Unit 2: Health Care Careers Flashcards
Bachelors degree
4 years
Masters degree
Bachelors + 2 years
Doctorate
Masters + 2 or more years
Certification
A person has fulfilled requirements of education and meets the standards for a particular career
A person reaches education requirements and standards for a career
Registration
Performed by a regulatory body that administers examinations and maintains a current list of qualified personnel in a given health care area
Regulatory body administers examinations and maintains a qualified personnel list in a health care area
Licensure
A process where a government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given occupation
A gov agency allows individuals to work in a occupation
Continuing education units (CEUs)
Required to renew licenses or maintain certification or registration in many states
Entrepreneur
An individual who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business
Secretary
- greets, answers phones, makes appts
* on the job training
Associates degree
2 years
Hygienist
- clean teeth, exams, X-rays, documenting
Dental assistant
-assistant of the dentist, X-rays, dental care, impressions
Dental laboratory technician
Creates appliances for your teeth
Endodontist
Treatment within the teeth
Prosthodontist
Replacement of natural teeth with artificial teeth or dentures
Orthodontist
Alignment or straightening of the teeth
Pedodontist
Dental treatment of children
Periodontist
Treatment in gums, bone, structure supporting the teeth
EMT
- health departments, hospitals, fire, police
- basic emergency medical technician
First responder
- First people to arrive on the scene
- provide safety, comfort until EMTs arrive
EMT-P
- EMT-I + 9 months to 2 years training or associates degree
- allowed to give medicines
Doctor of Medicine
- mD
- diagnoses, examinations, surgery, treat diseases and disorders
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Treats diseases/disorders; emphasis on the nervous, muscular, skeletal systems and relationship between the body, mind, and emotions