Medical Careers A CAREER EXPLORATION ACTIVITY FOR GRADES 4-6

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HealthCare: efforts made to maintain or restore physical, mental, or emotional well-being especially by trained and licensed professionals

The thriving healthcare field offers some of the nation's best career opportunities. If you're seeking a personally and financially rewarding career consider the healthcare industry. Due to the growing elderly population, the demand for healthcare and medical professionals continues to increase. The healthcare and medical sectors encompass many rewarding careers. Many healthcare careers require a two-year degree or a certificate. Many of the health careers and medical careers require people to complete a licensure program or course training.

Here's just a sample of the careers available in the medical field:

Assistant positions — medical assistant, physician's assistant

Health care support — phlebotomist

Nursing positions — trauma (ER) nurse; labor and delivery nurse; hospice nurse; medical/oncology nurse; dialysis nurse; surgical nurse; advanced practice nurse (family nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists)

Doctors — hematologist, general practitioner, oncology, pediatrician, internal medicine, ENT specialist, anesthesiologist

Physical therapy — sports medicine, trainers, post-surgery physical therapy

Technical specialists – perfusionist, radiographer

Never lie to an X-ray technician. They can see right through you.

When you think of medical careers, you often think of all of the people who work with patients when they are sick. However, there are so many other important jobs in the medical field.

Pharmacist

Philanthropy

Facilities

Scientist

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I tried playing hide and seek in the hospital, but they kept finding me in the ICU.

What is the Future of Medicine?

How do you get started in a career in the medical field?

EXPLORE FROM HOME

You can start developing your skills now with some projects you can do at home.

Some adult supervision may be needed.

Happy building!

Full Code Simulator- Click here to see how you would handle patients in the ER

Biopsy Simulation at Home

Credits:

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