226912 - Occupational therapist

Helps individual persons or their groups, who have occupational deficiencies due to diseases, physical disorders and temporary or permanent mental disabilities and who are trying to regain their ability to perform daily activities. Provides treatment and rehabilitation services so that patients can actively participate in community life, live according to their desires and perform meaningful activities to them.

Main activities

* assess patients' abilities and functional condition;
* consult and plan individualized treatment plans;
* provide therapeutic intervention, occupational therapy, writing therapy, art therapy;
* teach patients to use special therapeutic equipment and tools;
* monitor and evaluate patients' progress and adaptation to therapy.

Characteristic competences

* carry out functional assessments and determine patient needs;
* plan and implement individualized therapeutic treatment;
* know anatomy, physiology and diseases related to functional limitation;
* communicate and work with patients of various ages and their families;
* use therapeutic tools and technologies.