Q4 | Health
Health Careers — Range very broadly from those that involve “hands-on“ care of individual patients to those that involve examining health and health care practices from a wider population level perspective.
Health Career Pathways:
Therapeutic Services/Direct Patient Care
Imaging &Diagnostic Services
Support Services
Health Informatics and Business
Research and Development
Therapeutic Services/Direct Patient Care — Medical specialists attending to patients, nurses, nursing care, providers, physical therapists, dentists, etc.
e.g. “hands-on” patient care
Imaging — Involves the use of technology in the diagnosis of patients.
e.g. medical laboratory technologists, ultrasound and x-ray, technicians, radiologists.
Support Services — Responsible for keeping a clean and sanitary hospital or therapeutic environment.
e.g. hospital maintenance engineers and technicians,
Health Informatics & Business — Includes documentation services, medical record management, hospital unit, coordination, health information, and communication systems.
e.g. health info. coders, data analysis, health care administrators, medical billers, public health educators.
Research and Development — Contributes to the advancement of health care through science and technology
e.g. biomedical chemists, toxicologists, pharmaceutical scientists, biomedical engineers.
Public Health — Science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.
Achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury preventions, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
Primary Tasks in Public Health:
Assess and monitor health of communities.
Formulate public policies.
Assure that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care.
Career Opportunities in Public Health:
Public Health Practice
Health Education
Epidemiology
Environmental Health
International Health
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition
Health Services Administrator
Careers in Drug Prevention & Control
Mental Health Practitioners — Professionals who are trained to help patients who have mental and emotional problems and illnesses.
Psychologists — Provides professional guidance and advice to people who have deep emotional problems and are emotionally disturbed.
Psychiatrists — Medical practitioners who diagnose and treat patients who have mental illnesses.
Counselors — Professionals who deal with people who have mental-health related problems. They also provide professional guidance.
Careers in Drug-Abuse Treatments:
Psychiatrists & Psychologists
Psychiatric Nurses & Detox Specialists
Psychiatrists & Psychologists — Through therapy, they help people who are suffering from drug-abuse problems and understand the root abuse of their problems.
Psychiatrists also prescribe medication for their patients.
Psychiatric Nurses & Detox Specialists — They track the physical progress of patients as medications are administered.
Counselors — Professionals who work with teens and adults who have drug abuse problems.
Professors, Researchers, and Social Workers — Less involved with direct care but try to understand the problem through studies and research so they can provide solutions to drug-abuse problems.