Dynamics of Healthcare occupations
OTA salary
$41,850-$53,090
Orthodists/ Prosthestics salary
$64,300
Occupational therapists salary
65,000 - 75,000 dollars a year
Orthodists/ Prosthestics education
Bachelors degree and residency program with a licensed professional
speech therapist
assits pwopl woth speech or language disorders must have masters degree pass national exam must have 300-375 hours of supervised clinical experience and nine months of postgraduate professional clinical experience salary 62,930
OTA education
associates degree
certification
demonstrates that healthcare worker meets requirements of job
Occupational therapists education
graduated from an acredited program and pass a national certification exam
liscenture requirement
graduating from a state credited school
physical therapist
help people who have suffered impairment to restore function improving function increasing mobility releaving pain and preventing permanent disability
physicion
hold greatest overall responsibility. examine patients treat illness and diagnose
Orthodists/ Prosthetics definition
make, design, and custom fit artificial limbs, and orthopedic devices such as legs
registraion
means that you have graduated from a credited school and passed a national exam
credentals
must meet legal requirements
physician assitans
provide primary care and take load of phhyscian work under supervision of physicion and require liscense and pass a credited program national exam 2 yrs college and most have bachelors, 100 hrs of continueing education each year 39% 2008 81,000 speciality 78,000 110,000
liscenture
type of credental when a state government grants authority for an individual to work for a certain profession in a particular state. you must practice your profession within your own states guidelines. ex: RNs, Physicion, or a dentists
OTA definition
under ot and provide servacies
medical assitantys
work in physicions office or perfor, administrative bais office things on job or 1-2yr program certification not required 90% are certified
occupational therapists definition
work with people who are disabled in some way to work and perform commons tasks of everyday life