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Term for the progression from an entry-level position to higher levels of pay, skill, and responsibility.
Career Ladder
A two-year college degree, often offered through a community college and awarded after completing 60 credit hours or more in a semester system.
Associate's Degree
A degree awarded after two to six years of education beyond the bachelor’s degree; available in many disciplines.
Doctorate
A job exploration tool that involves following an employee while he or she completes the tasks of a job you find interesting.
Job Shadowing
Recognition given for completing a course of study and/or passing a certification exam
certification
A sector of a healthcare facility that plays a critical role in providing a clean, safe environment for all who enter a healthcare facility.
Support Services
A healthcare pathway offering careers in implementing procedures to determine causes of diseases or disorders.
Diagnostic Services
Academic degree awarded by a college or university to those who complete from one to two years (depending on the degree) of prescribed study beyond the bachelor’s degree.
Master's Degree
Recognition given by a state agency when a person meets the qualifications for a particular occupation; given after the person passes a licensure examination; required to practice.
Licensure
A system that categorizes patients according to their diagnoses.
diagnostic-related groups (DRGs)
Career path that offers hands-on experience with patients and focuses on changing the health status of a patient over time.
Therapeutic Services
A digital record that contains information about a patient and spans his or her entire medical history and experiences.
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Career field considered to be a bridge between medicine and technology, and which provides critical support to all other medical services; includes positions such as medical clerical worker, human resource workers, and medical records workers.
Health Informatics Services
Highly science-oriented career pathway that uses living systems and organisms to create and develop products used in healthcare.
Biotechnology Research and Development
A two-year college degree, often offered through a community college and awarded after completing 60 credit hours or more in a semester system
associate’s degree