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lundi 14 juillet 2014

The Field Of Occupational Therapists

By Marylou Forbes


Speaking about choosing your career, there are many things that you need to consider in order to fulfill your goal. And speaking of this very important matter, it is important that you are in your line of business. This means that you should be in a field which you want. Now in most cases, deciding on this subject often comes during the stage of high school so that by graduation, you already know what to take.

Now, if you have some interest in stuff like treating disability and such as that of the physical or the psychological aspect of people, then you might like to become an OT. This way, you can become one of the occupational therapists in Brooks. But then unlike being a doctor who is up to treating people with operations or medical prescriptions, yours would be manipulation.

Actually, occupational therapy conducts assessment and treatment of patients with physical or psychiatric illnesses using a set of activities that will prevent the progress of the disability in afflicted people. Instead, it promotes independent function of the body and its aspects in the every day life. Basically, people who are in charge of this are called OTs and they are professionals in this course.

Speaking of the work of OTs, it is with people of any age. What they do is that they assist them in their pursuit to battle their illness. Basically, it is a disability which could have been trigerred by factors like psychological or physical sickness, accidents, or aging. Given this, the work is somehow similar to that of nursing, but not quite.

The job would be more on helping patients out to overcome their illnesses and fight it out by assisting them in their plight and providing them with a diagnosis which is like a set of exercises and activities which are needed to be done in order to counter the attack of their disease. With this, you are like a doctor who prescribes their medication. But then, there is actually a wider range of career which is open for you if you are a graduate of this course.

Here are some of the jobs which you can take as an OT. Basically, you can work with children, adults, and the aged in areas such as physical rehabilitation, mental health services, learning disability, care management, research posts, pediatrics, etc. You can also work in various settings such as community centers, educational establishments, hospitals, prisons, charity and voluntary agencies, etc.

But then, in order to be admitted for work, you will have to be a registered therapist. Take note that being so, requires patience, determination, ingenuity, common sense, knowledge, and enthusiasm. But then most of all, this profession exposes you to the people who you would be working with and your goal is to lead them to a fulfilled and independent life possible.

When it comes to the demand of this job, there is nothing for you to worry about. Most especially, this career is demanded in the areas of social services and health. That is why as you can see, they are found mostly in hospitals. At times, they do a home visit check the progress of their patients.

But if you want to climb up a high post in this field, you can pursue research or specialist jobs. And when you climb up seniority, you can merge these two together. However, if you like an alternative, you also may opt for a teaching or a management career.




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