Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

To assess patient needs, recreational therapists consider medical records, personal observation and talks with the patient and his or her loved ones. They then execute a therapeutic program targeted toward what that patient requires most. This can entail a variety of activities, so therapists need to keep current on communal and therapeutic resources available to best help their patients. Therapists also document a patient's progress during their activities.

Salary:

Their salary is $43,180

Education:

Bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation or recreation with a therapeutic concentration, licence required in some states; certification by the national council for therapeutic recreation certification is preferred by some employers.

Demand in this profession: i feel like we do need more because their is many people who need help to recover and learn to walk and things like that

Do you think you’d like to be one? Yes because i would love to help people to recover and make them happy.

   Radiation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Explain treatment plans to the patient and answer questions about treatment

Follow safety procedures to protect the patient and themselves from overexposure to radiation

Examine machines to make sure they are safe and working properly

X ray the patient to determine the exact location of the area requiring treatment

Check computer programs to make sure the machine will give the correct dose of radiation to the appropriate area of the patient's body

Operate the machine to treat the patient with radiation

Monitor the patient to check for unusual reactions to the treatment

Keep detailed records of treatment

Salary:

the salary per year is $77,560

Education:

A radiation therapist needs an associate's degree.

Do we need some:

In my opinion i think we do need some because their is many people who have diseases so we need many people specialized on radiation.

Do you think you’d like to be one?

I can consider it because this helps cure people a lot of the times and i want to help people.

And also it makes a good amount of money.