Honours Seminar in Psychology

1. Honours Seminar in Psychology Lecture 8: Careers

2. Career Fair • What is this career? • What is the educational background of this person? • What kind of courses should you take to get into this profession? • Link to a program where you could study this • Other links • Why do you want to do this? • Salary? Job structure? Where do you work?

3. Psychology-related careers • I have another magic wand, and none of you are psychologists anymore. But it is 5 years later, and you have a job and a career. What is it? • What have psychology students from Acadia gone into? • Education, Special Education • Speech and Language • Occupational Therapy • Physiotherapy • Law • Medicine • Social Work • Human Resources • Workers in institutional and group home settings • Business • Information Technology, Library • Public Relations

4. Psychology/Law School Career Psycholegal areas: jury behavior, therapeutic jurisprudence, eyewitness identification, sex offenders, children's decision making, domestic violence, research ethics and the law, forensic assessment, criminal responsibility, juvenile justice, admissibility of evidence) • Educational background: J.D., PhD., MLS, MA • What kind of courses should you take? • Undergrad: Psych & Law, Research Methods, Statistics • Graduate: Related psychology and law electives (and advanced versions of undergrad courses)

5. Psych/Law continued • Why do this? • Areas of converging interest (especially areas of psychology that require an understanding of the law, i.e. eyewitness testimony and jury decisions) • Major area of research, current issue that affects public policy Where you work: graduates are trained to work in universities, in research and public interest organizations, or in consulting organizations (e.g., jury research firms). Some graduates (especially those in the JD-MA track) do pursue more applied or practice-oriented careers (i.e. jury consultant). Salary, job structure e.g. Jury Consultant (Research analyst): compensation package plus sales incentive, Medical/Dental benefits, matching 401k retirement plan, PTO, Referral programs and more http://psycweb.unl.edu/psylaw/prospective_program_description.htm

6. Health Sciences • E.g. Health Administration • “A career that brings together health policy, business and management in a comprehensive approach for today’s complex health care environment” • Graduates work in fields such as hospital administration, district health council positions, health planning, health policy analysis, area co-ordinators for health organizations, and health care consultants

7. Health Sciences Cont’d • MHSc Health Administration required (UofT) • Undergraduate degree in science, honours degree is beneficial (BSc Nursing, psychology, health sciences etc.) • http://www.gradschool.utoronto.ca/programs/masters/Health_Administration_-_MHSc.htm

8. Social Work- MSW - providing resources, services and opportunities for the overall benefit of humanity. - 4 yr bachelor’s degree, or equivalent. BSW to be considered for advanced standing program    4 full yr social science courses and ½ course in research methods, ½ course in stats B standing in final academic yr Paid and/or voluntary experience in human service organizations, awareness of contemporary social issues/values, communication and motivation http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=30&p=31 http://www.cassw-acess.ca/home/ewellcome.htm

9. emphasis on practical, hands on experience. • average salary: $30,590  top 10%: $49,080 U.S. • Child, family and school social workers, mental health and substance abuse social workers, medical and public health social workers, and others • Full-time social workers usually work a standard 40-hour week; however, some occasionally work evenings and weekends to meet with clients, attend community meetings, and handle emergencies.

11. Physiotherapy is a client-focused profession dedicated to: Improving physical wellness, managing pain and disabilities and promoting wellness. For this profession, currently all that is needed is a Bachelor’s Degree. By 2010, the national qualifications will require a Master’s Degree. The required courses for your undergrad include mostly physiology, physiotherapy and anatomy. http://physiotherapy.dal.ca/index.html http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/rehab/programs/programs.html http://www.physiotherapy.ca/ http://www.accpap.ca/FAQs.pdf#search=%22national%20physiotherapy%22 Physiotherapy

12. Someone may be interested in this line of work because you get to work with people. Physiotherapist can work with people of all ages. Most jobs seem to be working for rehab centres or physiotherapy clinics. Salaries range from around $20/hr to $40/hr, and even up to $100000/yr.

13. Psychiatry is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness. People interested in this profession must attend a medical school The medical program at Dalhousie requires: -GPA of 3.3 on a 4.3 scale -a score of at least 24 on the MCATS (for Maritime residents) -applicants should have a four year undergraduate degree with a broad academic background and several levels of training -the application process is competitive and requires a personal essay as well as an in depth interview with the committee

14. -Other Canadian Medical Schools: Laval University Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University School of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine • -in the US salries ranged from $121000 to $189499 with an average ammount of $142610

15. Occupational Therapy • Occupational therapy (OT) is an applied science and health profession that provides skilled treatment to help individuals develop, regain or maintain the skills necessary to participate in all facets of their lives. OT gives people the "skills for the job of living" necessary for living meaningful and satisfying lives. • Educational background includes training in biological, physical, medical, physical and behavioural sciences. • Suggested courses – biology, social sciences, anatomy, physiology, psychology, etc

16. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists http://www.caot.ca/Default.asp? • Studying OT at UWO http://www.uwo.ca/grad/prospective_students/programs/occupational_therapy.htm • Help others live their lives to the fullest •  The median expected salary for a typical Occupational Therapist in the United States is $60,614. • Salaries can also vary from one province to another but a new qualified occupational therapist can earn from $40,000 to $45,000. • OTs work in a hospital and various community settings (prisons, mental health services, pediatrics, primary care).

17. I/O Psychology I/O Psychologists examine and understand the behaviour of individuals and groups in organized environments. They may perform a variety of jobs in industry, business, and public service. Job possibilities include work in Human Resources, management, anywhere organizations are looking improve work settings and team aspects in the workplace. Master’s degree is the minimum education required but a Ph.D. leads to a greater salary. Useful Courses: Research Methods, I/O Psyc, Business Government economists expect job growth for industrial psychologists to be faster than the average for all careers through 2014.

18. I/O psychologists with only a MSc are generally dealing with a salary starting as low as $30 – $40000 for research and teaching positions, although can raise up to about $80000 in management settings. • The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that industrial psychologists earned an average salary of $89,980 USD in 2005. • Job structure can be either independent and self directed work or you can be hired within an organization permanently. Flexible hours are often a benefit of being a consultant for companies. • http://www.smu.ca/academic/science/psych/grad.html • http://www.siop.org/siophoshin.aspx

19. Speech and LanguageSpeech Language Pathology • http://humancommunicationdisorders.healthprofessions.dal.ca/Human%20Communication%20Disorders/About%20Speech-Language%20Pathology/ • Master-level educated health care professionals who assess, diagnose and manage speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders. • They may work in hospitals, community health centres, private clinics, schools, preschools, child development centres, rehabilitation centres, government agencies and universities. • Requires a undergraduate degree in areas such as of study as psychology, biology, health sciences, kinesiology, nursing, linguistics, or education. 

20. Useful courses include: human biology, anatomy or physiology, acoustics, developmental psychology, gerontology, learning theory or abnormal psychology, speech perception, psychoacoustics, or other areas of language and linguistics. • http://www.caslpa.ca/english/index.asp - Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists • Pay ranges from $28-$40 per hour for full time work.

21. What is a psychologist? • Defined by statute, registration • I have a magic wand, and tomorrow you will wake up as a psychologist. What kind would you want to be and why? • Areas of Psychology: • clinical and counselling psychologists work in mental health settings; • health psychologists work in hospitals, rehabilitation centres and private practice; • school psychologists work in schools; • neuropsychologists work in hospital settings and private practice; • industrial/organizational psychologists work in business, industry, privately; • forensic psychologists work in prisons and correctional settings • experimental psychologists: universities, government and industry where they conduct research • Clinical psychologists in university settings: research and clinical work