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Exploring Healthcare Careers: Education Levels and Pathways

Discover various healthcare careers and the educational requirements, from basic high school preparation to advanced degrees. Learn about certifications, licensure, and continuing education. Explore trends, skills, and salaries in dental, diagnostic, emergency, and mental health services.

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Exploring Healthcare Careers: Education Levels and Pathways

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  1. Unit E Careers in Health Care

  2. Secondary Education • Basic high school preparation • Should include: sciences, social studies, english, and math • Keyboarding, computer applications, and accounting skills • Health Science Technology Education

  3. Educational Requirements and levels of training • Types of Education • Associates Degree • Bachelor’s Degree • Master’s Degree • Doctorate or Doctoral Degree

  4. Types of Education • Certification-fulfilled requirements of education or performance • Registration- List of qualified personal • Licensure- government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given occupation • Accreditation- ensures that the program of study meets quality competency standards • Continuing Education Units- required to renew licenses or maintain certification/registration

  5. Education and Levels of Training • 1-Professional • 2-Technologist • 3-Technician • 4- Aide or Assitant

  6. Trends • Multi-Component or Multi-Skilled Worker • Common trend • Variety of occupations • ECG tech, EEG Tech • Entrepreneur • Individuals who organize, manages, and assumes the risk of a business • Individuals or Group • Many work under the supervision of a physician or dentist • Skills needed

  7. Careers in Health Care 5.02

  8. Dental Careers • Dentist • Dental Hygienist • Dental Laboratory Technician • Dental Assistant

  9. Dental Careers • Dentist- DMO or DDS • 2 or more years of additional education • $84,000-$200,000 year salary • Dental Hygienist • Associates, bachelors, or masters degree • $39,000- $83,2000 year salary • Dental Lab Tech • 3-4 year on the job experience • $23,000- $53,000 year salary • Dental Assistant • 1-3 years on the job experience • $19,000- $38,000 year salary

  10. Diagnostic Services • Medical Laboratory Technologist • Phlebotomist • Radiologic Technologist • Epidemiologist • Biomedical Engineer

  11. Skill Check

  12. Emergency Medical Services

  13. Paramedic (EMT-P) • Performs all basic duties • More thorough patient assessments, provide advanced cardiac life support, interpret ECG’s, do endotracheal intubation, administer drugs, and use more complex equipment.

  14. Intermediate EMT • Basic duties • Also assesses patients, interprets ECGs, administers defibrillation as needed, manage shock, uses IV equipment, and inserts esophageal airways

  15. Basic- EMT • Provides basic care for a wide range of illnesses and injuries • Includes: medical emergencies, bleeding, fractures, airway obstruction, BLS, oxygen administration, emergency childbirth, rescue trapped persons, and transports victims.

  16. Skill Check- Bleeding

  17. Health information and communication services • Medical Record Administrator • Medical Transcriptionist • Unit Secretary • Medical Illustrator

  18. Section 5.03 • Analyze careers included in health care facility services, medical services, and mental health and social services.

  19. Hospital/Health Care facility services • Health Care Administrator • Central/Sterile Supply Technician

  20. Medical Careers • Physician Physician Assistant • MD Medical Assistant • OD • DPM • DC

  21. Physician Specialist • Anesthesiologist • Cardiologist • Dermatologist • Gastroenterologist • Gerontologist • Gynecologist • Neurologist • Obstetrician • Oncologist • Ophthalmologist • Orthopedist • Otolaryngologist • Pathologist • Pediatrician • Psychiatrist • Radiologist • Thoracic Surgeon • Urologist

  22. Skill Check- Checking Apical Pulses

  23. Mental and Social Services • Psychiatrist • Psychologist • Social Worker

  24. 5.04 Analyze Mortuary, Nursing, and Nutrition and dietary careers

  25. Mortuary Careers • Mortician • Embalmer

  26. Skills Check- Writing an Obituary

  27. Nursing Careers • Registered Nurse • Masters or Doctoral Degree • Bachelor’s Degree • Diploma program • Associates Degree • Licensed Practical Nurse • Nursing Assistant

  28. Skill Check- Hand-washing

  29. Surgical Technologist

  30. Nutrition and Dietary Services • Dietician • Dietetic Assistant

  31. Skill Check- Feeding the Patient

  32. 5.05- Analyze therapeutic services, veterinary medicine, and vision services • Therapeutic Careers • Veterinary Careers • Vision Services

  33. Skill Check- Body Mechanics

  34. Skill Check- Vision Screening

  35. 5.06 • Apply self-assessment for career planning and revise/develop an individual career development plan. • Perform self-assessment • Develop/revise individual career development plan

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