Medical Illustrator

Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities: A medical illustrator is a illustrator. In this career it is using art with scientist, physicians, and specialist to turn writing into pictures. What these professionals do is turning information into art to visually see the information. A medical Illustrator is useful for the visual learners. They are responsible for reading different information and turn it into a visual presentation. They are responsible for informing the specialist and professionals about the work. Medical illustrators work with medical professional, patients, the public, and marketing. Usually medical illustrators work alone or with teams, others work in medical schools, hospitals, and clinics.

Salary: $62,000 to $100,000

Education: A medical illustrator is to earn a bachelor's degree and a masters degree with a high diploma and their GED. The focus in the Bachelor's degree is on biological science and art and design programs. In the master's degree they study different arts and more science. As far from that, they need training and a personal interview. Additional courses include graphic design, computer graphics, drawing,etc.

Demand or need for this profession: 2% slower than average growth

Reflection: This career sounds like a great career. I am interested in this job and it grabs my attention. I personally would like to become one, because it seems something simple to do. To become one i would consider to evolve my drawing skills. I personally found interesting that their is a job like this. I make take in consideration as a future career.

"Make Your Passion Your Profession"

“Make Your Passion Your Profession”

My passion is sports. Sports is my first new thing i did for myself. My first sport is my first love. My first sport was volleyball. I find this sport a great way to relieve stress and  have a good laugh every once in awhile. I find this sport as a way to calm myself and think about something other than school. This sport has given me a new experience.  It's a great passion to do sports, because you get to have fun, get fit, meet others, and compete.

I think to make this passion my profession is to become a coach. A High school coach teacher others a sport they usually have experience in. A high school coach usually has experience in the sport during their high school and/or college experience. What high school coaches do is trained youngsters, teach strategies, conditioned them, and make improvements to the team to be the best. Coaches focus on improvement and strategy, but also having fun at the same time.

In the career job of being a High School coach you need to have experience in the sport. The education that is required is a bachelor’s degree and teaching licence. The coach can have a degree in physical education or anything related to exercise. High school coaches need to be CPR certified and pass a background check. For example, criminal records and drug use.

To be a volleyball coach you need to be smart, patient, and passionate on what you're doing. A coach needs to smart on the choices he makes. He need to acknowledge what he will do to train the youngster and how to improve them in no dangerous way. Also, a coach also needs to be patient. Not all students are not going to be the best to handle, but a coach needs patients for it. Patients is used to control and minimize any negative impact to the team and what they are learning. Finally, they need to passionate on what they do. Being passionate gives you reason to do what you do.

In conclusion, if i really want what i want i will go for it. In order to be the best i got to do the best and challenge myself. In order to have a career out of what i'm passionate for i need to train harder and get better. Also, i would go to trainings to become a volleyball coach or maybe even the volleyball athlete. To become what i want i will do the impossible to achieve.

Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical assistants are physicians who care for others in medical offices and clinics. As a medical assistant they use the computer for background of patients, they scedule appointment for patients, they handle laboratory duties,etc. Basically, a medical assistant works to find out everything they need to know and will soon learn for the patient. Some Medical Assistant duties include preparing the patient before analysis, informing them what they are about to do to them, inform them about their medications,etc. A medical assistant is your personal care doctor who informs you what will be soon happening and what they will do to you for your health care.

Salary: $33,971-$39,779 annually

Education: The education requirement for a medical assistant consist of a high school diploma, take college courses in the relation to science, anatomy, biology, and chemistry. Also, to become a medical assistant you need training. Usually new medical assistants get job training at their new job by another physician or trained medical assistant, but it is recommended to do as much training before. In the usually studies to become a medical assistant it takes at least 1-2 years for a class. Besides that, medical assistants are required to have degrees. Medical assistants should have an associate degree in medical assisting. To add on, a medical assistant need to pass a state exam to be certified for clinical task; blood draw, x-rays,etc.

Demand or need for this profession: 23% by 2024

Reflection: I would not like to study in the medical field. Therefore, I would not like to become a Medical Assistant. I personally see that becoming a personal assistant isn't for me because i am not so good with science. Science is one of my weakest yet strongest subjects i do. The medical field isn't for me, as well as studying in the medical field.

