i'm a very successful occupational therapist for my age, finished my MS course, and make good money, but i accidentally took an IQ test, and i scored highly high in mathematical and spatial skills, in which i always thought i was no great. i decided to take some other IQ and talent tests, and in ALL of them my scores in mathematics and spatial questions was very high, in most of them i answered all of the questions in these parts. do u think i need change my career?
i'm not 27 yet.
2007-04-01 09:02:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Physicists score highest on spatial IQ tests. It is not necessary to change your career if you wish to expand your horizons. Look on your local PBS station for programs with Barbara Scherr. She is a wonderful speaker who talks about how people are always expanding their horizons. If you want to learn French, put time in your schedule to do so, but remember you still have to eat and pay the bills so booking a flight to Paris and thinking you'll live off the land may not be the best choice.
the point is, explore your interests, this will make you a more rounded person and in the process you may find another way to do something you enjoy and make money at. So, maybe you start by doing some research on the net,
Hey, you're an OT, you already have the skills to answer the question for yourself. I'm not sure what branch of work you're doing now but OT's help to make the world better for their clients.
Make yourself your next client, perhaps you will
find engineering ergonomic aides for those with disabilities or anybody will be helpful, once you've done that, perhaps you can work on introducing legislation to make it possible for those wishing to change careers to rcv funding for school to earn
additional degrees (if they have used their 1st successfully) and wish to broaden their horizons.
you are young, and will probably have several careers in your lifetime. At 26 I changed my career plan to slacker (not recommended, very unfullfilling) Now I'm back at the university and while my spatial skills tests have always had high scores I am really horrible at physics (still love it, just don't get it) which I guess means I'm a mathematician at heart.
You can explore higher mathematics just by buying a few books, You may find it helps enhance your current career or leads you down a different path, but the skills you have now, will help you in whatever you choose.
2007-04-08 02:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by molawby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you have to change careers based on an IQ test. You should only change careers if you are unhappy as an occupational therapist...do not let a test decide that for you.
As an occupational therapist, you have many opportunities to utilize your mathematical and spacial skills. For example, measurements of strength and range of motion are very mathematical. ROM requires accuracy and an affinity for numbers and changes in numerical values. Additionally, splint fabrication requires a great deal of spacial skills and even mathematics to obtain proper angles around joints and less force on skin surfaces. Finally, evidence-based practice is driven by statistics...another mathematical process!
If you love occupational therapy, but still feel a need to draw out your mathematical and spacial skills, consider management or even business ownership. You can talk to your rehab manager and ask them how they deal with department budgets, payroll, capital expenses, etc, etc, etc. Maybe you can even start splitting your day between direct client care and administrative duties if you feel inclined to do so. Then, of course, there is always research...as a profession, we are always in need of more people willing to obtain data to support our treatment strategies.
Don't abandon occupational therapy all together. Simply allow your interests and skills to drive the direction of your occupational therapy career. Best of luck!
2007-04-02 11:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by k 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Change your career? Why? Just because you "might" be better at something else?
Sounds like a nervous breakdown trying to happen.
Do what you like to do, not what you think you should do.
With that said, let's go back a notch and try to figure out what you should be doing.
Do you like what you are doing? Are you challenged, happy, compensated sufficiently to live the lifestyle you want? Is there anything you hate about your present job?
If you decide that you like your current job and life, then keep on doing it. If you decide you really don't like your current job, then use the research you've done to find the right job (and life).
I was told I was smart enough to be a doctor, but I hated everything about the medical profession (although I respected it totally): I hate the sight of blood, I hate pain and suffering, I hate the negatives of life in general. I changed my career in time . . . and I have never regretted it.
By the way, I still hate the sight of blood, etc, etc.
2007-04-06 16:22:22 · answer #3 · answered by BC 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you like being an Occupational Therapist?Are you good at it? Do you feel good at the end of most days? Do you feel it is a rewarding job. Do your patients/clients look fwd. to seeing you for treatment. And do you enjoy them.
(I'm not discounting the "bad" days we ALL have at work occasionally)
Do you LOVE working with numbers. Going back to school for an addt'l degree. List the opportunities you would have for a potential career in this other field.
Just some things to think about.
IGood Luck
2007-04-01 16:16:15 · answer #4 · answered by Proud Nana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So what do you like? you must find what you like and then decide what to do. I am from Greece and I love Maths so I decided what's better for me and go study maths abroad, although I could study in my country and not change even a house. Do you understand what I mean? If you like maths and you want to follow their path then go for it. If you want to follow maths because you went well in a test (and if you want my opinion it is a very inaccurate one, once it found a 5 year-old boy have greater IQ than Einstein, but the kid was forced by his parents to learn the answers by heart.) you should not follow this proffesion cuz you will get bored really soon.
So everybody juuuuust hoot, man. Hoot rules.
2007-04-07 02:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by hoot_dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People change careers multiple times in their lives.
What would you like to do NEXT? That's the big question.
Management? Math ability helps. Something more technical medically? Ditto.
But hopefully you're a multi-talented young woman, and in fact no matter WHAT career you choose many of your talents will go unused. ;)
2007-04-02 06:49:10 · answer #6 · answered by Curt Monash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look into being a math teacher! We need women math teachers! Great pay and GREAT job security at the right place! THREE reasons to do it: June July and august! :)
2007-04-06 01:58:36 · answer #7 · answered by MathMark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
air traffic controller.
you could join the reserve air force and get some challenge as an air traffic controller for the airforce. that way you can keep your job and branch out too.
2007-04-01 16:07:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the basis of changing your career is choose which makes you happy . because if you re not happy on what youre doing your work will be harder while if you re happy you ll enjoy what you re doing then less stress and life will be much better.
2007-04-01 16:14:11 · answer #9 · answered by Jeffrey E 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'll be happiest doing what interests you the most.
2007-04-01 16:05:02 · answer #10 · answered by J 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