Health (Medical and Allied Health Professions)

• Medical profession - group of individuals qualified to practice medicine.
• Allied health professions - lines of work that still deal with healthcare, but are distinct from medicine
• Allied health professionals - healthcare practitioners with formal education and clinical training credentials through certification, registration, and/or licensure. They collaborate with physicians and other members of the healthcare team
• Technicians - those who undergo training to perform specific procedures. They are required to work under the supervision of technologists or therapists.
• Therapist or technologists - have more intensive training which includes acquiring procedural skills.
• Audiologist


  Identifies and rehabilitates hearing impairments and related disorders
• Chiropractor


  Diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders, with emphasis on treatment through manual adjustment and/or manipulation of the spine
• Clinical psychologist


  Assesses, diagnoses, treats and helps prevent mental disorders
• Dietitian Nutritionist


  Promotes good health through proper diet and treatment of diseases
• Emergency Medical Technician


  Also known as ambulance technician, responds quickly to any emergency and life-threatening situation to immediately treat serious injuries, physical or mental trauma to increase a patient's chances of survival
• Guidance Counselor


  Assists students with personal, family, education, and career decisions and concerns
• Health Educator


  Specializes in health education and promotes the development of health knowledge, life skills, and positive attitudes toward the health and well-being of students
• Massage Therapist


  Performs the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues
• Medical assistant


  Performs, under the direction of a physician, various routine administrative and nontechnical clinical tasks in hospitals, clinics, and other similar facilities
• Medical technologist


  Performs a variety of tasks on body fluids, from simple blood tests to more complex tests to uncover abnormalities in the body, and underlying causes of illnesses
• Midwife


  Professionals with the expertise and skills in helping women maintain healthy pregnancies, assist in or perform childbirth delivery, and help in women's recovery process through the postpartum period
• Nurse


  Trained to provide care for people who are sick or injured
• Occupational therapist


  Uses purposeful activity and interventions to maximize the independence and health of any client who is limited by physical injury or illness, cognitive impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental illness, or learning disability
• Orthotist/Prosthetist


  Makes and fits prosthetics or artificial parts for the human body
• Paramedic


  Gives emergency medical treatment or assists medical professionals in emergency situations
• Pharmacist


  Prepares and dispenses medication prescribed by licensed health professionals
• Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer


  Perform imaging procedures, such as x-ray
• Physical Therapist


  Examines, evaluates, and treats physical impairments through use of special exercise, application of heat or cold, and other physical modalities
• Speech Language Pathologist


  Diagnoses and treats patients with functional and organic speech defects and disorders
• Phlebotomist


  Professionals with special training in phlebotomy or drawing blood from patients
• Radiation therapist


  Administers radiation therapy services to patients and observes patients during treatment
• Social Worker


  Investigates, treats, and gives aid to people with social problems and helps people with mental illness, serious health conditions, financial difficulties, substance abuse problems, domestic or child abuse, unwanted pregnancy and other social problems