2. ➔ Also known as OT.
➔ They work with patients that have physical, mental,
emotional, and developmental problems.
➔ Their main goal is to get patients to lead a productive
and satisfying life.
➔ Occupational therapist get to work with people
everyday, helping them perform small actions and
getting to see the joy on their patients faces when
they accomplish something, that is why i chose this
job.
What is a Occupational Therapist?
3. ➢ The tasks of an Occupational therapist varies from
day to day. They Mostly work with patients, do they
can regain certain movements or actions.
○ ex- after a stroke they help a man regain
movement in his hands, so he can perform small
actions such as buttoning a shirt.
What Do Occupational Therapists Do?
4. ● Occupational Therapist
work in hospitals,
nursing homes, school
boards, private
consulting agencies,
community care
centers, social services
agencies, rehabilitation
clinics, and 2 and 4
year colleges.
● Most OTs work 8 to 9
hours a day, 40 to 45
hours a week. They are
sometimes need to
work at night or on
weekends.
● This job can be both a
physically and
emotionally demanding.
Where Do Occupational Therapists Work?
5. What kind of Training does an OT need??
❖ To become an Occupational Therapist you first have
to receive your bachelor's in Occupational Therapy
and then after that you spend 2 or 3 years getting
your Master’s degree.
❖ While Taking classes students will have instruction
in occupational therapy theory and skills, physical,
biological, and behavioral sciences. They also have
a 6 month period of supervised on-the-job
experience.
6. ● The Entry Wage for an
OT is $54,040 a year.
● The Median Wage for
an OT is $64,930 a
year.
● The Experienced Wage
for an OT is $75,100 a
year.
How Much Does an OT Make??
7. Are we always going to need
Occupational Therapists???
● Yes, over the next couple of years the outlook for OT
is 29% which is higher than average. The average
growth rate for all occupations is 11%.
● This means that we will always need OT and
possibly need more OT in the future.
8. ★ There are only a few things that an OT uses technology for, because
their jobs are mostly working with patients.
★ They do how ever use computer, cellphones, and sometimes gaming
systems.
★ Computers are mostly used for organization of patient files and for
communicating between doctors.
★ Cell Phones are only used o communication either between doctors of
with clients.
★ Gaming systems are used to help clients, they use small hand
movements that can help rehabilitate a patient.
Do OTs Use Technology?
9. ● I think that being an OT is a very interactive job that
doesn’t require sitting behind a desk which sounds
right up my alley, but I don’t know if that is the exact
job I want to do for the rest of my life. I do want to go
in to the medical field I know for sure, but I’m not
positive what exact job.
Do I want to be an Occupational
Therapist?
10. My Work Cited.
● http://www.bls.gov/ovo
● http://public.careercruising.com/us/en
● http://occupational-therapy.advanceweb.
com/Article/Addressing-Technology-Pros-and-Cons.
aspx
