From specialist chiropractor to physiotherapist
59 of the 90 essential skills of a physiotherapist are already essential for a specialist chiropractor — about 66% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from specialist chiropractor in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 59
- skills carry over
- 31
- would be new
- 66%
- 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
59 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advocate health
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- biomechanics
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct health related research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- create solutions to problems
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop therapeutic relationships
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- formulate a treatment plan
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret medical results
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- manage healthcare users' data
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- medical informatics
- neurology
and 19 more
What would be new
31 skillsEssential for a physiotherapist and not for a specialist chiropractor. 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 organisational guidelines
- adjust physiotherapy interventions
- assess physical conditions of clients
- conduct physiotherapy assessment
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- correct potentially harmful movements
- develop physiotherapy services
- develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services
- emergency surgery
- engage in physiotherapy research
- intensive care medicine
- kinetics
- listen actively
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- manage a healthcare unit budget
- manage physiotherapy staff
- medical terminology
- orthopaedic manual physiotherapy
- physics
- provide information on the effects of physiotherapy
- provide physiotherapy diagnosis
- provide self management support
- provide stroke rehabilitation services
- psychiatry
- respiratory therapy
- sociology
- supervise physiotherapist assistants
- supervise physiotherapy students
- surgery
- therapeutic massage
- triage clients for physiotherapy
Other moves from specialist chiropractor
2 roles- advanced physiotherapist45 skills in common
- orthoptist33 skills in common
← specialist chiropractorphysiotherapist →The other way round
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How far are you from being a physiotherapist?
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