Careers in Healthcare

It is important for students to obtain information pertinent to an individual state when checking requirements for health occupations.

• true

• false

Phlebotomists collect blood and prepare it for testing.

• true

• false

A doctor of osteopathic medicine examines, diagnoses, and treats only diseases and disorders of the feet or of the leg below the knee.

• true

• false

A process by which a government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given occupation after the person has completed an approved education program and passed a state board test is ____.

• registration

• certification

• licensure

• authorization

In order to renew licenses or maintain certification, individuals must obtain additional hours of education called __.

• secondary education units

• certification units

• post-secondary education units

• continuing education units

A level of education for health occupations that usually requires at least 3-4 years of college plus work experience is __.

• technologist/therapist

• professional

• technician

• assistant or aide

An individual who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business is a/an

• technologist

• professional

• entrepreneur

• multi-skilled worker

A dental speciality that treats diseases of the pulp, nerves, blood vessels and roots of the teeth is __.

• endodontics

• orthodontics

• prosthodontics

• oral surgery

A dental specialty that replaces natural teeth with artificial teeth or dentures is __.

• prosthodontics

• orthodontics

• pedodontics

• oral surgery

A medical specialist who treats tumors and cancer is a/an

• cardiologist

• oncologist

• proctologist

• orthopedist