Health Sciences Librarian

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

A Health Science Librarian is a person who provides medical information to others in any way with words on paper. For example, some of the tools they use to help inform others are medical journals, pamphlets, books, and the internet valid sources. A Health Science Librarian is basically a librarian , you go to them when you need information on anything related to the medical. These special different type of librarians work with patients, health informationist, students, and doctors to seek knowledge over somethings. You can find a Health Science Librarian in health organizations, pharmacies, health centers, medical school, and sometimes even at the hospital. These professional are expert in searching and finding valid information on what you want/need to know.

Salary: $52,000

Education: Health Science Librarians are required to have a graduated from High School taking the classes of math, english, typing, and science. Besides that, in college they are required a; 4 year Bachelor’s degree in the focus of science and computer science, Masters degree in library science (MLS) in courses about biomedical communication and resource use, and they need to be certified by the Medical Library Association for certification and examination to help the librarian advance in a higher and more suitable position.

Demand or need for this profession: 3%-9% increase by the next decade.

Reflection: I would not like to become a Health Science Librarian, because it falls under the medical field and it has to do with books. I in the future do not see myself as a librarian and even less more likely when it focuses in the medical field. I personally struggles understanding and keeping the knowledge about our own selves health and body  in mind. The medical field isn’t for me and under the pressure as the librarian it wouldn't help either.

Health Educator

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities: Health educators are people who provide information to others to make healthy lifestyle choices. The lifestyle choices are the type of foods they intake, physical activity, smoking, drug consumption, drinking water,etc. Health educators are our teachers about our wellness and information of what our communities do and what they have to make those better choices. Health Educators target towards children and adults to help them find services to help improve their health. They are responsible of developing relationships with others to inform you about public health care, provide information, help others, create educational training that involve community meetings,etc.

Salary: $51,960 - $92,950

Education Health Educators are required to have a Bachelor's degree in Health Education and/or Health Promotion, also depending you are required to have a Masters degree in Health education and/or public health. Following by, Health Educators need to take an examine and pass, also they are required to have had 75 hours of public education every 5 hours. The needs for an health educators can be found in the community.

Demand or need for this profession: Expected to grow 37% by 2020.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to become one?Why? Why not?

I would consider to become a Health Educator. This job seems like a very important, but not much of a struggle to do. This job would be a great for me,because i wouldn’t want to be away from home and i can work in my community. This job can help inform others to become a better well-being and i can help out my own and other communities as well. This job may fall under the medical field, but as long as i don’t have any physical contact with blood or anything else i'm good. This job is a consideration, but not at my top seeings.

Nurse

Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities: Nurses are found in hospital. Being a Nurse can mean different thinks. In the career profession of being a nurse they have different positions. Nurses are in charge of taking care of the patients in the hospital. They are responsible to help prepare for the doctor on your visit. These professionals monitor your medical history, they do a physical on you, they manage your medications,etc. Nurses care for you being they hand you to the doctor. Nurses also educate others on the best choices to make to help an individual in a disease or diet plan. Nurses can be also located in private physician offices, nursing care facilities, home health care clinics, and for the government. 

Salary: $66,640 (depends your position)

Education: To become a nurse you need an Associates Degree in Nursing, it is a 2 year degree that is offered at community colleges and hospital related schools that help prepare for nursing care. They also need a Bachelors Degree in Science for nursing, its offered at colleges and universities. To add too Nurses are required to go for training and pass a licensing exam. 

Demand for this particular career: 16% growth by 2024

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?" Why or why not?

I would not consider to be a nurse, but i chose this topic because a family member of mine is on the path to become one. As the younger family member i see my older family members and see what they are doing with their life. As i grown up, based on the career choice they are doing i would like to learn more about it. Being a nurse sound like and easy but difficult job. I see being a nurse means having a lot of patients and care for to help others through sickness and health. I may not have an interest in becoming a nurse, but i do know my older family member will enjoy it.

Environmental Health Specialist

Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: Environmental Health Specialist are the specialist who focus on health for a person. Environmental Health specialist focus on our area. They are also called health inspectors or safety inspector. They are responsible to determine health hazards and transform them to good health.  These inspectors check our surrounding around our community. For example, they are in charge of inspecting how clean and what violates the health hazards that affect us, they check resturants,stories,factories,schools,nursing homes, hospitals, dentist, etc. T=As they inspect they are in charge of collecting sample of air,water,pollutions,etc to test the sample if they can harm our health.

