Credentials
A healthcare professional completes training and demonstrates the knowledge and abilities needed for a particular specialty.
certifications
A student has to wait until college to begin exploring health science careers.
false
Name the five major health science career pathways
A student loves the idea of becoming a healthcare professional and gets excited whenever they think about the career.
passion
ost diagnostic services careers require direct contact with patients.
false
A professional needs official permission to legally practice their healthcare profession.
licensure
Which statement is correct?
A. Every health science career requires a master’s degree.
B. Every health science career involves scientific research.
C. Some health science careers focus on promoting health.
D. Every health science career requires a college degree.
c
A professional helps identify what disease or condition a patient has.
Which pathway is the best match?
diagnostic
A student practices taking blood pressure and becomes better at it over time.
What is this ability called?
skill
Diagnostic services can involve more than simply identifying diseases.
What other major area can they focus on?
prevention
A healthcare provider receives an NPI. What type of professional identification is this?
registration
A student is researching a career and wants to know what education is required and what the workplace is like.
What type of information should they investigate?
career info
A healthcare worker spends most of their time collecting, organizing, and analyzing patient information.
Which pathway is the best match?
health informatics
A healthcare worker provides hands-on care, helps maintain a patient’s health, and may perform routine checkups.
Which pathway is the best match?
therapeutic
Select ALL that could be responsibilities of therapeutic services:
A.Providing patient care
B. Maintaining a patient’s health
C. Performing routine checkups
D. Analyzing huge amounts of healthcare data
E. Developing medical devices
a,b, c
Which doesn’t belong?
bachelor's
Put these in order from lower to more advanced education:
Master’s — Bachelor’s — Associate
Master’s — Bachelor’s — Associate
Answer: Associate → Bachelor’s → Master’s
A scientist works on developing a new medical device and improving treatments using biotechnology.
Which pathway is the best match?
Biotechnology Research & Development
A healthcare professional helps maintain the environment where providers work, helps patients navigate healthcare options, and assists with routine clinical activities.
Which pathway is being described?
support services
Fix the student’s mistake:
“Health informatics is mainly about providing hands-on treatment to patients.”
What is wrong with this statement?
Health informatics focuses on healthcare information and data, including analyzing data.
Explain why Bachelor's degree doesn't match
because it's a degree
BONUS: Which of these is an advanced/graduate degree?
: Master’s
What pathway is remembered by improving health
therapeutic
we promote what and prevent what?
health and disease
CLUE:
Jordan wants a career in healthcare but isn’t necessarily interested in providing hands-on treatment.
Jordan enjoys computers, organizing information, and analyzing large amounts of patient data.
Jordan is also researching the education required for the career and what the work environment would be like.
What health science pathway would be the best match, and what type of career information should Jordan investigate?
health informatics