From acupuncturist to physiotherapist
17 of the 90 essential skills of a physiotherapist are already essential for a acupuncturist — about 19% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 17
- skills carry over
- 73
- would be new
- 19%
- of the target job covered
- 90
- essential skills of a physiotherapist
What a physiotherapist does
Physiotherapists are autonomous health professionals who are responsible for developing, maintaining or restoring motor function and movement throughout the lifespan using evidence-based practice. They relieve pain and treat or prevent physical conditions associated with injury, disease or other impairments. Physiotherapists empower patients and their carers to manage the condition outside clinical settings. They work within their scope of practice and their professional Code of Conduct.
What carries over
17 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop therapeutic relationships
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- provide health education
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
73 skillsEssential for a physiotherapist and not for a acupuncturist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adjust physiotherapy interventions
- advocate health
- apply organisational techniques
- assess physical conditions of clients
- biomechanics
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- conduct health related research
- conduct physiotherapy assessment
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- correct potentially harmful movements
- create solutions to problems
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop physiotherapy services
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services
- educate on the prevention of illness
- emergency surgery
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- engage in physiotherapy research
- first aid
- formulate a treatment plan
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- intensive care medicine
- interpret medical results
- kinetics
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- manage a healthcare unit budget
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- manage physiotherapy staff
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- medical informatics
and 33 more
Other moves from acupuncturist
2 roles- orthoptist18 skills in common
- speech and language therapist17 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a physiotherapist?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.