Duties and responsibilities:
- assess patients' needs through observations, medical records, test, and discussions with other healthcare professionals, patients' families, and patients
- Create treatment plans and programs that meet patients' needs and interests
- Plan and implement interventions to prevent harm to a patient
- Engage patients in therapeutic activities, such as exercise, games, and community outings.
- Evaluate interventions for effectiveness
- Record and analyze a patient's progress
Salary: $45,890 annual wage
Education: Course classes on assessment, human anatomy, medical and psychiatric terminology, characteristics of illness and disabilities and etc. But also needs a Bachelors Degree in internship.
Demand for this profession: they need more people to help support the ill and the people with injuries and is expected to grow by 12% from 2014 to 2024.
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Reflection: i wouldn't like to become a recreational therapist because im not interested in that specific medical field .
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