Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.
- Tasks
- 15 tasks15 core
- Family
- Healthcare PractitionersOne of its 96 occupations
- Code
- 29-1229.04SOC 2018: 29-1229
What the work is made of
All 15 are core tasks, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the job
- Task 1. Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.Core taskTask 17201Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 2. Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.Core taskTask 17200Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 3. Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.Core taskTask 17198Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 4. Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.Core taskTask 17210Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 5. Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.Core taskTask 17199Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 6. Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.Core taskTask 17203Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 7. Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.Core taskTask 17205Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 8. Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.Core taskTask 17207Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 9. Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.Core taskTask 17204Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 10. Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.Core taskTask 17206Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 11. Prescribe therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, hydrotherapy, debridement, short-wave or microwave diathermy, and infrared or ultraviolet radiation, to enhance rehabilitation.Core taskTask 17208Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 12. Instruct interns and residents in the diagnosis and treatment of temporary or permanent physically disabling conditions.Core taskTask 17196Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 13. Diagnose or treat performance-related conditions, such as sports injuries or repetitive-motion injuries.Core taskTask 17202Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 14. Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.Core taskTask 17209Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
- Task 15. Conduct physical tests, such as functional capacity evaluations, to determine injured workers' capabilities to perform the physical demands of their jobs.Core taskTask 17197Rated by 67 people who do the job, July 2012
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 29-1229
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