Exploring Your Future in Health Care: Opportunities and Standards

1. Unit 1 Health Care Today

2. Chapter 1 Your Career in Health Care

3. Your Future in Health Care • Health care service • One of the largest industries in United States (U.S.) • Growing need for health care professionals • Wide variety of career opportunities • Work can be very fulfilling

4. Question • True or False: • Ten of the 20 fastest growing jobs today are in health care.

5. Answer • True • Ten of 20 fastest growing careers today are in health care • Including home health aide, medical assistant, dental assistant, and surgical technologist

6. Your Future in Health Care • Work contributes to well-being of others • Work can be demanding • All tasks must be done thoughtfully and conscientiously • Consequences of mistakes can be devastating

7. Essential Qualities • Care about others • Have integrity • Be dependable, but flexible • Work well with others • Be willing to learn • Strive to be cost-conscious

8. Question • Which of the following best demonstrates the meaning of integrity? • Earning good grades • Being honest at all times • Using time efficiently

9. Answer • B. Being honest at all times • Honesty • Important aspect of integrity

10. Standards for Health Care Professionals • Certification • General term for meeting predetermined standards • Requires education and professional exam • Examples: • Certified medical assistant • Certified nursing assistant • Certified occupational therapy assistant

11. Standards for Health Care Professionals • Registration • Placement on official list after meeting predetermined standards • Examples: • Registered nurse • Registered respiratory therapist • Registered medical assistant

12. Standards for Health Care Professionals • Licensure • Designation giving formal permission to perform certain tasks • Generally granted by government agencies • Requirements may vary from state to state

13. Standards for Health Care Professionals • Licensure • Examples: • Dentist • Licensed practical/vocational nurse • Dental hygienist

14. Question • To work as a massage therapist, Kelly must obtain approval from her state. This is called _____ . • Licensure • Registration • Certification

15. Answer • A. Licensure • Licensure • Obtaining approval to practice profession or perform certain tasks • Usually from government agency

16. Career Ladders • Levels of occupations within professional field • Require different amounts of education and/or training

17. Example of a Career Ladder • Nursing occupations ranked from most to least education required • Nurse practitioner • Registered nurse • Licensed practical/vocational nurse • Certified nursing assistant

18. Career Categories • Therapeutic and treatment occupations • Assist patients to regain or attain maximum wellness • Diagnostic occupations • Determine causes and extent of illnesses and injuries

19. Career Categories • Health information management occupations • Gather, analyze, organize, store, and document patient data • Environmental occupations • Develop and maintain therapeutic environments to support patient care

20. Therapeutic and Treatment Occupations • Dental • Emergency medical • Massage therapy • Medical office • Mental health • Nursing • Occupational therapy

21. Therapeutic and Treatment Occupations • Pharmacy • Physical therapy • Respiratory therapy • Surgery • Veterinary • Vision care

22. Question • True or False: • A nephrologist specializes in the treatment of the brain and nervous system.

23. Answer • False • Nephrologist specializes in kidneys • Neurologist specializes in brain and nervous system

24. Diagnostic Occupations • Diagnostic imaging • Medical laboratory

25. Health Information Management Occupations • Registered health information technician • Medical transcriptionist • Coding specialist

26. Environmental Occupations • Nutrition and dietary service • Biomedical engineering

27. Question • Which of the following occupations might be the best choice for an individual who would enjoy helping patients regain their mobility after surgery? • Surgical technologist • Physical therapist • Occupational therapist

28. Answer • B. Physical therapist • Physical therapists work with patients to improve physical function by increasing muscle strength, range of motion, and movement

29. Question • Which of the following occupational therapy occupations requires the most education? • Certified occupational therapy assistant • Occupational therapy aide • Occupational therapist

30. Answer • C. Occupational therapist • Order from most to least education: • Occupational therapist • Certified occupational therapy assistant • Occupational therapy aide

31. Learning for Mastery • Learn for understanding • Rather than memorization of facts • Understand why information is important and how it can be used • Learn to apply information to new situations you will encounter on job

32. Getting the Most from Your Studies • Individuals learn in different ways • Identify own dominant learning style • Develop study techniques that work best for own style

33. Learning Styles • Visual learners • Learn best from seeing printed materials and images • Examples of study techniques: • Read text • Study illustrations • Watch DVD

34. Learning Styles • Auditory learners • Learn best by hearing information • Examples of study techniques: • Listen to CD or tape • Attend supplementary lectures • Read aloud

35. Learning Styles • Kinesthetic learners • Learn best from hands-on activities • Examples of study techniques: • Perform lab activities • Put together models • Stand or move about while reading

36. QUESTION • Which of the following techniques would be best for a kinesthetic learner who is studying the bones of the hand? A. View an illustration of the hand B. Listen to a audio recording of the names of the bones C. Put together a model of the hand

37. ANSWER • C. Kinesthetic learners most easily acquire new information by hands-on activities.

38. Returning Adult Learners • May worry about returning to school • Have many life experiences and skills they can apply to studies • E.g., ability to set priorities, good communication skills

39. Returning Adult Learners • Biggest problem can be finding time for studies • Solutions: • Create daily, prioritized to-do list • Schedule time to study • Set times to spend with family members

40. Returning Adult Learners • Solutions: • Create personal organization techniques to save time • Delegate tasks • Ask for needed help

41. QUESTION • True or False • A problem for many returning adult learners is finding time to study.

42. ANSWER • True. • Many adults learners have families, jobs, and other responsibilities that make finding sufficient study time difficult.

43. Establishing Good Work Habits • Practice using good workplace habits while in school • Care about others • Show respect for classmates • Be courteous • Have integrity • Do own work • Be honest

44. Establishing Good Work Habits • Practice using good workplace habits while in school • Be dependable • Arrive to class on time • Do assignments accurately • Work well with others • Be understanding • Participate in class

45. Establishing Good Work Habits • Practice using good workplace habits while in school • Be flexible • Accept instructional differences and changes in class schedules • Be willing to learn • Take studies seriously

46. QUESTION True or False While in school, learners should focus on their studies and not worry about how they get along with their classmates.

47. ANSWER • False. • Learners in health care programs should begin establishing habits they will need for job success. This includes developing good interpersonal skills.

48. Thinking Like a Health Care Professional • Learning to think like a health care worker • Aim for understanding • Have organized approach to problem solving • Apply learned material to new situations • Base decisions on facts • Create relationships among facts

49. Thinking Like a Health Care Professional • Learning to think like a health care worker • Locate reliable sources of information • Base decisions on ethical principles • Practice good communication skills • Understand what tasks are allowed to be performed in one’s profession

50. Thinking Like a Health Care Professional • Using questions in thinking • Gather information • Expand view of subject or situation • Prevent simply accepting circumstances or making assumptions