Salary: $37,300 - $57,551

Education: Environmental Health Specialist are required to have a bachelor degree in the work of physical sciences,public health,chemistry,biology, and environmental engineering. Then based on the position you would like to work, if you decide you want to work especially for the government they need to complete a certified course by the state. Besides that, also to become a environmental health specialist they would need to go through training and certification through a National Environmental Health Association.

Demand for this profession: Grow between 10% - 20% by 2024.

Reflection: I would consider to become an Environmental Health Specialist so i can help others. I feel that because of these specialist where are sick free and we are not in a so bad pollution. Without these health specialist we can eat and be intoxicated with bacteria that can get us sick. If i were to become a health specialist i can help changed the world and improve someone well being. I would somewhat consider this profession.

Emergency Medical Technician

Emergency Medical Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Emergency Medical Technicians are also known as EMT’S. EMT’s are paramedics. EMT’S are the doctors inside an ambulance before arriving to the Hospital. They work for emergency purposes. EMT are responsible for controlling bleeding, heal injuries, take pressure, etc in cases of emergency. EMT’s are your doctors to help control and be better than the situation you were originally before the hospital. Paramedics work inside of an ambulance. Paramedics need to be able to work quick, think fast, provided excellent service, monitor,etc.

Salary: $31,700

Education: EMT’s are required to have training to qualify in state or national certified exams and take to pass. EMT’s are required to have an associate degree from a certified community college than can take 6 month too 2 years to complete.Finally, you must continue somehow in school to continue learning and maintaining credentials.

Demand or need for this profession: 24% growth by 2024

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?

I would maybe consider being an EMT, but then i wouldn’t. Being an EMT falls under a lot of responsibility and fast acting. For this career i would be a 50/50, because most of it doesn’t fall for more but most then do. For example, a does not that follows under me is fast acting and critical thinking. I personally feel that i will probably panic at this situation and not know what to do at the moment. This career falls under emergency purpose, and in order to do this career you must have critical thinking skills and know what to do at the moment. These skills don’t really apply to me and i won’t be able to help save a life like these EMT’s do for a living.

Dermatologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Dermatologist are professional who focus on treating problem related to the skin. They focus on the skin, hair , and nails to treat conditions. These professionals focus on skin care.Dermatologist focuses on skin diseases and problem. For example, skin cancer. These professionals talks with the patient one on one to see what's the problem and what they can do to fix it. After knowing the problem they do an examination on the patient, sometimes this includes conducting an X-Ray. After that, they either decide to conduct surgery or prescribe a prescription. Dermatologist also do cosmetic surgery and surgery to get a desire look and help kill Skin cancer.

Salary:$300,000

Education:To become a dermatologist it takes 12 years. Dermatologist are required to have a Medical Degree in medicine or osteopathic medicine that will take them 4 years.. They must have 3 years in training. They need a bachelor's degree majoring in advanced math, chemistry,biology,etc that will take them 4 years. Finally, they need 1-2 years of surgery training.

Demand for this profession: Demand to become a dermatologist is very high

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?

I would maybe consider myself in become a dermatologist, but with the exception of surgery. I am not a big fan of blood or touchings others DNA that is in liquid form. I personally maybe would consider being a dermatologist,because it focuses on like your body view. Dermatologist focus on skin care, nails, and hair. Women focus on that to look their best. Besides that i wouldn't want to become a dermatologist, because it takes 12 years to be one.

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Duties and Responsibilities: Chief Executive Officer is a CEO. A CEO is in charge of leading a company. They are responsibly to keep it on track, organized, make decisions, set goals, etc to help improve and maintain the company. They are in charge, no matter how big or small the company is they want to make it the best and achieve more. To be a CEO you must take charge on expenses too, you must know and make decision on when it’s best to give and not give money to help improve to benefit the company.

Salary: $579,728 - $938,583

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree Majoring in business administration

Master’s Degree Program in strategies in management, finance, organization and economic strategies and management.

Gain professional experience with companies

Demand for this particular career: Expected to grow 6% by 2024.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?

  When i grow up i would like to see myself in a career that focuses in business management or maybe in law. When i grow up i would maybe see myself doing this career. I always have looked into this career choice, but i don’t know if it would fit for me. I have this career choice interest to be a CEO in the future, but it’s not a guarantee. I would consider being a Chief Executive Officer, because it seems like a on going job that i could probably enjoy. I feel what fits for me for this job is the organization and goal setting. To complete to do this job i would have to focus more on management and decision making.  

Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Dental Assistant take care of patients before the actual dentist take care of the patient. Dental Assistants help the dentist out during the check ups or surgery. For example, Dental Assistant hand material to the Dentist during checkup to help keep the patient's mouth dry and clear. Dental Assistants are also in charge of prepare material and information needed before dentist check on the patient's. It is their job to have everything needed to know for the Dentist to do. These assistants work in dental offices, they help out with patients needs that include appointments,questions, records, etc.

Salary: $34,740

Education: To become certified and become a Dental Assistant you must pass and become certified from an exam that focuses on the knowledge on what must be done. To become certified and take your test most take the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) and Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) examination. These dental Assistants are required to take at least 2 year of training to know what must be down.

Demand or Need for this profession: Expected to grow by 18% by 2024

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or Why not?

I wouldn’t really consider being a Dental Assistant, because it’s similar to the job of being a dentist. I personally find the job of a Dentist not very appealing, but its seems like an easy job. I wouldn’t want to become a Dental Assistant or a Dentist because I wouldn’t really enjoy putting my hand into someone else is mouth with their saliva and slobber all around.  I may not be interest, but i know someone that is probably training to be a Dental Assistant or a Dentist. Comparing myself to her she enjoys very well of what she might do in the future, but as for me I don’t find this career very appealing.

Dentist

Dentist

Dentist are doctors who don’t focus on the inside of you body, they focus on the inside of your mouth. Dentist are specialist who focus on your mouth which includes, prevention in diseases and maintain healthy teeth, have special test and x-rays done of your mouth, they also perform surgery in any cause of help needed in your mouth, and check out your gums. When dentist perform surgery it is because a tooth needed to be removed and/or a cavity. Dentist main focus are your teeth. These specialist help maintain and inform you how to keep clean and healthy pearly whites with daily check ups. Besides the inside of your mouth, dentist also focus on our nervous system. This includes; muscles from our head,neck and jaw, tongue,etc. You may not notice, but when dentist check your teeth they don’t just look at your teeth they look for swellings,lumps,etc to identify and try to help reduce and prevent chances of a disease.

Average Salary: $69,790 per year.

Education:

To become a dentist you must meets some certain requirements. To become a licensed and registered Dentist you must have a Bachelor’s degree in dental school (4 years minimum) and a doctoral degree in dental medicine and/or dental surgery. After meeting your education requirement you can become licensed.

Demand or Need from this profession:

For the career choice to become a dentist up too 2024 they are expected to increase by 18%.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or Why not?

  I wouldn’t want to become a Dentist, because it’s a messy job and not much interesting. I personally wouldn’t want to become a dentist, because it’s hands on with a patient and  your having contact with saliva, blood, etc. I find it messy and disgusting to be in contact with other people germs.Being a dentist is not in my interest, but i do have a relative who will soon become one. My cousin is in school and very interested in what goes down in others mouth.

Chiropractor

Chiropractor

Duties and Responsibilities:

Chiropractors are doctors who work with patients to help them feel relief from your back, neck, joints, and headaches without using medications and surgery. Chiropractor are specialist who focus on any pain relation to the your bones,muscles,ligaments, and tendons. They are workers who have goals that they reach to help other out and have tremendous amount of creativity and expectations. They are required to interview the patient to identify and understand the issue they are feeling.They providing treatment by massages, exercises, and spinal help and adjustment. Chiropractors also are found and work in private clinics and work in hospitals too. They collaborate with physical therapist and doctors.

Salary: $118,551-$192,320

Education: Chiropractors are required to have a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree and/ professional certificate. Chiropractors are also required to have at least 5 years of experience, the more experience they have the more they understand of what they must be doing. Chiropractors also have an exam they must pass, National Board Tests or state examination to become certified.

Demand for this profession: Employment to become a Chiropractor is expected to increase 28% by 2018, it is in demand for health care reasons.

Reflection:

  I would want to become a Chiropractor, to become one of theses specialist you must know your limits. This Chiropractor also fall under the medical field. My future career interest doesn’t fall under the medical field. I feel this job is in between for me, because i don’t know well to treat pain and i wouldn’t want that to affect my patients. This job seems well-rounded and great to help others feel relief from their pain.I would consider this career choice to my older siblings, because they have much interest in the medical field and know how to deal with pain.