How do they match: Occupational Therapy Assistants

  • Communicate and collaborate with other healthcare professionals involved with the care of a patient.
  • Perform clerical duties, such as scheduling appointments, collecting data, or documenting health insurance billings.
  • Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual or creative arts or games.
  • Monitor patients' performance in therapy activities, providing encouragement.
  • Work under the direction of occupational therapists to plan, implement, or administer educational, vocational, or recreational programs that restore or enhance performance in individuals with functional impairments.

  • Communicate patient status to other health practitioners.
  • Perform clerical work in medical settings.