Consider your career options and identify which fit your interests and abilities
Career Exploration
Identify the occupation that you are most interested in.
Career Identification
What does SMARTER stand for?
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timely
Empowering
Reviewable
is designed to help you reach your goals.
Action Plan
“hands-on” patient care.
Therapeutic Services
Involves the use of technology in the diagnosis of patients.
Imaging and Diagnostics
Responsible for keeping a clean and sanitary hospital or therapeutic environment.
Support Services
Includes documentation services, medical record management, hospital unit coordination, hospital information and communication system.
Health Informatics and Business
Contributes to the advancement of health care through science and technology.
Research and Development
Addresses health concerns of communities at risk for disease and injury.
Public Health
These services include companionship and assistance to people who need to engage in day-to-day activities.
Personal Healthcare
“Non-medical” or “private duty” caregivers are in demand especially to the elderly who may need companions.
Personal Healthcare
Is connected with the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
Maternal and Child Care
For early detection of any potential complications of pregnancy
Prenatal Care
recovery from childbirth, newborn care, nutrition, breastfeeding
PostnatalCare
are professionals who are concerned with the attainment, maintenance, and recovery of the optimal health and quality of life of patients and communities.
Nurses
They work with physicians, therapists, patients, patients’ families, and other medical team members in treating illnesses and improving the quality of life of patients
Nurses
prescribe medication and perform major dental surgery and basic dental procedures.
Dentist
are persons who provide assistance to local communities, so they receive health care from social service systems and the government.
Community Health Workers
is the field of study that is concerned with the relationship between health and nutrition.
Dietetics
Professionals who design nutrition therapies to help the body be protected against disease by means of natural food nutrients.
Dietitians
Is a profession that involves educating people about health.
Health Education
is a field of science that studies how the environment influences human health and disease. It is also concerned with all aspects of the natural and man-made environment that may affect human health.
Environmental Health
are professionals who do work related to the environment by means of research, outreach, and education, environmental clean-ups, investigations, and more.
Environmental Specialists
Sometimes known as paramedic services or rescue or first aid squads
Emergency Medical Services
What does EMS stand for?
Emergency Medical Services
They track the physical progress of patients as medications are administered.
Detox Specialists
professionals who counsel people who have deep emotional problems. They work in hospitals, criminal justice systems, schools and other institutions.
Psychologists
medical practitioners who diagnose and treat patients who have mental illnesses. Those who have problems with substance abuse are also treated by psychiatrists.
Psychiatrists
those who assist people with problems related to mental health and to making family, personal, educational, and career decisions.