, maintain, and grow a safe environment for all patients seeking treatment.
Understand how to safely and effectively treat a variety of patients to grow your skillset and expand your patient base.
Gain practical knowledge and skills to help maintain your wellbeing as a busy health professional.
Learn appropriate home-care exercises with our condition-specific courses to improve outcomes and maintain therapeutic gains.
A Dexterity PD Certificate Program consists of a series of e-courses that provide therapists with the opportunity to explore a topic in depth and lead to specialization in a given subject.
We have over 20 Certificate Programs that cover complementary modalities and specific conditions. Completing a Dexterity PD Certificate Program can expand your massage therapy practice and demonstrates commitment to developing subject matter expertise.
Continuing Education for massage therapists is important regardless of where the therapist is working. Not only is this usually a requirement for maintaining your legal status as a practicing massage therapist, it also means that you are committed to providing the best possible care and experience for your patients and clients.
Becoming a Registered Massage Therapist means that the individual therapist has successfully completed a Massage Therapy diploma program of approximately 2200 hours, with over 330 hours of hands-on clinical practice.
Additionally, RMTs have to complete a rigorous Registration Examination process. In most regulated jurisdictions in Canada, this consists of a written exam, called Multiple Choice Examination (called MCQ) AND the successful completion of a rigorous and timed seven (7) station hands-on clinical examination, called Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).
In Canada, regulated jurisdictions and professional associations require continuing education (CE). In some provinces, continuing education there are mandated minimum CE hours and therapists must report continuing education units (CEUs). In others, continuing education and professional development is instead competency-based reporting, such as Ontario’s STRiVE Quality Assurance.
Dexterity PD highlights key competencies that are covered in our courses to help streamline your STRiVE Quality Assurance and continuing education reporting.
The requirements for becoming an LMT vary from state to state.Â
Where there are no regulations, manual and massage therapists can opt to become a member of a national organization.
Typically, most regulated states require the successful completion of a minimum 500-hour Massage Therapy program and a National Licensing Exam. Most states and organizations have Continuing Education requirements for their members.
Check out the regulations in your state or member association for definitive requirements.
