Laboratory and Science
Imaging and Technology Careers
Environmental careers, resources and hazards
Biotechnology careers and Genetics
Terminology
100
The medical doctor who examines tissues and secretions to diagnose diseases.
What is a pathologist
100
The physician who makes diagnoses based on medical images.
What is a radiologist?
100
The nutrition professional who must pass a national exam after completing a four year degree who provides nutritional counseling.
What is a dietician?
100
The scientist who usually works for a private company modifying cells of living things so that genetic traits can be improved.
What is a biotechnologists?
100
A microorganism that causes disease.
What is a pathogen.
200
Performs laboratory tests using independent judgement.
What is a medical technologist
200
The imaging professional who makes diagnostic images including images that use dye for greater contrast.
What is a radiologic technologist (radiographer)?
200
The health care worker who assists the dietician in planning menus and who prepares food for people with special nutritional needs.
What is a dietary technician?
200
The health care scientist who produces antibodies to treat disease.
What is a medical biotechnologist?
200
The study of how blood cells prevent diseases from infecting our bodies.
What is immunology?
300
Prepares slides and does simple tests in the laboratory.
What is a medical laboratory technician?
300
The imaging professional who makes images and scans using radiopharmaceuticals.
What is a nuclear medicine technologist?
300
The health care worker who enforces local laws to protect the public health including standards for food, sewage and waste disposal.
What is a sanitarian?
300
The health care scientist who assists in solving crimes.
What is a forensics scientist?
300
The study of blood.
What is hematology?
400
Draws blood for laboratory tests.
What is a phlebotomist?
400
The imaging professional who attaches electrodes to record and measure heart activity.
What is an electrocardiograph technician?
400
The health care professional who would be called if medical equipment was not working properly.
What is a biomedical equipment technician
400
The health care scientist who counsels people concerns about a family history of a disease.
What is a geneticist?
400
A lung condition usually caused by tobacco smoking or air pollution that destroys alveoli/
What is emphysema?
500
Studies the affects of chemicals on tissues and organs.
What is a biochemist?
500
The imaging professional who uses equipment to measure the electrical activity of the brain if a physician suspects a neurological disorder.
What is an electroencephalographic technician?
500
The health care worker responsible for sterilizing medical devices.
What is a central service technician?
500
The health care scientist who designs machines with a goal of improving the quality and effectiveness of patient care.
What is a biomedical engineer?
500
An applied science that counsels couples to reproduce favorable traits and to reduce reproduction of undesired traits.
What is eugenics?
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