This document discusses challenges facing training institutions and providers for licensed massage therapists and embalmers in the Philippines. It notes that while the Department of Health started licensing massage in 1940 and made improvements in 2000, there has been [1] minimal impact in the wellness industry, a lack of critical mass of successful therapists, and inadequate enforcement. It suggests training should kindle minds rather than impart opinions. It analyzes external factors like survival mode and competition, and internal factors like a lack of purpose and underutilized technology that affect outcomes. The document proposes shifting to a fulfillment mode with friendly competition and maximizing technology both externally and internally to improve effects on students, families, the industry and workplaces.

1. A Challenge to
DOH Training Institutions
& Training Providers
By Benjamin Eugenio Jr, LMT

2. Situationer
TIMELINE
 1940 – DOH started giving massage
license
 2000 – DOH took serious moves to
improve the massage/embalming
licensing procedures
OBSERVATION
 Minimal impact in the wellness industry
 Lack of critical mass of successful LMTs
 Inadequate binding force

3. Central Thought
“The true aim of everyone who aspires
to be a teacher should be, not to
impart his own opinions, but to
kindle minds.”
F.W. Robertson

4. Licensed Massage Therapist/Embalmer
So, what??

5. Factors Affecting the Product
EXTERNAL INTERNAL
Survival mode No sense of purpose
Competition Mere government
compliance
Underutilized technology
Underutilized technology

6. Solutions
EXTERNAL INTERNAL
Fulfillment mode Strong sense of purpose
Friendly Competition Partnership w/
government
Maximize technology
Maximize technology

7. Helpful Tools
 Conventional classroom approach
 HOTS
 Neuro-Linguistic Programming
(NLP)
 Group dynamics (Visualization)
 Personal testimonies

8. Effects of a Reengineered Student
Self /
Family
World Workplace
Industry

11. HSAR
High
Salamat po. Student
Approval
Rating

12. Salamat po.