Please help … Occupational therapy? My future career?
i know that you do not need physics or chemistry or even maths b to get in but i was wondering on the amount of science involved. Is it hard? And what about the amount of maths?
For people who do OT, do you find that you need to use the anatomy and statistics skills you have learnt most days or did you just forget it after doing your uni exams?
i have also never had any experience with people who have disabilities.
any comments, help etc would be much appreciated. thanks!! 😀
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I will admit, I have forgotten the more intricate anatomy and physiology – but I do still have a basic knowledge of muscles, their actions, and their nerve innervations – as well as a general idea of muscle origins and insertions. I generally work in a nursing home and home health, but if I worked in an orthopedics office, I am sure I would need to know my A&P a little better.
As for experience with people with disabilities – you don’t need to have any prior to OT school – although you generally are required to have a certain number of volunteer hours in the field. I think part of that reason is because some people don’t really udnerstand exactly what OT is – about 1/3 of the 40 people I graduated with are not doing OT now!
I love OT – it is such a great field since there is so much diversity. Plus, the job market is great for it. Their is such a huge need in my area that we can pretty much name a price and get what we want (like I will be making $52,000 a year working between 15 – 18 hours a week this fall! – I gave the company a higher number than I thought they would do so I could negotiate and they took it!! I was completely psyched!)
Good luck with your decision! I love being an OT – you can work with such a broad spectrum of clients that your job is different everyday!
