Career Exploration

By: Caitlyn, Kacie, and Lilly

Therapeutic

Diagnostic

Focused
primarily on
changing the
health status of
the patient by
providing care,
treatment,
counseling and
health education
information
over time.

Patient care is a
small part of this
job, such as when
they draw blood.
Also, Diagnostic
Services provide
health care
practitioners with
information
about the
presence,
severity, and
cause of diseases
in patients.

Health
Informations
Dedicated to
providing prompt
processing of all
medical record
requests while
ensuring that all
medical
information is
disclosed in
accordance with
federal and state
laws.

Support
Support services
acts as the
backbone to the
medical field. They
are responsible for
providing and
maintaining a
sanitary and
functioning
environment in
which health care
can be practiced.

Biotechnology
Research and
Diagnostics
Workers
involved in
bioscience study
diseases to
discover new
treatments/
invent medical
devices to
directly assist
patients/
improve the
accuracy of
diagnostic tests.

Therapeutic- Nurse Practitioner

A nurse practitioner is an advanced practice nurse who helps with patient diagnosis, treatments, and
consultations.
Responsible for interpreting diagnostic and therapeutic tests, prescribing some medicines, assist with
provision of surgical care, and helps with admitting and transmitting patients.
Skills needed for this job include reading comprehension, active listening, critical thinking, judgement and
decision making, time management, and negotiation.
To become a Nurse Practitioner, you must:
Take High School science classes
have a medical-related major in college
obtain your Masters Degree
and get an NP degree
Nurse practitioners should be patient, caring, encouraging, and aware.

A state license is required.

No physical tests are required to become a nurse practitioner.

Diagnostic - Phlebotomist

Phlebotomists identify the best methods for retrieving specimens, preparing lab tests, and
performing screening procedures.
Responsibilities include collecting blood samples from patients, label vials with names of patients,
figure out the best method for blood collection, transfer specimen samples to the lab, and practice
infection control.
Required skills are attention to detail, computer proficiency, and hand-eye coordination.
To become a Phlebotomist you need to:
have taken high school science classes and majored in a medical-related subject in college.
many phlebotomists obtain an associate's degree
The typical personality traits of a phlebotomist are empathy, good communication skills, and being
able to work well under stress.
Phlebotomists need a licence and it is also recommended that they get a phlebotomy certification.
There are no special physical requirements for phlebotomists. They just need to have good
communication skills.

Health Informations - Medical Transcriptionist

A medical transcriptionist listens to the recording of a doctor or other healthcare professionals and they
interpret the dictation on the recording into test results, operative reports, and referral letters.
They also enter medical reports into health records and translate the abbreviations into a long summary of
what the patient needs.
Some essential skills of being a Medical Transcriptionist are good typing skills, an eye for detail, ability of
multitasking, and computer literacy.
Classes you should take:

take high school courses including English, Computer applications, and anatomy and
physiology.

not required to have postsecondary education, but most employers prefer to hire those who do

many aspiring medical transcriptionists would likely benefit from completing a one-year
certificate program or associates degree program in medical transcription.
To be a medical transcriptionist you need to be honest, kind, tact, good communication skills, and pays
attention to detail.

Support - Medical Supply Manager

This job is in charge of managing the human and material resources in the inventory control, also the
distribution of patient supplies.
Responsible for making sure that there are enough of each supply, making sure that all the supplies get to where
they need to be, and also receiving the supplies on time.
Degrees and classes that you should take and have:

High school classes - take plenty of science and math courses, some business classes, to build your

communication skills take English, drama, and speech classes. Maybe even be involved with student
government or leadership.
an undergraduate degree in Life Sciences or Health Care, also in business.

Some states require you to have a bachelor's degree, pass a training program, and have to pass a

national licensing exam.

Some of the essential skills are confidence, communication, decision maker, tact, and flexibility will make your
job easier.
Medical Supply Managers should be responsible, dependable, tact, honest, and have integrity

Biotechnology Research and Development- Biomedical

Chemist

Biomedical Chemist perform scientific research and apply chemical principles to study human diseases,
their origins, and how to treat them. They also create/study new pharmaceutical drugs to treat them.
As a Biomedical Scientist you need to accurately record data, perform analytical testing, and develop new
treatments, vaccines, and drugs for human illnesses /diseases.
Essential skills needed include having an enquiring mind and be good at solving problems.
How to become a Biomedical Chemist:
A high school curriculum rich in laboratory sciences
A minimum degree of a bachelor of science in biological chemistry
Associate's degree
Licensure is required for those who treat patients
PHD is typically required
Post doctoral work is recommended
A great Biomedical Chemist needs to be/ have empathy, problem-solving , listening, and communication
skills, hardworking, and pay attention to detail.
No non-educational jobs are needed to have a better performance in this job field.