tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12401363.post5719942351859194535..comments2023-11-05T07:16:38.786-05:00Comments on The Holistic Economy: 10 Big Problems We Must Overcome to Make Alternative Medicine the Major Healthcare SystemDaryl Kulakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00378206548496487133noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12401363.post-20388620811773188722008-08-19T08:46:00.000-04:002008-08-19T08:46:00.000-04:00On apprenticeship - I agree completely. I am a ma...On apprenticeship - I agree completely. I am a massage therapist - I graduated from massage school in the summer of 2006. I have found a sort of apprenticeship in that I am working in the practice of, and learning massively from, a medical exercise specialist. We also have periodic visits from another much more experienced massage therapist. I am much more aware of what I know and don't know since I am not alone. There are still conditions that the more experienced massage therapist has more effect at than I do, but the proportion of cases decreases steadily. This setup is something I just stumbled into when I got out of school. School sets up two expectations - immediately start your independent practice, or be an employee in a non-clinical environment like a spa (if you are in an area that has a spa). Massage is a manual craft, and it would be much more helpful if we would get over our societal prejudice against manual crafts and use the apprenticeship model. Instead, the "school" part of training keeps increasing in hours but there's nothing formal but weekend workshops once you are out of school. It would be better to have a shorter "school" and a longer supervised practice before expecting to be completely independent.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030930221854043232noreply@blogger.com