Health Careers Exploring
The Health Careers Exploring program
offers a wide range of career experiences in the following areas:
| Current Programs | |
| Post
649 Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center |
Post 649... |
| Health Careers... | |
| Clinical Laboratory Services | Careers in the following areas are offered: clinical chemists, clinical microbiologists, cytotechnologists, histologic technicians, medical technologists and medical laboratory technicians, specialists in blood-bank technology. |
| Dentistry | Dentists diagnose and treat problems affecting the teeth, gums, tongue, lips, and jaws. They improve patients' appearance with a wide variety of cosmetic dental procedures, and they restore and maintain oral health with a variety of surgical techniques. Dentists can specialize to become endodontists (who perform root-canal therapy), oral surgeons, orthodontists (who straighten teeth and bring jaws into proper alignment), pediatric dentists (who work with children), and periodontists (gum-disease specialists). |
| Dietician | Dietitians are recognized as experts on food and nutrition. They promote and maintain health, prevent or treat illness, and aid rehabilitation through nutrition education and diet intervention. Dietitians may manage a food service where they are responsible for management of personnel, purchasing, budgeting, and planning menus. Clinical dietitians are a vital part of the medical team; they provide nutritional assessment and education to improve patients' health. Business dietitians work in product development, sales, marketing, advertising, and public relations in industries related to food and nutrition. Dietitians also perform research and are educators in colleges or technical schools. |
| Health Information & Communication | These career experiences involve the following areas: biophotographers, health sciences, librarians, medical illustrators, medical record administrators, medical record technicians, certified coding specialists, science writers, health information specialists, technical writers, and medical writers/editors. |
| Health
Services Administrators |
Health services administrators, also referred to as health-care executives, are typically employed by hospitals, public-health organizations, managed care organizations, long-term care facilities, and others that deliver and/or finance health care. Health services administrators may hold titles ranging from chief executive officer and chief financial officer to health planner or consultant. Health services administrators also may be employed by governmental regulatory agencies, neighborhood clinics, and health-care associations, to name a few. |
| Medicine | Career experiences involve the following areas: certified nurse-midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, emergency medical technicians, licensed practical nurse or licensed vocational nurse, medical assistants, nurse's aide/orderly, nurse practitioner/specialists physician, physician assistant, surgeon, physician, allopathic-osteopathic. |
| Mental, Physical, and Social Specialties | Career experiences involve the following areas: art therapists, athletic trainers, audiologists, corrective therapists, educational therapists, industrial therapists, occupational therapists, orthotists and prosthetists, physical therapists, psychiatric mental-health technicians, psychologists, social workers, speech-language pathologists, and therapeutic recreation specialists. |
| Pharmacy | Pharmacists are experts in the science of medications and the art of medication therapy. Pharmacologists specialize in the research and development of drugs to treat or prevent disease or prolong human life. |
| Podiatry | Podiatrists prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases and disorders of the foot and leg. Treatment can be by medical, surgical, mechanical, or physical means. Podiatric assistants aid podiatrists in office management and patient care. They may schedule appointments, keep patient records, and perform such chairside services as taking X-rays, making plaster casts, and assisting with surgery. |
| Public Health | Career experiences involve the following areas: behavioral scientists, biostatisticians, disease investigators, health educators, safety specialists, and a host of others. |
| These are just a few of the health careers available for youth to participate in. For more information about Health Careers Exploring, contact Rodrico Epps, Learning for Life Director - (414) 443-2856. | |
| Resources
for Health Career Explorers Follow these links to more information about Health Career Exploring: |
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| Association of American Vetirinary Medicine Colleges Web Site | |
| Safety Issues: Emergency Medical Services | |
| Suggested Program Ideas for Health Explorer Posts | |
| Career Achievement Award for Health Explorers | |
| Safety First Learning for Life Guidelines | |
| Exploring Adult Leader Guide (pdf) | |
| Exploring Youth Leader Guide (pdf) | |
If you are interested in starting
up a new post, or are a student interested in the HEALTH CAREERS field, you
can receive more
information by contacting Rodrico
Epps,
Learning for Life Director - (414) 443-2856.