PHS - Ch. 1 Welcome to Health Science (Slides 17-24)

Ch. 1: Welcome to the Field of Health Science
(Slides 17-24)


1. Career Pathways
2. Employment opportunities

Career Clusters:
🏢Groups of similar occupations and industries that share a core set of knowledge and skills for all workers

• Examples: Agriculture 🌾, Healthcare 🩺, Business 💼

Career Pathway:
🚀Smaller groups of more specialized occupations within a career cluster that require more specific sets of knowledge, skills, and training.

Career Clusters vs. Pathways

Clusters Vs. Pathways

Clusters

Pathways

Occupations that change the health status of a patient over time

Therapeutic
Services

Occupations focused on documenting patient care

Health Informatics
Services

Health Science Career Pathways

Occupations that create a picture of a patient's health status at a single point in time

Diagnostic Services

Occupations involved in biotechnology research and development that applies to human health

Biotechnology & Research

Occupations that create a therapeutic environment for providing patient care

Support Services

Career Education & Training

• 🎓 Healthcare jobs need different levels of education & training

• 📚 Most jobs require postsecondary education (after high school)

• 🏫 Options include community colleges, universities, vocational/technical & career colleges

Accreditation:

• Official recognition from a professional association that an educational program meets minimum educational standards for an occupation ✅

Credentials:

• Documents proving a person's qualifications for a particular occupation📄

  • Example:

  • Reagan Johnson, CST → Certified Surgical Technologist

  • Cassie Carter, BSN → Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Accreditation Vs. Credentials

Types of Credentials

• 🏅 Certification: Earned after completing a course of study

• 🪪 Licensure: Granted after passing a licensing exam

• 📋 Registration: Added to an official registry after meeting qualifications & passing an exam

Think Further...

​What are the benefits of obtaining credentials?

• ⚖️Legal ability to perform the duties of your job
  

• 🎯Competitive edge—employers prefer credentialed candidates
  

• 🔄 Stay current—renewals keep you up-to-date with industry changes

Career Ladder

🪜A career ladder is a sequence of job positions progressing from entry-level to higher levels of responsibility and authority based on education, experience, and performance.

Example: Nursing 🩺

Match

Match the following terms:

• Groups of similar occupations/industries that share a core set of knowledge and skills

• Smaller, specialized job groups within a career cluster requiring specific skills

• a sequence of job positions progressing from entry-level to higher-level careers

career clusters

career pathways

career ladder

• career clusters

• career pathways

• career ladder

Match

Match the following terms:

• Official recognition that a program meets required standards

• education that can be obtained after high school

• Documents proving a person’s job qualifications

accreditation

postsecondary education

credentials

• accreditation

• postsecondary education

• credentials