OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Program Information

An Occupational Therapist who graduated from the Universidad de La Frontera is a health professional with the skills to work in clinical, social, communitarian, employment, and educational contexts, in order to contribute to the occupational performance and participation of individuals, groups, and/or communities.

The basic and specialized training considers the occupational, biological, social, and health sciences as the central axis of this professional field. That allows the graduate to evaluate and diagnose occupational problems in all stages of life; carry out individual, group, and/or community interventions; plan programs and projects related to occupation, with cultural and local relevance, from an ethical and legal perspective.

The graduate is a professional with creativity, and social responsibility, able to work autonomously and/or in a team, and to effectively communicate in a globalized world.

He/She can work in public and private entities of the health system, the educational system, profit and non-profit organizations, local community organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations, or self-employed.

Occupational field

An Occupational Therapist has the skills to work in public hospitals and/or private clinics, providing direct clinical care to patients throughout their entire life cycle; public and private health organizations (senior citizens, mental health, home care, observation and diagnostic centers, nursing homes, detention facilities, etc.); the administration of health services and public health care centers; community work (public health care centers, NGOs, community organizations, etc.); occupational health (different business institutions); and the field of education, working in the public, subsidized, and private school system in projects of school integration and special education.