Chapter 2: Exploring Healthcare Careers

A job exploration tool that involves following an employee while he or she completes the tasks of a job you find interesting

• Licensure

• Bachelor Degree

• Job shadowing

• Managed care

A four-year college degree awarded after 120 credit hours or more in a semester system

• Bachelors degree

• Doctorate

• Certification

• Master’s degree

Recognition given for completing a course of study and/or passing a certification exam

• Continuing education

• Certification

• Licensure

• Bachelors degree

Four-year degree; advanced degree; clinical training: possible licensure

• Professional

• Technician

• Assistant

• Technologist

Therapeutic Careers

• Clerical services

• Cardiologist

• Physician

• Biochemist

Career ladder

• Term for progression from an entry-level position to higher levels of pay, skill, responsibility

• An emblem for medical profession

• (EHR) electronic health record

• Masters degree

Which career is not considered a therapeutic career?

• Physical therapist

• Dental assistant

• Nurse

• Medical laboratory technician

A degree awarded after two to six years of education beyond the bachelors degree; available in many diciplines

• Bachelors degree

• On-job training

• Doctorate

• Associates degree

A healthcare pathway offering careers in implementing procedures to determine causes of diseases or disorders

• High-school

• Aide

• Diagnostic services

• Health informatics

Academic degree awarded by a college or university to those who complete from one to two years (depending on the degree) of prescribed study beyond the bachelors degree

• Master’s degree

• Doctorate

• Bachelor’s degree

• Assistant