Educational Requirements
Health Care Professions I
Health Care Professions II
Health Care Professions III
Health Care Professions IV
100

The minimum educational requirement for becoming a licensed practical nurse (LPN).

What is a certification?

100

Assists athletes with preventing managing and recovering from injuries

What is an Athletic Trainer? 

100

This role assists patients with daily activities and provides basic care under the supervision of a nurse.

What is a Certified Nursing Assistant?

100

Before entering medical school, aspiring doctors usually need to complete this level of higher education.

What is a Bachelors Degree?

100

Involved in capturing a picture of the health status of a patient at a single point in time.

Diagnostic Services Health Care Career

200

This type of education is required for pharmacists before they can practice.

What is doctorate/doctoral degree?

200

Trained in one field or occupation & receive additional education to work in a second and even third occupation

What are multiskilled/multicompetent health care providers? 

200

This role involves managing the business and administrative functions of a health care facility.

What is Health Care Administrator? 

200

To practice as a certified medical laboratory technician, one must often obtain this specific credential.

What is a Certification?

200

Involve serving the needs of patients through direct or indirect patient care.

What are Support Services?

300

Ensuring that the program of study meets the established quality competency standards and prepares students for employment

What is Accreditation? 

300

Works with patients with kidney failure to provide their treatment

What are Dialysis Technicians?

300

This profession focuses on creating and implementing rehabilitation plans for patients recovering from injuries or surgeries.

What is a Physical Therapist?

300

Units healthcare professionals need to complete to remain licensed. 

What are Continuing Education Units?

300

Dentists and social workers fall under this career cluster pathway.



What are Therapeutic Services Careers?

400

Process by which a government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given occupation

What is Licensure?

400

Treatment and prevention of disease of the gums, bone, and structures supporting the teeth - requiring a 6-8 year education

What is Periodontics? 

400

This profession involves interpreting and analyzing medical images to aid in diagnosis.

What is a Radiologist Technician? 

400

This field involves using biological systems and organisms to develop products and technologies for medical and agricultural applications.

What is Biotechnology? 

400

National Health Care Standards Career Cluster Pathways.

What are therapeutic, diagnostic, support, biotechnological research, and health informatics services?

500

Involves being listed or recorded by a regulatory body (like the state board) and may be required for certain professions but doesn’t necessarily mean advanced qualifications

What are Registrations?

500

Secondary program that prepares graduates for immediate employment or continuing education.

What are HSE programs? What are Secondary Health Science Education Programs? 

500

This health care cluster pathway manages and analyzes health data to improve patient care and health care operations through electronic health records (EHRs).

What are Health Informatics Services?

500

The range of actions, processes, and procedures that a licensed health professional is permitted to perform, based on their education, training, and experience.

What is Scope of Practice?

500

This career level requires 3-4 years of college plus work experience, usually a bachelor’s degree and, sometimes a master’s degree

What are Technologists or Therapists?