Ergothérapeute
Occupational Therapists plan and supervise activity programs for people with temporary or permanent physical disabilities, mental disorders, or emotional disorders. They promote their clients’ capacity for autonomy, and work to improve their clients’ adaptation to daily life, and development of personal capabilities, and integration into the community. Occupational Therapists analyze the physical and mental condition of their clients, assess their potential and limitations, help them set individual goals, and provide activities for improving their functional abilities and skills, such as manual or domestic work, creative expression, physical activities or sports, and educational or recreational games. Occupational Therapists also help clients adapt to their local environments, suggesting ways to more easily conduct daily activities and recommending, if necessary, the use of orthotics or prostheses. They work primarily in rehabilitation centres, hospitals, nursing and long-term care homes, and CLSCs.
SALARY
$25.06 to $44.64 per hour
EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN QUÉBEC
- University (Master’s Degree)
- To practice, an Occupational Therapist must be trained at the Master’s level (second cycle university). In Québec, five universities offer this training. Many of them offer a continuum professional master’s degree.
- McGill University Faculty of Medicine
- Faculté de médecine de l’Université de Montréal (also offers the program at the satellite campus of its medical school at l’Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières)
- Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de SherbrookeÂ
- Faculté de médecine de l’Université Laval (in French only)
PREREQUISITES
3-year Cégep Diploma
MORE INFO
- Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
- Ordre des ergothérapeutes du Québec (in French only)
- Video: Testimony of a CLSC home care occupational therapist – Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (in French only)
- Video: Testimony of a paediatric occupational therapist – ULSanté (in French only)
- Video: Testimony of an occupational therapist – Santé Outaouais (in French only)
