Chapter 1 PoHS

accreditation

official recognition from a professional association that an educational program meets minimum educational standards for an occupation.

Alternative, complementary, integrative therapies

healthcare practices and treatments that minimize or avoid the use of surgery and drugs.

career cluster

groups of similar occupations and industries that share a core set of basic knowledge and skills for all workers.

career ladder

a sequence of job positions progressing from entry-level to higher levels of responsibility and authority based on education, experience, and performance

career pathways

smaller groups or specialized occupations within a career cluster that require more specific sets of knowledge, skills, and training.

credentials

documents proving a person’s qualifications for a particular occupation

genomic medicine

personalized medical care that uses a patient’s unique combination of genes and chromosomes to prevent illness and maintain health

holistic care

therapies that treat the patient as a whole person after assessing the individual’s physical, social, mental, and spiritual well- being

nanotechnology

a field of science that manipulates individual atoms and molecules to create devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies allow

National Health Science Standards

standards determined by the National Consortium for Health Science Education, which describe the skills that workers need to succeed in healthcare careers

regenerative medicine

a form of medical care that creates living tissue to replace tissue or organ functions lost due to age, disease, injury, or birth disorder

Western Medicine

The most common form of medical care in the United States, which uses medication and surgery to treat the signs and symptoms of illness