Wellness Professional

Duties and responsibilities: Wellness professionals are familiar with dietary, mental, and physical habits that lead to a healthy life. They are considered guides in this area and offer advice and plan to lead you to be well. They are well familiar with general knowledge as well as go in depth with wellness.

Salary: $53,000

Education: People in this field can have a GED and high school diploma. An associate's degree can further the career with majors in this area. Workshops are available.

Do you think you would like to be one?

No because this job doesn’t interest me.

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Sciences Librarians and Library Technicians collect and organize medical information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration.

Librarians select and acquire books, journals, and other library material. They also establish electronic and digital database information systems. They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for access and provide reference assistance to patrons. They coordinate and control budgets and supervise library technicians.

Library technicians assist librarians in organizing collections, shelve books, manage circulation desks, answer patrons' questions, and perform administrative duties.

Average Salary:

$20,000 - $30,000 (Library Technicians)

$35,000 - $55,000 (Librarians)

Educational Requirements:

Students should take challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. Health sciences library technician training varies by employer. Some provide on the job training, but all prefer that students complete library technician programs at a community college or technical school. Associate's degrees can be earned in many of these programs. Health Science Librarians should earn an undergraduate degree in one of the life sciences and must earn a master's degree in library science from a program that is accredited by the American Library Association. Some library science graduate programs offer specialized courses in health science librarianship.

Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical assistants are basically a doctor’s helper. They help them with many tasks whether they’re simple or complicated. They’re work also depends on whether they work in the front or back office. If they work in the front office they’ll basically do secretary work ordering supplies, greeting patients, handling patient records, etc. If they work in the back office they’ll escort patients, check blood pressure, take the patient’s medical history, etc.

Salary: $21,620-$24,460

Education:

In order to be a medical assistant you need to have training or become certified. Some medical assistants have an associate’s degree. The education requirements vary depending on where you live.

Do you think you would like to be one?

I wouldn’t want to be a medical assistant because I would rather be a doctor. In my opinion it’ll be more worth it.

Dental Hygienist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Dental hygienists provide preventive treatment for oral health problems. They also educate patients and promote dental health.  They may be employed in health departments, nursing homes, hospitals, dental school, or school districts, but usually they work in private dental offices and clinics.  Dental hygienists:

·       Screen patients for dentists.

·       Take and develop radiographs.

·       Remove calculus and plaque from teeth.

·       Apply preventive treatments to teeth.

·       Counsel patients on oral health and teach them appropriate dental health procedures.

·       Perform dental office management duties.
 Average Salary:  $22,000 - $35,000

Educational Requirements:

Dental hygienists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate before participating in dental hygiene education programs.

Dental hygienists usually earn an Associate’s degree at a community college or private school. To practice, they must also be licensed by the passing Dental Hygiene National Board examination.

Some hygienists earn bachelors or masters degrees if they want to teach, do research, or broaden their scope into public health issues.

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Clinical Technologies

Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory tests and procedures then technicians. They also supervise technicians, confirm their tests, and manage laboratory quality control programs.

Most clinical laboratory specialists work in hospitals, but they are also employed by private practices, medical groups, research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Average Salary:

$20,000-$28,000 (clinical laboratory technicians)

$25,000-$40,000 (clinical technologists)

Educational requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

An associate’s degree in the field or completion of a specialized in-house training program is required to become a clinical laboratory technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally required to become a clinical technologist; however some employers accept an associate’s degree and extensive clinical experience as a substitute. Many technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialized training to advance their careers in clinical chemistry, blood banking, and micrology.

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