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Introduction
Occupational therapy is the therapeutic use of self-care, work, and play activities to increase independent function, enhance development, and prevent disability; may include adaptation of task or environment to achieve maximum independence and to enhance quality of life.
Occupational therapy is the art and science of directing man's participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance; facility learning of those skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity; diminish or correct pathology; and to promote and maintain health. Its fundamental concern is the capacity, throughout the life span, to perform with satisfaction to self and others those tasks and roles essential to productive living and to the mastery of self and the environment.
Occupational therapy is mainly used for treating patients with various kinds of physical disabilities. In the old age more particularly, some skills are required to perform normal acts. Occupational therapists design activities to develop self-independence in physically disable people. This type of therapy is patient specific, involving recreational, creative or educational activities. The patient's specific interests, his background, his previous experiences also form an integral part of treatment.
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOT) is a three years degree course with six months of internship. Some institutes (e.g. Manipal Academy) conduct BOT course which is of four years duration followed by six months of internship. The minimum educational qualification for BOT program is a 10+2 Science with physics, chemistry and Biology. The selection is generally made on the basis of an entrance examination conducted by the institute/university.
For admission to MOT program, the candidate should have passed Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (B.O.Th.) from an institution recognized by UGC securing at least 50% marks in the aggregate. There are few universities offering the course including Jamia Hamdard (New Delhi) and Manipal Academy, Karnataka.
Occupational therapists find jobs in hospitals, private clinics and health centres, rehabilitation centres and NGOs. More than one-third of occupational therapists work part time.
In large rehabilitation centers, occupational therapists may work in spacious rooms equipped with machines, tools, and other devices generating noise. The job can be tiring, because therapists are on their feet much of the time. Those providing home healthcare may spend time driving from appointment to appointment. Therapists also face hazards such as back strain from lifting and moving clients and equipment.
Occupational therapists, in recent time, are increasingly taking on supervisory roles. Due to rising healthcare costs, third party payers are beginning to encourage occupational therapist assistants and aides to take more hands-on responsibility. By having assistants and aides work more closely with clients under the guidance of a therapist, the cost of therapy should be more modest.
The earnings of occupational therapists are no less encouraging. They work on full time or part time basis in hospitals/rehabilitation centres to earn handsome salary. Graduate occupational therapists get starting salary ranging between Rs 8,500 and Rs 11,500 per month. However, with one or two years of experience, remuneration increases. In the private hospitals and NGOs, the pay package is higher.
National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped
(Under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India) B.T. Road, Bon-Hoogly, Calcutta - 700 090, India E-Mail: nioh@cal.vsnl.net.in Course Offered: Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
Pt. Deen Dayal Institute for Physically Handicapped 4, Vishnu Digamber Marg, New Delhi-110 002 Phone: 23232403 Fax: 23239690 Course Offered: B.Sc. (Hons) Occupational Therapy
All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Haji Ali, K. Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 400034 Telephone: 91-22-24964331 / 32 / 40 / 41 Fax: 91-22-24962737 GRAM: REHABCENTRE Email: aiipmr@vsnl.com , bd.athani@nic.in Website: http://aiipmr.gov.in/
Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital Acharya Donde Marg, Parel Mumbai – 400012, India Phone 91-22-2413 6051 Fax: 91-22-2414 3435 Email: websitecontact@kem.edu Website: http://www.kem.edu/ Course: B.Sc. - Occupational Therapy
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences Manipal University, Manipal - 576104 Fax: (0820) – 2571915 Phone: 0820-2571201 (ext) 22704 (Dean), 22705 (Office) Email: office.coahs@manipal.edu Website: http://www.manipal.edu Course: Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOT), Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)
K.M.C.H. College of Occupational Therapy Post Box No.3209, Avanashi Road, Coimbatore - 641014 Tamilnadu., India. Phone: 091 - 422 - 8270196, 827784 - 90 (7 - lines) Extn: 721 Fax: 091 - 422 - 827196, 827782. E-Mail:kmcret@hotmail.com Website: http://www.kmcret.com/occupational/ Course: Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOT) – 4 ½ years course
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022, India Tel: 91-022-2407 6381 Fax: 91-022-2407 6100 Email: webmaster@ltmmc.org Website: http://www.ltmmc.org Course: Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)
National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (NIRTAR) Olatpur, P.O.Bairoi, Cuttack-754010, (Orissa) Phone: 0671-2805552 Fax No.0671-2805862 E-mail: nirtar@ori.nic.in Website: http://nirtar.nic.in/ Course: Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOT)
Occupation Therapy Training School Sir DB Orthopaedic Centre, Mumbai-400012, (Maharashtra)
S.M.S. Hospital Jaipur 302004, (Rajasthan)
S.R.M. Institute of Medical Science and Research Ashok Nagar, Chennai-600033, (Tamil Nadu) Santosh College of Occupational Therapy Chennai-600090, (Tamil Nadu)
Santosh World Medical Academy No.1, Santosh Nagar, Pratap Vihar, Ghaziabad-201009, (Uttar Pradesh)
University of Madras Century Building, Chepauk, (Tamil Nadu) institute
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