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Degree in Occupational Therapy
Orientation and career opportunities
Career guidance activities
The professional orientation in the EUIT aims to make known key aspects of the world of work once the completion of the studies is expected: either the membership, how to look for work, possible job options according to the current times, international job options and also with a prospection at the postgraduate training level.
Career opportunities
Occupational Therapy is a profession with a growing demand and professional opportunities are many and diverse.
As an occupational therapist:
You can also work and specialize in different areas:
- General hospitals and specialized hospitals
- Medium and long-stay hospitals
- Socio-health centres
- Mental health hospitals
- Specialized units: eating disorders, autism spectrum disorder, Behavioural disorder
- Community rehabilitation services
- Home care services
- Senior care centres and residences
- Drug care services
- Occupational accident insurance
- Labour and social integration programmes / labour reintegration centres and occupational training
- Social clubs
- Community care programmes / rehabilitation and social reintegration centres
- Child development and early care centres
- Ordinary schools and special education centres
- Child therapy centres
- Adaptation centres and products support for autonomy
- Centres/institutes for research and development of knowledge
- Concerted private practice
- Risk intervention teams
- Health education programmes
- Prisons
- Services palliative cures
Do you know that… the number of registered occupational therapists* has increased by 96.5% over a four-year period?
*According to the latest published data of the INE (National Statistics Institute) for the period 2013-2017
Job placement
Consult the employment indicators of the degree in Occupational Therapy.
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