1. Health care careers---
18 million health care
workers in US(from CDC)
Part 1

2. certification
• This is when a professional organization issues
a certificate to a person who has met
requirements of education/experience set by
the organization
• This is lower level of education

3. registration
• This is when a regulatory body in a given
health care field gives an exam and maintains
a list of qualified personnel
• Texas Dept of Health has a listing of many
occupations and who is expired, active,
revoked, ect. Rad tech,massage, athletic
trainer,optician, others.

4. licensure
• This is when a government agency authorizes
individuals to work in a given occupation
• Likely requires several hours of continuing
education every year and renewal fee.

5. Associates degree
• A degree awarded by a vocational or
community college after successful
completion of 2 years of study

6. Bachelor degree
• This is a degree awarded by a college or
university after a person has completed 4 year
course of study in a given field

7. Masters degree
• A degree awarded by a college or university
after completion of 1-2 more years of study
after the person has received a bachelor’s
degree

8. doctorate
• This is a degree awarded by a college or
university after completion of a prescribed
course of study beyond a bachelor’s degree or
masters degree.

9. Talk with table-buddy----
What type of education will you likely pursue?
Associate
Bachelor
Master
doctorate

10. What are the some categories of
health care?
• Dental
• medical
• Therapeutic
• Diagnostic
• Support
• Health informatics

11. • Places of employment
private offices
laboratories
clinics
hospitals and gov. agencies

12. Talk to table buddy---
What type of work place do you plan
To work in?

13. What are levels of dental workers?
• Dentist--(DDS)- doctor, exams, surgery
• dental Hygienist- workers under dentist,
preliminary exams, cleans teeth and educates
patients
• Dental lab tech-repairs dental prosthesis
• Dental assistant- preps patient for exams,
chair side with dentist

14. Diagnostic services
• What are areas of diagnostic services?
• Electrocardiograph- ECG(maybe called EKG)
use sticky electrodes to diagnose heart
conditions
• Electroencephalograph (EEG)- records activity
of the brain
• Medical lab tech- works with pathologist to
determine cause of disease through
microscopic test- might specialize in
microbiology, hematology, histology ect

15. Medical lab assistants
• Works under the supervision of lab tech
• Performs basic lab test
• Prep specimens
• Clean and maintain equipment

16. phlebotomist
• Specialist in venipuncture- in other words
sticking you with a needle to get a blood
sample
• Collects blood for tests

17. Radiology tech
• Works under supervision of doctor
• given xray prescription(Davis series ect)
• Works with x-rays, must keep track of
radiation amounts, protect patient with lead
aprons.
• Must know correct angle and distance to get
the right shot.
• Xray film is being replaced by computer. show
cassette

18. Nuclear medicine tech
• Prep radioactive substances to administer to
patients and use films, images on a screen to
determine how substances pass through the
body. Aka Bone scan

19. MRI tech
• Use superconductive magnets and radio
waves to reveal info on body anatomy.
• Rad tech with more training for MRI.
• Most MRI is 1.5T(Telsa). Use 3T size for super
resolution.
• MRI has no radiation but uses strong magnets.
Very noisy. Don’t move.
• CT(computerized tomography) uses radiation
with high resolution. 3D image.
• MRA to look at arteries.

20. Ultrasound tech
• Send sound waves into the body to record
images. Gel is placed on skin to amplify
ultrasound (US) waves and wand is moved
over body.
• Ultrasound techs can look at unborn babies
• Used for doctors to diagnose problems in the
body, such as blood flow.
• Can be used to breakup kidney stones or
inflammation injuries(therapeutic US)

21. Talk with table buddy--------
Which of the radiology(imaging)
Do you like best and why?
rad tech, MRI tech,ultrasound tech
nuclear medicine tech