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Careers in Health Care Where does your career fit in? Front of Room Therapeutic Health Informatics Diagnostics Support Services Objectives Compare the educational requirements for associates, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees Contrast certification, registration, and licensure Describe different health careers including duties, educational requirements, and employment opportunities Interpret abbreviations used to identify health occupations workers Define, pronounce, and spell all terms Review HOE – Health Occupations Education – vocational-technical, community college, university 2 year – Associate’s 4 year – Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate Information Services Cluster Documentation of patient care; analysis, abstracting and coding, information systems, and operations to enter, retrieve, and maintain information. Medical illustrator Insurance processor Medical records technician Unit secretary Health care administrator Therapeutic Cluster Involved in changing the health status of the patient over time, includes data collection, treatment planning, implementing procedures, and patient status evaluation. Dental careers Dietitian Nursing careers – RN – A.D., BSN Pharmacist Physician Veterinarian Psychiatrist Respiratory therapist Diagnostic Cluster Involved in creating a picture of the health status of the patient at a single point in time, includes planning, preparation, procedure, evaluation, and reporting. ECG technician EEG technician Diagnostic imaging technician Phlebotomist - $27,040 annually, Certification, or A.D. Sonographer Radiologic technologist - $54,180 annually, A.D., BSN, or certification. Environmental Cluster Involved with creating a therapeutic environment to provide direct or indirect patient care; includes environmental operation, aseptic procedures, resource management, and aesthetics. Central/sterile supply worker Biomedical engineer Housekeeping worker Abbreviations DDS – doctor of dental surgery CMA – certified medical assistant DVM – Veterinarian CRNP – nurse practitioner CMT – certified medical laboratory technologist DC – doctor of Chiropractic Think, Pair & Share Individual time Decide on 4 careers you would like to be/do.. List all the careers into cluster. When you finish pencils down to wait on everyone in your group to list all their careers per cluster Think, Pair & Share GroupTime Now compare clusters with your group, be sure your not overlapping careers. If so, discuss why and correct it. Exit Ticket Staple all four of your group members papers together and turn them in. Each person’s name must be on the cluster paper they were working on.