Obstetrics

I want to persue a career in Occupational Therapy with Pediatrics, Where would I start?

I want to attend a junior college near my home...what courses are manditory to become an Occupational Therapist, especially Pediatrics??

Public Comments

1. you are going to want to start out with your science courses. It would be a good idea for your first semester to probably take General Chemistry 1 and Biology 1. That way you can start moving up quickly in the science courses. Community College is a smart path to go down but treat it like a 4 year university! Shoot for straight A's and take the most amount of hard courses you can handle in a semester. Don't worry about getting an assiociates degree and taking too many useless gen. ed classes that many CC students tend to take.
2. At the jc level you want to take the same courses that the pre-nursing students do or even pre-med if your jc has such courses. You wouldn't get to specilize in Peds until you are in OT school and then only if you have a big childrens hospital nearby that you could train at. Otherwise you will have to wait until you graduate and just look for peds jobs.