<p>my dd wants to be something in the medical field, i think.</p>
<p>but not necessarily doctor or nurse.</p>
<p>where would i be able to find out about other jobs in the medical field that we are generally not exposed to.</p>
<p>we know about </p>
<p>physical therapy
and physicians assistant</p>
<p>i know there are TONS of other jobs, but i really don't know what they are.</p>
<p>HELP!!</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>I like the Sloan Cornerstone Career website. Lots of good information gathered in one place.</p>
<p>[Sloan</a> Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Healthcare](<a href=“http://www.careercornerstone.org/healthcare/healthcare.htm]Sloan”>Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine)</p>
<p>thanks - i will look there.</p>
<p>anyplace else??</p>
<p>There are simply so many possibilities, its hard to give you a list unless you narrow it down a bit.</p>
<p>Does she want to be a practitioner? There’s nursing (RN, BSN, MSN), nurse practitioner (NP), Nurse anesthetist (CRNA), and physician assistant ¶. On the pre-hospital side… EMT or paramedic (some of these are bachelors programs)</p>
<p>Or research? Could get a PhD in biochemistry or chemistry and create new drugs, or a PhD in many other sciences and do healthcare-related research. (either lab research or clinical research at a university or even the CDC)</p>
<p>Administration? Could do anything from business (MBA) to public health (MPH) or any number of degrees (masters and PhD level) in healthcare administration/disaster/public health and planning. Could get involved in running hospitals, healthcare systems, etc.</p>
<p>If interested in IT and technology, there will be lots of options in the coming years as healthcare becomes more digitized and technological. There is a huge need to design the big systems that will run healthcare records, etc. as well as develop and run new diagnostic and treatment technologies. Degrees in biomedical engineering, computer engineering, etc.</p>
<p>There’s definitely a lot more that I’m just not thinking about right now, but this should give you the idea that the options are pretty much limitless.</p>
<p>Oh, and how could I forget pharmacy? Doctorate level degree in pharmacy (PharmD) lets you run a pharmacy. There is also a push in some hospitals to have a lot more PharmD’s on staff to help doctors with drug decisions. Doctors know a decent amount about drugs and pharmacology, but not as much as PharmD’s know.</p>
<p>There’s also dentistry and related jobs (hygenist, etc.).</p>
<p>And a lot of technical jobs that usually only require certificate degrees - surgical assistant, radiology tech, and things of that nature.</p>
<p>Oh, and other hospital based jobs like social work, etc.</p>
<p>yeah, i know there are tons of different jobs. lots of them, though, don’t require a college degree! : O</p>
<p>she was interested in pharmacy, but chem II scared her off a little. and the thought of having to work at wal-mart!! haha</p>
<p>i think she would be more on the scrubs wearing side of things than the suit wearing side of things (administration).</p>
<p>she is smart enough for many of these jobs (maybe even doctor) but she isn’t interested in giving shots, popping bones back into place, etc. lots of things gross her out. too many!</p>
<p>i looked through the link posted above. many of the jobs didn’t require college!!</p>
<p>things that caught my eye were radiology related, nuclear medicine/imaging, chemotherapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. i am sure there are many more …</p>
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<p>Very true - but the vast majority of jobs working with patients (the scrubs wearing side of things, as it were) require some sort of certification or license.</p>
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<p>Well like I said, there’s lots of opportunity for work in hospitals and other areas. But those pharmacists as Wal-mart and Walgreens still make bank :)</p>
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<p>Well that counts out a lot of things - even if she isn’t the one directly giving shots or reducing fractures, etc. she would be exposed to these things, sometimes in gruesome detail. But she might consider trying to observe some procedures or something to see how she handles it when she’s around it a lot. Even in med school, there are always one or two people who need to step outside the first day of anatomy lab, but after a little while they’re in there dissecting like everyone else.</p>
<p>B.S. Dental Hygiene…if she’s not grossed out by teeth:)</p>
<p>Respiratory Therapist</p>
<p>Speech Language Pathology. That requires a MS degree.</p>
<p>Nutrition/Dietetics</p>
<p>My neice just got a Masters in Social Work. She has a job counseling kidney dialysis patients at a hospital.</p>
<p>It really is hard to be in the ranks of the “scrub wearers” and not have a good bit of patient contact. Even in Radiology, you’re dealing with pretty sick people.</p>
<p>FWIW, I fainted twice during hospital clinicals while in nursing school. I survived, got my BS and did fine working on the hospital floor.</p>
<p>A lot of jobs will contain the yuck factor - not just in the medical field.
Even having/raising kids is at times gross! LOL
Cardiovascular Tech, Chemotherapy Technician, Cytotechnologist, Dialysis Technician
EKG Technician, Emergency Medical Tech, Medical Assistant, Medical Lab Tech, Perfusionist, Pharmacy Tech, Phlebotomist, Radiation Therapist, Radiology Tech / X-Ray Tech, Surgical Tech, Ultrasound Technician (Sonographer), Physical Therapist
Sports Therapist, Psychiatrist, Nutritionist/Dietition, Optometrist/Opthomelogist,
Medical Writer, Medical Illustrator, Medical/Pharm Sales, Podiatrist, Allergist, Genetics,
Food Scientist, Anesthesiologist, Medical Research, Medical appliance technicians (dental or medical - crowns, bridges, prosthetics, braces, shoes), Endocrinologist…
Some of the jobs are very flexible - path wise - can work your way up to or into: sales, management, teaching, law, writing, business ownership, marketing…
Pharmacist - great job my sister has done the following: worked in a shop dispensing, worked for a mail order company managing techs, worked for a med/drug company; reseach, consulting, help with clinical trials, write-ups, production. My cousin also a pharmacist - after college got a job at drug company doing research - than went on to law school (company paid) and is now a corp. attorney for a major drug company.
Check out the ocupational handbook for different jobs:
[Occupational</a> Outlook Handbook Index: M-O](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocoimo.htm]Occupational”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocoimo.htm)
[Orthotics</a> & Prosthetics - Make a Career of making a Difference everyday! - OPCareers.org](<a href=“http://www.opcareers.org%5DOrthotics”>http://www.opcareers.org)
[Specialties</a> & Subspecialties](<a href=“http://www.abms.org/Who_We_Help/Physicians/specialties.aspx]Specialties”>http://www.abms.org/Who_We_Help/Physicians/specialties.aspx)</p>
<p>Have her go on Monster.com and do a search of “medical” or “health care” or Hospital. It will spit out job postings for hundreds of different jobs in the medical field. Some of which have been mentioned already, some not. For someone interested in medical stuff but has a low tolerance for the “gross out factor” there are dozens of interesting careers in biostatistics, developing protocols and screening factors for clinical trials, assessing outcomes of treatments among different populations, etc. The Center for Disease Control hires all sorts of people you wouldn’t imagine- anthropologists, linguists, applied mathematicians, etc.</p>
<p>So encourage her to look at who is hiring and what they’re hiring before going further.</p>
<p>We know someone now doing health policy at a consulting firm(figuring out how public health will be impacted by various changes in medicare/medicaid reiumbursements) who had hoped to do patient care but couldn’t hack the whole body fluid thing… Says her job is very fulfilling, pays really well, and impacts millions of people at a time.</p>
<p>Not bad.</p>