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James Said:
How to find out more about Physical and Occupational therapy careers?We Answered:
Both fields are super rewarding, excellent fields to go into if you like helping people. In both fields you have the opportunity to work in a variety of settings with a variety of people, from home health to a hospital, outpatient setting, or even a school. With occupational therapy you can expect to be helping individuals achieve better fine motor control to accomplish some sort of occupation that is meaningful to them. That occupation could be something such as getting dressed by themselves in the morning, to relearning to write after suffering a stroke. With physical therapy you're working more with gross motor skills like walking, or regaining full range of motion in a joint after some sort of traumatic injury. In my experience, most people can tell which job they would be more interested in based on the stereotype that most physical therapists are athletic, sporty types of people, and occupational therapists are usually crafty and highly creative. These are of course stereotypes that don't always fit the bill though.If you're interested in job shadowing I would highly suggest looking into following someone around at a hospital or outpatient type of setting. Most students at all schools are required to do that before applying to their respective programs, so the staff is used to accommodating those types of needs.
If you want to learn more about either profession I suggest looking up the prospective governing websites for each profession, for physical therapy it is the APTA, and for occupational therapy it is the AOTA. Also, when I was in high school I always used the Princeton Review to look up majors and learn more about them.
Good luck in your search.
Bobby Said:
Physical Therapy Assistant Careers?We Answered:
Yes, there are many jobs available.Shawn Said:
How do I change careers from business to physical therapy?We Answered:
First, PT is no longer offered as a bachelor's degree...it is either a master's or doctorate level degree.(although if you want to become a physical therapy assistant, this can be done at the associate's level and usually does not require any preparatory coursework).If you have a bachelor's degree already, you might have to just take the prerequisite courses that you did not get with you business degree. This generally involves a lot of bio, chem, physics, pscyh, etc. You could probably take most of these courses at a community college if they offer the ones you need.
If you do not have a BS already, you will most likely need to enter a four year college until you can apply to the graduate level program. You will also need to prepare for the GRE.
I would suggest you first go to the APTA website at: http://www.apta.org and go to the educational programs section. Check out the requirements for the school in which you are interested, and begin taking any of the prerequisite courses you have not already had.
Good luck.
Sylvia Said:
If you major in Pre-Physical Therapy, are you eligible to be a Physical Therapists assistant?We Answered:
No, you must graduate from a 2 year AAS degree in PTA. to become licensed as a PTA It is theory and practice. They must complete clinicals.In pre PT, you only take math and science course. There are no actual hands on PT classes or clinics.