College of Health Professions


Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science

News

US News and World Report Lists OT as Top Job of 2008

For the second year in a row Occupational Therapy was listed in US News and World Report's 2008 "Best Jobs" list.  The 31 careers chosen "offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction". Five main criteria were listed as the determining factors for being named to the list. The factors were;
Job satisfaction, defined as spending a high percentage of time on activities that many people would consider rewarding or pleasant. Training difficulty, defined by the length of training typically required, adjusted by the amount of science and/or math involved. Prestige, based on an informal survey of college-educated adults. Job market outlook, based on data from the U.S. Department of Labor and professional organizations, with the career's resistance to being offshored considered. Pay, with data provided by payscale.com, which has an extensive database of individual employee compensation profiles.


 

 

 



Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science
Enrollment Services, Room 245

Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5 p.m.


Phone: 410-704-2762
Fax: 410-704-2322

Recent Articles

hDr.Janet DeLany:  article accepted  Time Utilization of Teen Mothers in OTJR Occupational Participation and Health

hDr.Janet DeLany:  author - Exploring the Complex Values and Concepts of Occupational Therapy Through the O.T. Practice Framework:  Domain and Practice, 2nd ed.

hDr. Regena Stevens-Ratchford:  author - Health Literacy and Successful Aging in Journal of American Speech Language & Pathology

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Announcements
 hLisa Fagan won first place in the Design for Aging Competition of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

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