CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE

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CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE

• Do something that matters.
• For yourself.
• For others

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Allied Health Professions

• Also referred to as Health-Related Professions
• A cluster of health professions, encompassing as
  many as 200 health careers
• Represent approximately 60 of all health care
  providers
• Professions fall into two categories
• technicians (assistants)
• therapists/technologists

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Allied Health Professions

• Athletic Trainer
• Cardiovascular Technologist/technician
• Laboratory Technologist/technician
• Cytotechnologist
• Sonographer
• Dietrician/nutritionist
• EMT/Paramedic
• Genetics Counselor
• Health Info Manager

• Home Care Assistant
• Medical Assistant
• Medical Interpreter
• Nuclear Medicine Tech
• Nursing Assistant
• Optician
• Pathologists Assistant
• Radiological Technician
• Respiratory Therapist
• Surgical Technologist

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Arts Humanities

• This health field includes a number of excellent
  humanities- and arts-based careers

• Art Therapist
• Medical Historian
• Medical Illustrator
• Medical Librarian

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Alternative Medicine

• Medical practices, and products that are not
  considered to be part of conventional medicine
• Tend to be strongly prevention-oriented and place
  a high value on the body's natural ability to
  heal itself  

• Acupuncture Practitioner
• Chiropractor
• Massage Therapist
• Naturopathic Doctor

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Dentistry

• Dental Assistant
• Dental Hygienist
• Dental Laboratory Technician
• Dentist

• Health professionals who provide a wide range of
  oral health care
• At the forefront of a range of new developments
  in dental implants, computer generated imaging,
  and cosmetic and aesthetic procedures

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Medicine

• Diagnose illness and injury, prescribe and
  administer treatment, and advise patients about
  how to prevent and manage disease
• Two paths to becoming a doctor
• allopathic medicine, which leads to an M.D.
  (medical doctor)
• osteopathic medicine, which leads to a D.O.
  (doctor of osteopathic medicine)

• Physician Assistant
• Physician M.D.
• Physician D.O.
• Physician Scientist
• Podiatrist

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Mental Health

• Psychologist
• Psychiatrist M.D. or D.O.
• Counselor
• Social Worker

• Involves counseling patients in order to promote
  their optimum mental health
• Help deal with a variety of life stresses and
  problems
• Addiction substance abuse
• Mental health issues
• Family, parenting or marital problems
• Grief, anger, or depression
• Behavioral issues

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Nursing

• Promote health, prevent disease, and help
  patients cope with illness
• Wide range of career opportunities
• Numerous specialty options -- each of which has
  its own certification requirements

• Licensed Practical Nurse
• Registered Nurse
• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nurse Midwife
• Nurse Practitioner
• Occupational Health Nurse

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Occupational Therapy

• Services typically include
• Treatment programs to improve one's ability to
  perform daily activities
• home and job site evaluations with adaptation
  recommendations
• Guidance to family members and caregivers

• Occupational Therapy Aide
• Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Occupational Therapist

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Optometry

• Optometrist

• Involves everything that has to do with eyes and
  vision
• Examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the eyes
  and surrounding structures
• Treatment of vision problems

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Pharmacy

• Pharmacy Technician
• Pharmacy Aide
• Pharmacist

• "medication experts"
• concerned with safeguarding the public's health
  in matters relating to medication distribution
  and use and disease state management.

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Physical Therapy

• Involves using physical methods
• Manipulation, traction, exercise, massage,
  hot/cold therapy, etc.
• Assess, diagnose, and treat injury, disability or
  disease

• Physical Therapist Assistant
• Physical Therapist

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Public Health

• Create healthy communities through education,
  research, and promotion of healthy lifestyles
• Play a key role in emergency preparedness

• Behavioral Science
• Biomedical Practice
• Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
• Maternal Child
• Occupational Health
• Public Health Practice

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Speech-Language-Hearing

• Speech Language Pathologist
• Audiologist

• Specialize in the science of speech, language,
  and hearing 
• Deal with disabilities and conditions related to
  speech delays or difficulties and hearing loss or
  limitations

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Veterinary Medicine

• Known for healing ill and injured animals

• Veterinary Technologist or Technician
• Veterinarian

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