Rehabilitation medicine

Although physical medicine and rehabilitation requires many years of experience and a commitment to the field, it can be a very rewarding career path for anyone who enjoys helping others. The education required to obtain a degree in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation begins with four years of college. In these four years, several premedical college courses are required (McAlpine 17). The cost of college varies, but the national average is $10,000 per year. After completing college, training at a medical school is necessary (Reeves, Lindsey, and Karlitz 110). To gain entry into a medical school, one must pass the Medical College Admissions Test, also known as the MCAT (Zaslove 127). As well as passing the MCAT, a student must gain experience through volunteering or job shadowing. In medical school, students are trained and prepared for the events that may occur in the future career (Heller 18). The tuition varies for medical school, but the average cost is $31,000 per year. After medical school, a residency is essential in order to further medical training. During residency, students also receive a salary for working. Both intensive schooling and training is imperative to complete the medical career, but the rewards it will provide make it well worth…

require balance for their execution. Yet, it is unsure which aspect of activities of daily living can most predominantly be predicted by balance factors, if at all; mobility, especially transfers, had previously been identified to be significant predictor of functional autonomy after stroke (Sangha et al., 2005), and with that of health related quality of life. Despite the model being a significant predictor of performance of ADL, time since stroke, age and the ability to perform hand and wrist…

kinds of groups and research shows that some may be more beneficial than others. It is important to remember the overall theory of group counseling and how that is beneficial to substance abuse clients. Overall, group counseling is an efficient treatment modality to treat addiction if the group counselor is properly trained. Personal Reaction I picked the topic of group counseling because I am genuinely interested in how group counseling works. I was shocked when I found an article that said…

Being the youngest in the Sober Living, I live at, it’s like I have six moms and/or older sisters. All of the women have inspired me with their recovery and learning a new way of life, as so am I. One of the ladies I live with Tiffany P. (for anonymity reasons can’t write her full name; she is in a 12 Step program as I am) is a Hawaii-born lady, straight from Honolulu, Hawaii. The reason why I’m writing about her and not the other five ladies, is because our story starts in Acton Rehab almost…

On Friday, October 28, 2016, I attended my very first open meeting for Overeaters Anonymous located in the Beebe Memorial CME Temple next to a church in 3900 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA at 6pm. This was the first time in a long time that I felt welcomed into a community of people whom I had just met. I arrived thirty minutes before the meeting and spoke to Louis, the meeting advisor for the night. I let him know I was a student who was taking a class on Addiction and wanted to know if it was…

Helping consumers plan for retirement Implications for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Prior to 1973, adults over 65 were excluded from participation in state/federal vocational rehabilitation services (Wadsworth, 2004) so the issues of rehabilitating older workers are still being identified. Vocational Rehabilitation counselors will likely continue to see applicant age increase in the future. Some of the potential practice changes vocational rehabilitation counselors are likely to see…

The effectiveness of substance abuse treatments including alcoholism, can be successful. Similarly, it is equally important to establish efficacy in treatment patients and or clients must first volunteer to treatment. As clinicians, it is important to conceptualize with all the needs that a client may warrant including social, environmental, and financial, which are common pathways that lead to substance abuse as it is found in most cases used as methods of coping. Nonetheless in addition to…

Drug Addiction and Prevention Throughout this unit we have talked about many different cases of addiction, how the media portrayed them and the treatments that were proven successful, and unsuccessful, as a way to try and combat those addiction cases. One of the least effective portrayals of addiction was the novel Go Ask Alice, by author Beatrice Sparks (Google search: Go Ask Alice). This novel, in some very extreme case, could be plausible; but, all of the events that occurred to the main…

food, and make tents. Many teens experience a strong sense of spiritual recovery in wilderness rehab. Boot camps: teens experience a rough, military-type experience. This treatment is similar to wilderness drug rehab, but is much harsher. Teens must follow strict rules or face expulsion. Appropriate only for people teens fighting against their own recovery. All of these options will include some form of detoxification as well as mental and emotional assessment and care. The first three…

Trying to understand why recovery from substance abuse works for some and not others, I began a journey into article research to see if there is evidence to show what works when people are trying to get off drugs. The idea that somebody can just wake up one day and be done isn’t realistic. To have the best chances of success, to become free from substance abuse or addiction, one must encompass a lifestyle of changes. To include, finding support, attending meetings, incorporate spirituality…