Aug. 2014 Physical & Occupational Therapist Performance of Schools
Physical Therapist Occupational Therapist
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Physical TherapistOccupational Therapist
BY SHANTEL LEWIS TAL MARIE DAVIS
OVERVIEW Physical Therapist- A certified professional who
helps with physical ailment by providing exercises. Physical Therapist help injured or ill people improve their movement and manage their pain
Occupational Therapist- based on engagement in meaning activities of daily life. Occupational Therapists work with clients to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life
WORK ENVIORMENT Occupational Therapists would normally work at
hospitals, clinics, day and rehabilitation centers, home care programs, special schools, industry, and private enterprises.
Physical Therapists rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies.
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PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Physical and Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
A Day in the Life of a Physical/Occupational
Therapist
Day in life: Occupational Therapist youtube.com
Physical Therapist: a day in the life youtube.com
Qualifications-Education When becoming an Occupational
Therapist you would need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Earn an Associates or a Bachelors degree
Step 2: Earn a masters or doctorate degree
Step 3: Pass the NBCOT exam
Step 4: apply for the license.
Depending on the degree you want to maintain it will take longer for you to actually have your license to become an occupational therapist. It you only have an associates degree then you will only be an assistant. A lot of community colleges don’t offer this
When becoming a Physical Therapist you would need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Complete an undergraduate program
Step 2: Earn an graduate degree
Step 3: Obtain License
Step 4: Attend a residency program
Qualifications- Licensure/ Certificates
To be licensed as an occupational therapist in New York State you must:
Be of good moral character
Be at least 21 years of age
Meet education and examination requirements
To be licensed as a physical therapist in New York State you must:
Be of good moral character
Be at least 18 years of age
Meet education and examination requirements
File an application (Form 1 and fee)
IMPORTANT QUALITIES THAT YOU MUST POSSESS
Confidence
Optimism
Experience
Patience
Listening skills
Kindness
SalaryPHYSICAL THERAPIST
$25.08-$35.81 HOURLY
$76,000 YEARLY
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
$36.25 HOURLY
$75,400 YEARLY
JOB OUTLOOK
If you want to obtain a job in Occupational Therapy there would be 113,200 jobs available and the job percent will increase by 29%
For Physical Therapy there would be over 204,200 jobs available and it will increase by 36%
Significance Physical and Occupational Therapist are important
because you would be making a difference. You would become an expert at the career in which you would be saving lives. You would also be able to diagnose the patient and work with them until the become 100% healthy.
This field contributes to the health field and the community at large because it ranges in many different ways. There are physical therapist all around
Questions What qualifications would you need in order to
become a physical therapist? Occupational therapist?
How old would you need to be to become a physical therapist/occupational therapist?
What places would you mostly likely find physical/occupational therapist?
What kind of skills would qualify you for the job?
What we thought…. From this project we have learned the differences/
similarities with being an occupational and physical therapist. They both allow you to work hands on with a patient but, both will also test your skills as well. With being a physical therapist and an occupational therapist you would need to learn how to be patience and not get angry when the patient you are working with doesn’t catch on as fast as you would like them to. Something that we found interesting was the amount of available jobs that each have available. Some questions that we had was where did physical/ occupational therapy actually come from? Who was the first person to actually undergo physical/ occupational therapy.
Additional Information Ask.com
Yahoo.com
Occupational therapy/health schools.com