Rosemary Peel

Career Path Exploration Grid

Questions Physical Therapist Occupational Therapist Physician’s Assistant

What skills and Plan, prepare, carry out Complete and maintain Examine patients to
knowledge are individually designed necessary records, obtain information about
expected? programs of physical test/evaluate patients' their physical condition,
treatment to improve or physical and mental make diagnoses and
restore physical abilities, analyze decisions about
functioning, alleviate medical data to management and
pain, or prevent determine realistic treatment of patients,
physical dysfunction in rehabilitation goals for administer or order
patients patients diagnostic
tests,interpret
diagnostic test results
What training, Most require a master's Most require a master's Most require a master's
certification, and/or degree, and some degree, and some degree, and some
education are required? require a Ph.D., M.D., require a Ph.D., M.D., require a Ph.D., M.D.,
J.D. J.D. or J.D.

What tasks and Develop medical Assisting and caring for Getting information,
activities are treatment plans, record others, making assisting and caring for
performed? patient medical decisions and solving others,
histories, determine problems, documenting/recording
patient needs or documenting/recording information, making
treatment goals, information, decisions and solving
examine patients to communicating with problems,updating and
assess general physical supervisors, peers, or using relevant
condition subordinates knowledge
What are the working Contact with others, Face-to-face Face-to-face
conditions? face-to-face discussions, contact discussion, contact with
discussions, deal with with others, physical others, indoors,
external customers, proximity, physical environmentally
work with a group or proximity controlled,exposed to
team disease or infections,
frequency of decision
making
What is the expected -The median income is - $40.51 hourly, -$52.22 hourly,
starting salary and $42.27 hourly, $87,930 $84,270 annual $108,610 annual
benefits? Does it vary annual - less than the national -pays very well, slightly
-varies by region, average, but still high less than national
by region? however SC pays well average
What is the Good, plenty of job Mostly part time, not Many job openings, but
employment outlook? openings for beginners very many openings but not all specifically
and experienced most pay well physician’s assistants
people, need for PT is
also supposed to rise in
the next 10 years
What is an example of a Respiratory Physical Speech Therapist, Nurse practitioner,
specific job in this field Therapist, Assistant Occupational Therapist Physician, part-time
that might interest you? Director of Physical physician
(look for open positions) Therapy
How does this career I am a good team I am very patient with I can take care of
align with your player, I am people who take a long people and be
transferable skills and comfortable with time to catch on to a sympathetic to their
strengths? physical contact, and Iconcept.I do not mind ailments while also
can quickly solve doing the same thing doing my job.
problems over and over in order
to make a small amount
of progress
How does this career I want to help others The act of assisting This helps people in
align with your goals become more physically people to help them more than one way-
and values? able learn new things to help variety of new things
live life is very and people to help is
rewarding to me important.
Rosemary Peel

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Morgan Collins

November 13, 2019

Personal Employability

Physical therapy as a job is the best fit for me because it is a service job that would not only benefit me

by getting the satisfaction from helping others, but also aid other people in becoming the best versions of

themselves they can be. The job incorporates face-to-face contact and restoring physical functioning for all

different types of people. Being a physical therapist requires patience and being a team player, both of which I

am able to maintain in tough situations. I am a determined worker and I will do anything in my power to make

the recovery process as painless as it possibly can be. To prepare myself to be a physical therapist, I will need to

do several shadowing opportunities of general and specific physical therapists. I plan on interning with my aunt

in the city of Indiannapolis where she specializes in hand physical therapy. I also plan on getting my yoga or

pilates certification in order to gain more experience in teaching others how to utilize their body in order to

maintain a healthy lifestyle. I hope to be able to have the extensive knowledge that is necessary to develop

programs and treatment plans in order to assist someone in the development of their physical health. This

knowledge will help me be able to come up with solutions quickly for difficult issues in the workplace and even

in everyday life. Throughout my highschool career, I have worked in customer service and I have learned how

to speak to others in a calm manner as well as satisfy others’ needs without compromising the flow of work.

Physical therapy is my number one occupation choice because it will provide me with a variety of tasks and

also a steady income to support my family in the future. The need for physical therapists is predicted to rise in

the next ten years, and I plan to be ready to serve others and contribute to the physical wellness of my

community.