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Look who's talking about Advanced Certification... "The medical community is focused on evidence-based outcomes. We need to be able to distinguish massage practitioners with advanced skills and experience." National Certification for Advanced Practice (NCAP) Massage therapy is part of the holistic approach to patient care. That's why Barry Friedman, Senior Director of Organ Transplant Services for University of Minnesota Medical Center, is excited about Advanced Certification. It's important to differentiate those professionals with advanced skills who can provide chronically ill patients with treatments that enhance their health outcomes. "As a world leader in transplantation, we treat many patients who have been turned away for transplant at other centers – older people, pediatric patients and people with certain cancers. As we build healthcare teams, we seek practitioners and massage therapists with advanced skills to treat these types of patients. Entry-level experience, intuition and good intentions are not enough." Visit www.ncbtmb.org to learn more about NCAP, the profession's first advanced credential. y Barry S. Friedman Senior Director, Organ Transplant Services University of Minnesota Medical Center University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital NCAP Coming soon. Advanced Practitioner s s 1901 South Meyers Road Suite 240 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-5243 www.ncbtmb.org 1-800-296-0664 ©2010 National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork. 12.30.10 d e N e t a B i f i t i c i & t o r n e a a g C l l a e M T k h r e r w a p y u o d o