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Health Care Career Planning: Resources, Education, Licensure, and Career Clusters

This chapter provides an overview of health care careers and guides individuals on career planning in the health care field. It covers resources for career research, educational requirements, licensure and registration processes, and details the various career clusters in health care.

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Health Care Career Planning: Resources, Education, Licensure, and Career Clusters

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  1. Chapter 2: Overview of Health Care Careers

  2. Career Planning in Health Care • Resources • Career section of school or public library • Librarian • Books on occupation: overview & specific • Databases • Lists of web sites • Occupational Outlook Handbook • Web sites of schools & professional organizations • Interviews & job-shadowing with health care professionals

  3. Career Planning in Health Care (cont’d) • Educational Requirements • Graduation from accredited school • Accreditation: recognition by outside agency as having standards that qualify graduates for professional practice • Places to obtain training • 4-year universities • 2-year community colleges • Technical institutions & hospital-based schools • Trade schools & private schools • The military

  4. Career Planning in Health Care (cont’d) • Licensure • Granting of authority by a state to work in a given profession • Required for many health care professions • State sets guidelines & limitations • Agency issues & renews license • Typically requires: • Graduation from accredited school • Passing state exam

  5. Career Planning in Health Care (cont’d) • Registration • Requires: • Graduation from accredited school • Passing standardized national exam by nongovernmental agency • Administered by professional organization • National registries verify a potential employee’s status

  6. Health Care Careers • Five Career Clusters • Therapeutic services • Diagnostic services • Health informatics • Support services • Biotechnology research and development

  7. Therapeutic Services: Physicians and Their Assistants

  8. Therapeutic Services: Physical and Occupational Therapy

  9. Therapeutic Services: Orthotics and Prosthetics

  10. Therapeutic Services: Respiratory Therapy

  11. Therapeutic Services: Emergency Care

  12. Therapeutic Services: Nursing Care

  13. Therapeutic Services: Hearing and Speech

  14. Therapeutic Services: Eye Care

  15. Therapeutic Services: Athletic Training

  16. Therapeutic Services: Pharmacy

  17. Therapeutic Services: Dentistry

  18. Therapeutic Services: Chiropractic, Massage, and Nutrition

  19. Therapeutic Services: Psychology

  20. Therapeutic Services: Veterinary Care

  21. Diagnostic Services: Cardiology Diagnostics

  22. Diagnostic Services: Laboratory Science

  23. Diagnostic Services: Pathology

  24. Diagnostic Services: Phlebotomy

  25. Diagnostic Services: Imaging Sciences

  26. Diagnostic Services: Imaging Sciences (cont’d)

  27. Diagnostic Services: Nuclear Medicine

  28. Health Informatics

  29. Health Informatics (cont’d)

  30. Support Services

  31. Biotechnology Research and Development

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