Rogue MT-BC

I love my job. I love my job. I love my job.

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@SongsHealing The data for this survey were collected from Dec. 2022 to May 2023. So, about 6 months after the most recent CEO stepped down and they started the complete restructuring.

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The 2022 AMTA Workforce Analysis just came out. Better late than never, although a majority of the data were collected in the first part of 2023.

Here are some trends that stuck out to me after my first read-through:

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@bachinaminuet Oooh, interesting theory I've never heard before!

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CBMT exam first-time pass rate is now at 62%. What is going on??

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It looks like the survey got out to a good mix of non-AMTA members. About 45% of respondents were not AMTA members. This makes me feel like the survey results are more reliable.

Also, membership hit its lowest ever numbers: 1,783. Roughly 17% of MTs in the U.S. are AMTA members.

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· The proportion of MTs with white/caucasian heritage is was the lowest it's ever been in 2022. Only 81% of respondents had some kind of white heritage.

Historically, around 88% of MTs had white heritage before 2022.

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RIP Sound Health Network 😔

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This shirt feels like an ethics violation waiting to happen. They've sold 976 shirts so far.

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@SongsHealing Or, "ask ChatGPT"

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Love that music therapy forums are still full of posts of:

"Hey, can you share resources about this topic? I did a search myself, but I decline to share any resources I may have come across already so my saying I did a search feels more like a formality so people will respond."

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The first-time pass rate for the CBMT exam is now at 65% as of April 2025. The notoriously difficult California bar exam first-time pass rate was 68% as of July 2024.

The MT-BC exam is not as hard as the CA bar exam. What is going on here??

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FYI, the field now has a graphic novel version of a music therapy textbook

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It's a funny feeling to start going to music therapy conferences as a student and then one day be on a conference planning committee and realize that you're one of the "grown ups" running the show now...

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Research articles promise you the world and then give you nothing.

"To allow for replication of the study we will provide the reader with a detailed description of the music therapy intervention..."

And this is all they give you:

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At this point, I think the most efficient way to do advocacy is to get a music therapy TV procedural dramedy on the air.

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Advocacy perspective is getting this tiktok on your algorithm feed and not feeling the urge to direct message anyone.

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Omg, the new AMTA website has so many new features you can customize your profile with. A step in the right direction!

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Oh boy, the meme game on music therapy reddit is really heating up 🔥