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Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.
Health Sciences
Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
Average
$187,300
ANNUAL
$90.05
HOURLY
Entry Level
$60,260
ANNUAL
$28.97
HOURLY
Mid Level
$80,350
ANNUAL
$38.63
HOURLY
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
01
Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
02
Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
03
Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.
04
Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
05
Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.
06
Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.
07
Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.
08
Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.
09
Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.
10
Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
Common knowledge, skills & abilities needed to get a foot in the door.
KNOWLEDGE
Medicine and Dentistry
KNOWLEDGE
Psychology
KNOWLEDGE
Biology
KNOWLEDGE
Therapy and Counseling
KNOWLEDGE
Education and Training
SKILL
Critical Thinking
SKILL
Active Listening
SKILL
Reading Comprehension
SKILL
Social Perceptiveness
SKILL
Speaking
ABILITY
Deductive Reasoning
ABILITY
Inductive Reasoning
ABILITY
Oral Expression
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
ABILITY
Oral Comprehension
Health Sciences
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