| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Recreational Therapist |
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
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- Conduct therapy sessions to improve patients' mental and physical well-being.
- Instruct patient in activities and techniques, such as sports, dance, music, art or relaxation techniques, designed to meet their specific physical or psychological needs.
- Plan, organize, direct and participate in treatment programs and activities to facilitate patients' rehabilitation, help them integrate into the community and prevent further medical problems.
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| Respiratory Therapist |
- Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
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- Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees and other health care personnel.
- Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
- Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to manage patient care by assisting with medical procedures and related duties.
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| Physical Therapist |
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
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- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
- Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
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