The healthcare sector is a very rewarding and diverse occupational industry.
Below are various occupations that an individual can pursue in the healthcare
industry. Most of these occupations require special training beyond a high school
diploma or GED® Credentials. To learn more about each of these positions, visit
the MedlinePlus website at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
and click on the "Choosing a Career" link that is provided by the American Medical
Association.
Allied Health
- Anesthesia technologist/technician
- Anesthesiologist assistant
- Athletic trainer
- Cardiovascular technologist
- Electroneurodiagnostic technologist
- Emergency medical technician-paramedic
- Exercise science (personal fitness trainer, exercise physiologist, and exercise science professional)
- Kinesiotherapist
- Medical assistant
- Medical illustrator
- Orthotist and prosthetist
- Perfusionist
- Polysonographic technologist
- Respiratory therapist
- Surgical assistant
- Surgical technologist
Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies
- Chiropractic
- Massage therapist
Communication sciences
- Audiologist
- Speech-language pathologist
Counseling
- Counselor
- Genetic counselor
- Rehabilitation counselor
Dietetics
- Dietitian/nutritionist
- Dietetic technician
Dentistry and related fields
- Dental assistant
- Dental hygienist
- Dental laboratory technician
- Dentist
Expressive/creative arts therapies
- Art therapist
- Dance/movement therapist
- Music therapist
Health information and communication
- Cancer registrar
- Health information administrator
- Health information technician
- Medical coder
- Medical librarian
- Medical transcriptionist
Laboratory science
- Blood bank technology-specialist
- Clinical assistant
- Clinical laboratory scientist/medical technologist
- Clinical laboratory technician/medical laboratory technician
- Cytogenetic technologist
- Cytotechnologist
- Diagnostic molecular scientist
- Histotechnician
- Histotechnologist
- Pathologists’ assistant
- Phlebotomist
Medical imaging
- Diagnostic medical sonographer
- Magnetic resonance technologist
- Medical dosimetrist
- Nuclear medicine technologist
- Radiation therapist
- Radiographer
- Registered radiologist assistant
Nurse
- Nurses Aide
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Registered Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacy
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy technician
Physician
- Doctor of medicine
- Doctor of osteopathic medicine
Physician assistant
Podiatrist
Psychologist
Therapy and rehabilitation
- Occupational therapist
- Occupational therapy assistant
- Physical therapist
- Physical therapist assistant
- Therapeutic recreation specialist
Veterinary medicine
- Veterinarian
- Veterinary technologist and technician
Vision-related professions
- Ophthalmic assistant/technician/technologist
- Ophthalmic dispensing optician
- Optometrist
- Orientation and mobility specialist
- Orthotist
- Teacher of the visually impaired
- Vision rehabilitation therapist