Health Science Career Pathways

Which of the following 2 careers is NOT a health career pathway?

• doctors

• nurses

• therapeutic

• health informatics

• support services

Which pathway is most likely to involve sanitation and disinfecting?

• health informatics

• diagnostics

• support services

• therapeutics

What is the name of the person who draws blood? (*spelling counts!)

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Someone who draws this is a __ and is in the __ pathway.

• medical photographer - support services

• medical sonographer - diagnostic

• medical illustrator - health informatics

• doctor- therapeutics

Which careers below might be found in the therapeutic pathway?

• cardiologist

• primary care physician

• nurse

• X-ray technician

• food services specialist

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Image technology like ultrasound, Xray and MRI are all part of the therapeutic pathway.

• True

• False

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Hospitals never close. In order to be open all day and night, holidays and weekends, during all types of issues and weather hospitals must be maintained by people that are often "behind the scenes." Which pathway is this?

• therapeutic

• diagnostic

• biotechnology

• support services

Physical therapists help patients rehabilitate injured muscles and joints and thus are a segment of __.

• diagnostic

• support services

• biotechnoogy

• therapeutic

Because the focus of this pathway is on improving current methodologies, in some ways the future of medicine depends on work in the area of ____.

• biotechnology research and development

• diagnostics

• support services

• therapeutic

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Epidemiologists, health administrators and the individuals who admit people in to a health care facility are all a part of the pathway called health informatics.

• True

• False