Intro Chapter 17:Lesson 062-Overview of health care careers.

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTHCARE & CAREERS

Chapter 17:Overview of health careers

Welcome!

​In this chapter we will cover 2 Key Topics :

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1.Career planning in health(Lesson 062 and 063)

​2Health care careers(Lesson 064,065 and 066)

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And one test:

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​1.Ada​ptive Quiz 1 (Lesson 067)

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Introduction

​Hello young doctors and nurses!

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The healthcare system is a vital part of any society and hence one needs a good grasp of it to be an efficient health care professional.

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​Which is why it is important to learn about Today's Healthcare System! and more specifically the Career planning in health care.

Sub topic 1:Resources

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​-Visit career section of school or public library

​-Consult:

• ​Books giving a broad overview of many occupations includes; Professionalism in Health Care: A Primer for Career Success ,The Comfort Garden: Tales from the Trauma Unit by Laurie Barkin,How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman.​​Databases.​

• A database is an organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system. They include;​Haz- Map -information on hazardous chemicals and occupational Diseases.

Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

Topic 1:Career planning in health care

Multiple Choice

The following are places where books on health care choices can be obtained except which one?

• School

• Library

• Website

• Hospitals

Sub topic 1:Resources

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• ​Websites A website is a collection of publicly accessible, interlinked Web pages that share a single domain name. They include;-​Heart.org- Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in many country.

- Check on The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH); It provides information on what workers do; the work environment; education, training, and other qualifications.

​-Visit professional organizations’ web sites & contact local chapter.

​-Interview health care professionals & shadow them at work.

 

Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

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Multiple Choice

__________ is an organized collection of structured information or data.

• Library

• School

• Database

• Website

Multiple Choice

True or false? A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande accounts for surgical experience.

• True

• False

Sub topic 2:Educational requirements

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They include:

​a) Graduation from accredited school.

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b) Accreditation: recognition by an outside agency as having standards that qualify graduates for professional practice, the act of giving official authority or approval, or the resulting status; certification.

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Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

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Sub topic 2:Educational requirements

​c)Places to obtain training include

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​​1.A four-year college or university

-Offers a bachelor degree.

-Programs that offer these degrees are called "undergraduate" school.

-Variety of Courses are offered including health care related.

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Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

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Sub topic 2:Educational requirements

​c)Places to obtain training include

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​2.An associate degree/ Two year community colleges

-A two-year degree granted by a community college to students who complete a specified program of study, usually totaling 60 units.

-May not be suitable for a medical studies because of the short term experience.

Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

Topic 1:Career planning in health care

Multiple Choice

True or false? Graduation is not necessarily from accredited school.

• True

• False

Sub topic 2:Educational requirements

​c)Places to obtain training include:

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​3.A technical institution- Offers higher education, advanced engineering and scientific research or professional vocational education, specializing in science e. g nursing engineering, and technology or different sorts of technical subjects.

Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

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Sub topic 2:Educational requirements.

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​c) Places to obtain training include:

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​4.Hospital school based

-An academic medical center university that teaches medical students including an affiliated hospital, called a teaching hospital, which provides hands-on experience to further those students' educations.

Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers.

Topic 1:Career planning in health care.

Multiple Choice

_________ is a hospital based academic medical university.

• Clinic

• College

• Trade school

• Hospital based school

Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

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​c) Places to obtain training include:

​5.Trade​ schools

-A postsecondary educational institution designed to train students for a specific job in a skilled trade career. Most importantly, a trade school offers hands-on training to prepare students for actual work in their chosen field. Best medical trade schools include; Dental Hygienist, Registered Nurse, Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, Radio therapist.

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Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers

Topic 1:Career planning in health care

Sub topic 2:Educational requirements.

​c) Places to obtain training includes

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6.Private schools

- A school which is not supported financially by the government and which parents have to pay for their children to go to. E. g Morehouse school of medicine, Emma Willard School ,St. Andrew's School.

Chapter 17:Overview of health care careers.

Topic 1:Career planning in health care.

Sub topic 2;Educational requirements.

​c)Places to obtain training includes:

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7.Military school

-Teaches children of various ages (elementary school, middle school or high school) in a military environment which includes training in various courses, they include; University of California-Irvine, Irvine – CA Sacred Heart University, Fairfield – CT Sacred Heart University, Fairfield – CT.