Cytotechnologist

Duties and responsibilities:

Cytology is the study of human body cells. Cytotechnologist is specially trained clinical technologist who studies human body cells. They examine cells to identify changes that may indicate diseases like cancer.

Their duties include preparing microscope slides of cell samples using microscope, identifying abnormalities in shape, size, or color, using other automated lab equipment to perform test, and analyzing report test results to physicians.

Cytotechnologist usually works in hospitals, clinics, or private laboratories. They also work in universities or for other researchers.

Average salary: $30,000 - $50,000

Educational requirement

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Almost all cytotechnologist earn bachelor’s degree in medical or clinical technology programs that include a year-long clinical internship in the field.

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Rehabilitation or mental health counselors

Duties and responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with mentally, emotionally, and physical disabled. It is their job to help patients develop more faith in themselves. They work with patients to help them become self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry or in hospitals or residential health care setting. Counselors often:

Ø Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs.

Ø Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

Ø Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological test.

Ø Help patients find and keep and keep jobs.

Average salary: $25,000 - $45,000

Educational requirements:

Student’s interest in becoming counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum.

A bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or sociology is the minimum requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselor must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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Health information specialist

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Educational requirements:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialist must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialist must pass an examination.

Accredited record technician must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American health information management association independent study program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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Health information specialist

Part 1

Duties and responsibilities:

Health information specialist obtains, post, and analyzes medical, workload, finance and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients.

There are a variety of job specialists within this field including registered record administrators, accredited record technicians and certified coding specialist. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialist assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies.

Health information specialist work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physicians’ offices, and many other medical settings.

Average salary:

$20,000 - $25,000 (coding specialist)

$23,000 - $30,000 (record technicians)

 $30,000 - $40,000 (record administrators)

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nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist

Nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist

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Duties and responsibilities:

Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists are advanced practice registered nurses who have received special courses and training. They usually work closely with doctors and can perform many high-level primary care tasks. They often specialize in specific types of practice such as pediatrics, psychiatry, or obstetrics. Some establish private practices; however, most work in doctors’ offices, hospitals, or neighborhood health centers. Duties often include:

·       Taking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical exams.

·       Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans.

·       Treating common medical conditions, illnesses and injuries.

·       Prescribing limited medications.

·       Counseling patients and families.

Average salary: $39,000 - $70,000

Educational requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Students must complete all of the education requirements to become a baccalaureate prepared registered nurse. They must then complete additional master’s level training and pass a certification examination.

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clinical technolgy

Clinical technology

Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory test and procedures than technicians. They also supervise technicians, confirm their test, and manage laboratory quality control programs.

Most clinical laboratory specialist work in hospitals, but they are also employed by private practices, medical groups, research laboratories Pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Average salary:

$20,000 – 28,000 (clinical laboratory technician)

$25,000 - $40,000 (clinical technologist)

Educational requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science,­­­­_­­­_­­ and English.

An associate degree in the field or completion of a specialized in-house training program is required to become a clinical laboratory technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field and is normally required to become a clinical technologist; however some employers accept an associate’s degree and extensive clinical experience as substitute. Many technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialize training to advance their careers in clinical chemistry, blood banking, and microbiology.

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Clinical laboratory specialists

Duties and responsibilities

Clinical laboratory specialist includes both clinical laboratory technicians and clinical technologies these professions are also referred to as medical technologies. Both technicians and technologist perform laboratory work to identify, diagnose, and treat disease.

Clinical laboratory technicians use microscope, laboratory equipment, chemical and computers to perform laboratory procedures. They also collect blood specimens and prepare reports for clinical technologist or physicians.

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Chiropractor

Part 2

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Educational requirements:

Students who want to become chiropractors should take challenging high school science, math and English courses.

Chiropractors must complete a ten semester program in a chiropractor college after completing two years of college or junior college study.

Most states require that chiropractors pass a certification before being granted a license to practice.

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