Career Ideas For Teens In Health Science

by Reeves, Diane Lindsey; Karlitz, Gail; Prokos, Anna

• ISBN13: 9780816052905
• ISBN10: 0816052905
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Ferguson Pub

Summary

Each volume provides readers with a fun and hands-on way to explore their interests and options for a future career by covering a different field selected from the sixteen career clusters defined by the U.S. Department of Education as part of a national career cluster initiative.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Welcome to Your Future	1	(4)
Section 1: Discover You at Work	5	(26)
Big Question #1: Who Are You?	6	(3)
Big Question #2: What Are Your Interests and Strengths?	9	(3)
Big Question #3: What Are Your Work Values?	12	(5)
Big Question #4: What Is Your Work Personality?	17	(14)
Section 2: Explore Your Options	31	(94)
Acupuncturist	35	(3)
Art Therapist	38	(2)
Athletic Trainer	40	(3)
Audiologist	43	(2)
Biochemist	45	(3)
Bioinformatics Scientist	48	(2)
Biomedical Engineer	50	(3)
Chiropractor	53	(3)
Computed Tomography Technologist	56	(3)
Cytotechnologist	59	(2)
Dental Hygienist	61	(2)
Dentist	63	(2)
Dietician	65	(2)
Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist	67	(2)
Emergency Medical Technician	69	(3)
Epidemiologist	72	(2)
Forensic Pathologist	74	(2)
Geneticist	76	(3)
Home Health Aide	79	(2)
Industrial Hygienist	81	(3)
Kinesiotherapist	84	(2)
Massage Therapist	86	(2)
Medical Technologist	88	(2)
Microbiologist	90	(2)
Mortician	92	(3)
Nuclear Medicine Technician	95	(2)
Nurse	97	(2)
Occupational Therapist	99	(2)
Optometrist	101	(2)
Pharmacist	103	(2)
Phlebotomist	105	(2)
Physical Therapist	107	(2)
Physician	109	(3)
Physician Assistant	112	(2)
Veterinarian	114	(5)
Big Question #5: Do You Have the Right Skills?	116	(3)
More Career Ideas in Health Science	119	(6)
Big Question #6: Are You on the Right Path?	121	(4)
Section 3: Experiment with Success	125	(36)
Big Question #7: Who Knows What You Need to Know?	127	(3)
Ask the Experts	130	(18)
Big Question #8: How Can You Find Out What a Career Is Really Like?	148	(6)
Big Question #9: How Do You Know When You've Made the Right Choice?	154	(4)
Big Question #10: What's Next?	158	(3)
A Final Word	161	(2)
Appendix	163	(6)
Index	169

Excerpts

By 2030, more than 70 million Americans will be over the age of 65. With the aging population's demand for health services and the development of new medical technologies, opportunities for health professionals are excellent and will expand rapidly in the years to come. With more than 35 job profiles in this volume of Career Ideas for Teens in Health Science, readers will discover an amazing diversity in the types of jobs available in this field.
Careers profiled include:
Art therapist
Biochemist
Chiropractor
Cytotechnologist
Dietician
Epidemiologist
Home health aide
Massage therapist
Microbiologist
Mortician
Pharmacist
Physician assistant.