From clinical perfusion scientist to occupational therapist
11 of the 69 essential skills of a occupational therapist are already essential for a clinical perfusion scientist — about 16% 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.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 58
- would be new
- 16%
- of the target job covered
- 69
- essential skills of a occupational therapist
What a occupational therapist does
Occupational therapists assist individuals or groups who have occupational limitations due to diseases, physical disorders, and temporary or permanent mental disabilities, in regaining their ability to perform daily activities. They provide treatment and rehabilitation to enable them to actively participate in society, to live their lives according to their wishes and to perform those activities that are meaningful to them. Occupational therapists work in public health and social care services, but can also be involved in supporting asylum seekers, refugees and/or homeless people.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply context specific clinical competences
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- medical terminology
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
58 skillsEssential for a occupational therapist and not for a clinical perfusion scientist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise healthcare users on occupational health
- advise on environmental alterations
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply techniques of occupational therapy
- assess risks for the elderly
- assist healthcare users achieve autonomy
- community-based rehabilitation
- create individual treatment programmes
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop a rehabilitation programme
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- ergonomics
- follow clinical guidelines
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human physiology
- identify the healthcare user’s personal capacity
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- instruct on the use of special equipment for daily activities
- interact with healthcare users
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- movement techniques
- neurology
- occupational health
- occupational physiology
- occupational science
- occupational therapy theories
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics
- pathology
- perform occupation analyses
- perform patient activity analyses
- physical medicine
- professional documentation in health care
and 18 more
Other moves from clinical perfusion scientist
2 roles- respiratory therapy technician15 skills in common
- radiographer11 skills in common
← clinical perfusion scientistoccupational therapist →The other way round
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How far are you from being a occupational therapist?
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