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Physical Therapists

in Columbia County

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury.

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Wages

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Area

Year

Period

Annual Mean

Annual Entry Level

Annual Experience Level

Southwest Arkansas

2009

May

$98,376

$70,124

$112,502

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Short-Term Employment Projections

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Area	Employment Projections		Change	Growth Rate %	Annual Avg Openings
	2010	2012
Arkansas	1,800	1,885	85	2.3	61

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Long-Term Employment Projections

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Area	Estimated Year-Projected Year	Employment Projections		Employment Change		Annual Avg Openings
		Estimated	Projected	Number	Percent
Arkansas	2008 - 2018	1,783	2,236	453	25.4	67

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Top 15 Industries of Employment

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Industry Title

Number of Employers in Columbia County

Number Employed in Industry in 2008 in Southwest Arkansas

Percent of Total
Employment for Occupation in Southwest Arkansas

Growth Projection in Southwest Arkansas

Ambulatory Health Care Services

60.0%

0.7%

Hospitals

20.0%

0.3%

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

9.4%

-0.7%

Educational Services

1.2%

0.9%

Social Assistance

1.2%

3.0%

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Occupational Licensing Requirements

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License Title

License Authority

Physical Therapist (PT)

Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy

9 Shackleford Plaza ,Suite 3
Little Rock , AR 72211-

Phone: 501-228-7100

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Educational Requirements

This occupation is in Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed .
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

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Physical Therapists

O*NET Characteristics

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Top 10 Skills

Importance
(0-100)high

Competence Level

Active Listening

Instructing

Time Management

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Learning Strategies

Science

Active Learning

Monitoring

Reading Comprehension

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Top 10 Tasks

Importance
(0-100)high

Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.

Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.

Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.

Administer manual exercises, massage or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.

Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.

Confer with the patient, medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program.

Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.

Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.

Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.

Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.

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Top 10 Work Activities

Importance
(0-100)high

Assisting and Caring for Others

Getting Information

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Analyzing Data or Information

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Performing General Physical Activities

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Top 2 Work Values

Extent
(0-100)high

Achievement

Relationships

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Top 2 Interests

Occupational Interest
(0-100)high

Social

Realistic

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Physical Therapists

Alternate Titles

Home Care Physical Therapist, Kinesiotherapist, Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant (LPTA), Outpatient Physical Therapist, Pediatric Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist (PT), Physiotherapist, Pulmonary Physical Therapist, Registered Physical Therapist (RPT), Rehabilitation Services Director, Sports Physical Therapist, Staff Physical Therapist, Treatment Coordinator

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