Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Assist during assessment of patients and carry out treatment programs and develop materials for use with patients
- Carry out treatment programs, under the direction of physiotherapists and/or occupational therapists, to rehabilitate patients with various injuries or disabilities
- Document patient rehabilitation progress
- Take patients' general medical and ophthalmic history
- Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
- Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
- Assist health care professionals
- Assist chiropractor with patient health education
- Assist chiropractor with physical examinations
- Maintain prescription records and inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products