Posted by : Moraliss Monday, July 21, 2014

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.

So if you are interested about stuff which a doctor does, but without the expense of needles, or scissors, and other kinds of operational gadgets, you can become an OT. This field is actually interesting and who knows you can be one of the occupational therapists in Brooks. This would actually be great since you will be dealing with the psychiatric and physical conditions of people.

So to speak, this field if work actually does treatment, assessment or evaluation of patients in both the psychiatric and physical aspects. The goal of this job is to actually prevent the occurring disabilities to develop and promote independent functions in all the aspects of daily life. Now, the individuals who perform this duties are called occupational therapists or OT.

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.

But then, the occupation is not purely nursing. It is more on aiding or assisting patients such as what physical therapists do. But then, that is not just all there is with this job because it leads to a lot of career path and the opportunities for career development in this field is wide. So if you are a graduate of this course, you will not go unemployed.

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.

However, for you to get to work, you need to be registered. Not only that, you need to also have what it takes to be a good and successful OT and for that to happen, you need to be determined, patient, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable. But above all, you should commit yourself to your patients and see to it that they get the fulfilled life.

Basically, the demand for this occupation is great in the areas of health and social services. But then they vary depending on the regions and employment sectors. Mostly, OTs work in the hospitals. Sometimes, they check their patients at home to monitor their progress. With this, they diagnose what particular level of practice will be needed.

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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