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31100.10 – Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians

Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Physiatrist
  • Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist
  • Rehabilitation specialist
  • Specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation
  • Specialist in sports medicine
  • Sports medicine physician
  • Sports medicine specialist

Core competencies

  • Critical Thinking, Decision Making and Problem Solving to analyze complex patient conditions and interpret imaging studies or electromyography tests to develop treatment plans to support patient rehabilitation and healing
  • Social Perceptiveness to establish trust, communicate effectively and collaborate with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams
  • Categorization Flexibility to adjust diagnostic and treatment approaches for physical, mental and occupational rehabilitation based on evolving patient progress using varied classification systems
  • Problem Identification and Inductive Reasoning to develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation based on patient physical abilities, restraints and intervention effectiveness
  • Attention to Detail to assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location or duration
  • Knowledge in Physical Health to inform treatment strategies tailored to patients' overall health status, coexisting medical issues and physiological responses to therapy

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.

Additional information

  • Progression to management positions, such as director of laboratory medicine is possible with experience.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Chiropractors (31201)
  • General practitioners and family physicians (31102)
  • Managers in health care (30010)
  • Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (31209)
  • Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals (31303)
  • Specialists in surgery (31101)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

1 – Occupations usually require a university degree

Major group

31 – Professional occupations in health

Sub-major group

311 – Health treating and consultation services professionals

Minor group

3110 – Physicians and veterinarians

Unit group

31100 – Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine

Occupational profile

31100.10 – Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians

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