Table of Contents
Table of Contents ................................................................................................... 3
1 General Information and Legislation ............................................................... 5
1.1 The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario .............................................................5
1.2 Registration with the College .......................................................................................5
1.3 Examination Regulation ...............................................................................................6
2 The role of Prometric ...................................................................................... 7
3 Eligibility for the Certification Examinations .................................................... 7
3.1 Education Requirement ................................................................................................7
3.2 Language Fluency Requirement ...................................................................................7
4 Communicating with Prometric....................................................................... 7
5 Privacy Policy .................................................................................................. 8
6 Confidentiality and Security of Examination Materials .................................... 8
7 Rules of Conduct ............................................................................................. 9
8 Protocol in the Event of Suspected Cheating ................................................. 10
9 Occurrence Reports ...................................................................................... 11
10 Inappropriate Touch of a Client by a Candidate during the Objectively
Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) ................................................................... 12
11 Prohibited Items / Articles............................................................................. 14
12 Examination Content and Item Development ............................................... 15
12.1 Objectively Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) ................................................... 15
12.2 Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Examination ......................................................... 18
12.2.1 Conflicts of Interest .................................................................................. 19
12.2.2 In the Stations .......................................................................................... 20
12.2.3 Timing of the OSCE ................................................................................. 20
12.2.4 Standardized Clients ................................................................................ 20
12.2.5 Examiners ................................................................................................ 20
12.2.6 OSCE Stems ........................................................................................... 21
12.2.7 Props ....................................................................................................... 21
13 Certification Examination Scheduling ............................................................ 23
13.1 Table 1: Certification Examination Fees .................................................................... 23
13.1 OSCE Dates and Scheduling .......................................................................................... 24
13.1.1 Official Graduation List............................................................................. 24
13.1.2 OSCE Examination Schedule .................................................................. 24
13.1.3 OSCE and MCQ Scheduling Policies ...................................................... 24
13.2 OSCE Scheduling Considerations .............................................................................. 25
13.3 OSCE Examination Scheduling Availability .............................................................. 26
13.4 MCQ Examination Scheduling .................................................................................. 26
14 Certification Examination Application Process .............................................. 27
14.1 How to Create an Examination Application ............................................................... 27