Duties and Responsibilities: Meets the
patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and
interpreting evaluations and test results; determining physical therapy
treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription. Helps
patient accomplish treatment plan and accept therapeutic devices by
administering manual exercises; instructing, encouraging, and assisting
patients in performing physical activities, such as no manual exercises,
ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities and in using assertive and supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
Salary: $57,053 -
$92,926
Education: In order to work as
a physical therapist, you must complete a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree program. As of 2014, there
were 228 physical therapy programs accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), most of which last three years.
Demand for
this job: Demand for physical therapists is expected to increase according to
the 2014-15 Occupational Outlook Handbook, a publication of the Bureau of Bio statistics. Employment of physical therapists is predicted to grow 36% between 2012
and 2022, "much faster" than the average growth rate for all
occupations.
Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
Yes, I would like to be one. I like this career because I like to help people who need it.
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