Certified occupational therapist assistant vs physical therapist

Differences between certified occupational therapist assistant and physical therapist duties and responsibilities

Certified occupational therapist assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage wheelchair room and walkers; recommend and implement improvements to organization and ease of use.
• Provide occupational therapy services to rehabilitation, acute care, and outpatients in a hospital setting.
• Provide patient and family education concerning energy conservation techniques, precautions, and proper use of adaptive equipment.
• Educate patient on energy conservation techniques and adaptive equipment use.
• Provide patient with different types of splints.
• Train residents and health care provider in applying orthotics and prosthetics.
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Physical therapist example responsibilities.

• Conduct in-services and train colleagues in effective techniques for safely managing the CVA patient.
• Achieve high level of patients satisfaction due to sound clinical management, quality of care and compassion.
• Perform physical therapy evaluation and treatment of orthopedic patients and supervise PTAs.
• Progress patients' functional mobility during treatment sessions by modifying task, intensity, and adaptive equipment utilize.
• Motivate patients to participate in treatment sessions by educating them on the benefits of early mobility following cardiac and thoracic surgery.
• Experience include IFSP and IEP writing and implementation
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