Health Care Careers (ALL CAREER)
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Koifish7553 on September 28, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dental Assistant | Person who assist with surgery and set up exam rooms |
| Dental Hygienist | Person who cleans teeth and develop x-rays |
| Dentist | Person who examine, diagnose, and treat mouth disease |
| Oral Surgeon | Person who perform surgery on teeth and jaw |
| Ophthalmologist | Medical doctor who specializes in eye disease and surgery |
| Optometrist | Person who examine eyes and prescribe correct lenses |
| Optician | person who make and fit glasses or contacts for prescription |
| Veterinarian | Person who diagnoses, treats, and perform surgery on animals |
| Veterinary Technician (Vet Tech) | Under Vet for handling and caring of animals, assist with surgery, and perform lab tests |
| Veterinary Assistant | Feed, Bathe, And groom animals and prepare animals for surgeries |
| Electrocardiograph Technician (EKG Tech) | person who operate machine records heart impulses |
| Electroencephalographic Technologist (EEG) | Person who operate machine to record electric activity in the brain |
| Medical Laboratory Technologist | Person who study tissues, fluids, and cells of the body to help determine the presence and/or cause of disease |
| Phlebotomist | A technician that collects blood and prepares it for testing |
| Radiologic Technologist | Person who takes pictures of internal parts of the body to help diagnose injury or disease |
| Cardiovascular Technologist | Person who assist cardiologist with invasive test of the heart |
| Medical Doctor (MD) | a doctoral degree for physicians |
| Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) | like MD but more focus in body's muscle-skeletal system |
| Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) | Person who treat and diagnoses disorder, diseases and injuries of foot and lower leg |
| Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) | person who diagnose and treat patients with health problems of the muscle-skeletal system under physician |
| Physician's Assistant (PA) | Person who takes medical history, routine physical exam, preliminary diagnoses, treats minor injuries, and prescribe and administer treatments |
| Occupational Therapist | Person who teach/ motivate patients to improve patient disability to allow independence for ADL or work |
| Physical therapist | person who assist patients to regain strength and mobility after an illness/ injury and due to a chronic medical emotion |
| Recreational therapist | Person who help people with disabilities to improve their qualities of life using games, sports, arts, and life skills. |
| Respiratory therapist | person who provides treatments to patients with breathing problems due to illness or injury |
| speech- language pathologist | person who diagnoses and treats speech disorders such as stuttering/ lisping/ or due to illness/ injury |
| Pharmacist | individual who is licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and has extensive knowledge of their properties |
| Dietitian | Professional trained to assess nutrition status and recommend appropriate diet therapy. |
| Registered nurse | a specialist, licensed to work directly with patients, administering treatments as ordered by the physician |
| Emergency Medical Technician | provides basic care for medical emergencies, illness, injury |
| Psychiatrist | a medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders; can prescribe medication |
| Psychologist | holds an advanced degree but is not a medical doctor; evaluates and treats emotional problems and mental illness |
| Social Worker | the link b/w people who need help and the ones that can help them. They help the person and his family accept and adjust to life w/ a mental disorder |
| Medical Records Administrator | person who plans the system for storing and obtaining information from records |
| Medical Records Technician | Organize and code patient records, gather statistical data |
| Unit Secretary/ Ward Clerk/ Unit Coordinator | person who extended care facilities, Clinics, and other health facilities to record information on records |
| Health Care Administrator | manages the operation of a health care facility |
| Medical Scientist | a scientist who studies disease processes to prevent disease |
| Biomedical Engineer | person who uses engineering to solve problems in biology and medicine to improve patient care and design new medical devices |
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