Top 100 Health Care Careers: Your Complete Guidebook To Training And Jobs In Allied Health, Nursing, Medicine, And More 2nd Edition

A career guidance manual, including how to choose the health-care career that is best for you, how to get the required education, and how to relate to patients. It contains a detailed overview of 100 jobs, including scope, activities, educational requirements, salary range, advancement, certification, and outlook, and a directory of education and training programs for each of the 100 featured careers--thousands of programs in all 50 states and Canada. Plus, there’s a self-assessment for choosing the right career in the field, guidance on the common admissions tests for health-care programs, information on financial aid, and complete job search tips, including sample resumes and cover letters. This second edition has 19 new careers, including physicians and dentists, for a total of 100, plus more Web resources, and the listing of education and training programs has been expanded. PART 1: CHOOSING AND PLANNING A HEALTH-CARE CAREER: The health-care field: where the jobs are Choosing the best health-care career for you Planning your education PART 2: HEALTH PROFESSIONALISM: The health-care professional Understanding the patient The professional-patient relationship PART 3: THE JOB SEARCH: Preparing for your job search Finding a job PART 4: HEALTH-CARE CAREER DESCRIPTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS: Diagnosing and treating practitioners Associated health-care careers Adjunctive health-care careers: technologists, technicians, assistants, and aides Rehabilitation careers: therapists, therapy assistants, and aides Administrative health-care careers Affiliated health-care careers: medical scientists, educators, and information workers APPENDICES: A: Health-care education admission tests B: Health-care professional organizations C: Job search resources Anyone considering a career in heath-care will find all the information they need in this comprehensive resource. The career guidance section includes how to choose the health-care career best suited for individual goals, how to get the required education, and how to relate to patients. Each of the 100 job overviews include scope, activities, educational requirements, salary range, advancement, certification, and outlook. Readers will also find training and education programs for each of the 100 featured careers. Presents descriptions of one hundred careers in the health care field, including diagnosing and treating practitioners; associated health-care workers; technologists, technicians, assistants, and aides; and administrative and affiliated health-care workers Detailed overview of 100 health-care occupations. Includes guidance on how to choose a health-care career, how to get the required education and training, and how to relate to patients. Previous ed. published in 2000 under title: Health-care careers for the 21st century.