Occupational Therapist, Social And Human Service Assistant, Pharmacist, And Veterinarian

I am Brania Shant’A Kimbrough. I am 17 years old currently a student at Euclid High School. I plan on becoming a nurse Midwife. When I was younger all I loved was taking care of babies and I think the birthing process is a miracle. One of my big focuses is helping out with others when I can. I plan on starting college in the fall of 2017. During high school my main focus was to make good grades and stay on the right track. I made honor role throughout most of my high school years. I struggled with a couple courses but tried my hardest to not fail myself or the courses. When I became a junior I started to think about college and where I would fit in at. I couldn’t decide between going for nursing or occupational therapy. They are both outstanding

Here are a list of five careers that I have chosen and may be interested in. A Pediatrician, Receptionist, Accounting, Paralegal, and a Register Nurse. In this Career Assessment, I will be describing to you what these careers and what is required to pursue in these careers.

The opportunity to attend the Inter-OT School Legislative Workshop offered insight into the future Occupational Therapy (OT) in the United States and how I— a future therapist can advocate for change and ensure the future and strength of the profession. Within the 3-hour event, I gained a tremendous amount of understanding of OT’s future, various funding sources from the federal government, projected demands of the field in the future, and further insight to the critical work of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and its Director of Health Policy & State Affairs, Chuck Willmarth, CAE.

Throughout this course, my mind was opened to several healthcare careers which I was unaware of before. For the careers that I did know about, this course still did a great job at informing me of the professions on a deeper level. After reviewing the lectures and careers, I feel strongly about pursuing a career in Occupational Therapy. More specifically, I want to become an Occupational Therapy Assistant. This was a career that I had in mind when I began the course and I have been interested in it for about two years now. Occupational Therapy Assistants need to be sociable, compassionate, flexible, and enjoy problem solving. I believe I will enjoy this profession because my personality matches with all of these things.

For my Health Science 1 class we were instructed to choose 3 different careers. The careers to be chosen were a health care career, a career of disinterest, and a career we would like to pursue. I aspire to be a Cardiovascular Perfusionist because it would feel great to be able to prevent someone from dying pre- maturely. I dislike the real estate field because they don't make much money and they do entirely too much work for not much profit. I choose Neurology as my health care career because I like learning about the brain, how it works and how and why people get mental disorders.

“What if there was a job that allowed someone to have endless flexibility and creativity; a profession that is respected and is in overwhelming demand... Most importantly, wouldn’t it be nice to find a job in which you could make an impact, big or small, on the lives of each individual person you worked with? I found this job and that is why I decided to pursue a degree in occupational therapy" (Springer, J., 2015). This testimonial comes from a practicing occupational therapist who has found value in his life's work. Occupational therapy is not a job where "one size fits all"; there are many different demographics of people who need occupational therapy in different environments. Although, all occupational therapists have the same skills

Growing up I always knew I wanted something more than just a “job”. I wanted a career that would be rewarding and encompass a combination of my talents and interests. As a child, I dreamed of being a doctor, mechanical engineer, nurse, dental hygienist, and teacher. It was not until my freshman year of college that I took a good look at career choices. After hearing about occupational therapy, I did a great deal of research to find out what it was, what the therapists did, who they worked with, and the influence they had on the lives of others. As I continued through my college experience, occupational therapy always remained at the top of my list of possible careers. I began to see that it was a perfect combination of all the things I wanted to be when I grew up. I could work as a healthcare professional, help people in need, problem solve, and bring light and hope into people’s lives. Observing several different occupational therapists has confirmed that this is the career for me.

I always knew I was meant to be in the health care field. I grew up with my mother being a registered nurse. I admired the work my mother did, but I knew that wasn’t the career path for me. I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to live independently, safely, and unrestrictedly. I want to be an occupational therapist for the direct role I’d have in a patient’s life and rehabilitation process.

