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Clinical Privileges / ISU Internship / Employment / Higher Education / Professional Resources

KNR 273. Clinical Privileges / ISU Internship / Employment / Higher Education / Professional Resources. What are Clinical Privileges?.

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Clinical Privileges / ISU Internship / Employment / Higher Education / Professional Resources

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  1. KNR 273 Clinical Privileges / ISU Internship / Employment / Higher Education / Professional Resources

  2. What are Clinical Privileges? • Permission to provide medical or other patient care services in the granting institution, within well-defined limits, based on the individual’s professional license/certification, experience, competence, ability, & judgment. • Set by individual governing boards of hospital using criteria set by that hospital.

  3. Clinical Privileges • Core privileges = scope of procedures and activities within a specialty that each practitioner is competent to practice • Supplemental/special privileges = procedures and activities that require additional training, skills, or competencies • Requires permission or privilege to perform • TR and massage • TR and counseling

  4. Clinical Privileges • Difference between CP & credentialing • Both protect consumer • CP examines clinical performance • CP grants permission to perform specified activities within a specific hospital • Types of clinical privilege • Fully competent • Supervision required • Not approved

  5. ISU TR Internships

  6. ISU TR Internships • Select based on desired learning experiences vs. close to home or familiar • Should try both community and clinical experiences (Junior & Senior) • Should not be in an agency where you did junior internship or have spent much time volunteering • Give serious consideration to approved sites (See intern files)

  7. ISU TR Internships • Sites approved base on NCTRC job tasks • Also evaluate for other criteria • Qualifications of setting • Qualifications of professional • Adherence to internal & external standards

  8. ISU TR Internships • Approval process • Forms at initial approval • Forms after initial approval • TRIE evaluation (midterm and final) • Competency assessment (accreditation) • Before and after internship • Student and supervisor

  9. ISU TR Internships • ONLY 1 STUDENT PER AGENCY • Competitive • Make sure a fit between you and the agency

  10. Employment

  11. Future TR Employment Predictions • Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-2013 Edition • U.S. Dept. of Labor • Grow faster than average • Increase 17% • Increases in • Nursing & residential services for aging • Educational settings for youth (?) • Outpatient settings • (SK) Veteran’s hosptials

  12. Future TR Employment Predictions • Expected to decline • Hospitals • Opportunities best for people with B.S. degree in TR with CTRS • With specialized certificates

  13. MSN Careers – 5 Health-care Jobs for Bachelor’s Degree Holders • Athletic trainer • Dietitian and nutritionist • Medical and clinical laboratory technologist and technician • Occupational health and safety specialist • Recreational therapist

  14. Show Me the Money • Median annual in 2010 • $39, 410 • Median for all occupations $33,840 • Lowest 10% • Under 24,640 • Top 10% • Over $62,670 • Occupational Outlook Handbook

  15. Show Me the Money • Factors • Years of experience • Degree level • Specific region • Type of agency • Certification

  16. Show Me the Money • For a look at salary ranges in a specific city, go to www.salary.com • Select Salary Wizard • Sports & Recreation • Recreational Therapist • Example: A Recreational Therapist working in Champaign, IL earns an average of $40,048

  17. Show Me the Money

  18. Show Me the Money

  19. Job Searches • ATRA • IPRA • ISU TR Alum Facebook • www.recreationtherapy.com • www.usajobs.gov • www.iHireTherapy.com • http://jobs.disabilityscoop.com/search_results.php • www.monster.com • Others • Remember to look at various titles

  20. Higher Education

  21. Graduate School • Who has thought about going to graduate school? • Why? • Where? • What major? • When? • Masters? Doctorate? • Questions about graduate school?

  22. Graduate School --- Requirements • 3.0 (0ut of 4.0) GPA or higher • Overall GPA • Junior/Senior year • Last 60 hours • Graduate Record Examination (GRE) • Professional recommendations • Undergraduate faculty in your area

  23. Graduate School --- Requirements • Application fee (non-refundable) • Statement of career goals • Resume • On campus faculty interview • On campus writing exercise

  24. Graduate School • Financial Assistance • Tuition/fee waivers • Graduate assistantships • Scholarships • Culminating Experience • Thesis • Non-thesis (sometimes more hours) • Paper • Professional practice

  25. Graduate School • Not like undergraduate • Need to read, think, write • Need to be self motivated • Need to be able to structure time • Need to be able to work independently • Not for everyone or needed by everyone

  26. Professional Resources

  27. Journals • Therapeutic Recreation Journal • Annual in Therapeutic Recreation • American Journal of Recreation Therapy • Palestra • Sports n Spokes • Others

  28. Publishers • Sagamore Publishing • Venture Publishing • Idyll Arbor • ATRA

  29. Conferences • ATRA • NRPA • IPRA • ILRTA • CIRCLE • Midwest Symposium • Conference at Sea

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