From osteopath to occupational therapist
10 of the 69 essential skills of a occupational therapist are already essential for a osteopath — about 14% 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.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 59
- would be new
- 14%
- 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
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- comply with legislation related to health care
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- provide health education
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- undertake healthcare examination
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
59 skillsEssential for a occupational therapist and not for a osteopath. 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 context specific clinical competences
- apply techniques of occupational therapy
- assess risks for the elderly
- assist healthcare users achieve autonomy
- communicate in healthcare
- community-based rehabilitation
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- create individual treatment programmes
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop a rehabilitation programme
- educate on the prevention of illness
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- ergonomics
- follow clinical guidelines
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- 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
- medical terminology
- movement techniques
- neurology
- occupational health
- occupational physiology
- occupational science
- occupational therapy theories
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics
- pathology
and 19 more
Other moves from osteopath
2 roles- acupuncturist10 skills in common
- chiropractor10 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a occupational therapist?
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.