Third of all, an assistant going forward of the career ladder can become an occupational therapist. The occupational therapist assists clients in performing daily basic activities. An occupational therapist is one member of a rehabilitation team that may also include physical therapist, speech therapist, psychologist, and social work. Occupational therapists also work with particular children or the elderly, or they may work in specialized settings including mental health. The education requirement is a master degree. The occupational therapist must be licensed in order to practice. To obtain the licenses one must graduate from an accredited educational program and pass a national certification examination. The median annual salary is $73,820 and a median hourly rate of $35.49.

hen I first started college here at the University of Southern Mississippi, I was undecided on what I wanted to do in the future. I have always been very passionate about working in the medical field and knew that was something that I could see myself doing in the future. I first started out majoring in Biology, because I wanted to be a Physical Therapist. Throughout high school my career interests switched back and forth from physical therapy to nursing. I decided to major in Biology because I was very interested in science and knew there would be plenty opportunities to learn more about it. During sophomore year I continued thinking about nursing and eventually knew that my heart was leading me towards changing my major. After I changed

Assistants have countless work tasks, but a few of the primary tasks are choosing the best therapy to fit patients’ needs and capabilities, overseeing patients’ performance in these activities while offering support, and educating patients and families on home programs, basic living skills, and the care and use of adaptive equipment (“Occupational Therapy”, 2015). Assistants need an associate’s degree or 1-year certificate program in order to practice (“Certified Occupational”, 2016). Different college majors for this occupation are health sciences, exercise and wellness, and kinesiology (“College of Health”, 2015). To transfer into an appropriate major to be an occupational therapy assistant, a GPA of 2.5 or above is required (“College of Health”, 2016). Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) is an organization on campus, and there are events on campus such as Occupational Therapy Night and A.T. Still Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Student Q&A Session that are also student events on campus that connect to occupational therapy assistance (“Orgsync”, 2016). In order to obtain this job, the assistants need a couple years of experience working under a trained professional in order to learn how to properly do work tasks and meet qualifications such as monitoring patient progress, maintaining medical equipment, preparing medical reports, and performing clerical work in medical settings (“Occupational Therapy”, 2015). Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) and American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) are national professional organizations for this occupation (“Orgsync”, 2016; “American Occupational”, 2016). The average salary for this occupation is $27.38 hourly and $56,950 annually. (“Occupational Therapy”, 2015). In 2014, there were 33,000 occupational therapy assistants, and the projected growth of this occupation

Growing up kids people don’t really think about what they plan to do as an adult. Unless you have a family member in a career that you automatically like or that you’re interested in or maybe your parents want you to follow in their footsteps. 1.Most careers don’t really interest me, but one career that does is an Anesthesiologist. The reason I am interested in this career is you make a lot of money and it seems like an easy job if you know what you’re doing personally I feel like I would like being an Anesthesiologist.

I don’t believe that I would enjoy being a radiologic technologist nor do I believe I would like being a phlebotomist. Both are in the medical field which does interest me so I feel like that is the reason those two were in my top picks for careers. The special agent is very interesting because I do feel like I would enjoy a career in that. That would be where my interest in investigating and solving problems would come into play so I do think that career choice is accurate even though that is not what I’m doing. The last one, mental-retardation aide, I feel like is very accurate. Obviously my heart is for people with disabilities and I have a love in being able to help them and see them succeed. So I definitely can see how that career choice would be on my top

As a student of psychology, my career assessments test showed me many options for my career goal path. For starters, my career interest profile results are broken into six main categories which are: social, artistic, investigative, enterprising, realistic, and conventional. According to my results, my career matches are as followed: preschool, primary, secondary, and special education teacher. I am 28% social, 22% artistic, 17% investigative, 11% enterprising, 10% realistic, and 9% realistic. According to my Phoenix results, the salary ranges in this area between $18,140 - $57,530. I generally believed that I have a more noteworthy degree as a social person which ended up being substantial. Individuals who are social likes to help individuals in instructing, giving a restorative guide, giving data for the most part, avoids utilizing machines, devices, and animals to accomplish an objective. Moreover, people who are social is awesome at teaching, exhorting, nursing, or giving information; values people and dealing with social issues; and sees self as to be helpful, welcoming, and dependable. My profession normally includes working with, speaking with, instructing individuals, and causing or giving administration to others. However, my results also showed me other community and social service specialist that also may be in my interest such as health educator, youth counselor, and mental health / behavioral counselor.

Throughout life, people are influenced by others when it comes to career paths. For example, career paths can be directed by our backgrounds such as family and culture. The career path I chose has been influenced by family and those who support me and encourage me during school. The career path, I have chosen is to work with women survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. I will discuss how self-assessments helped me gain an understanding, which careers might be worth pursuing because of my interests.