Careers that are not Doctors or Nurses
Name that healthcare setting
Name that local hospital
Other healthcare careers
How much school do I need?
100

This person provides rehab for an inquiry such as a torn ACL

Who is a Physical Therapist

100

This is a place where physicals, annual wellness visits, and flu shots might be given by nurses, doctors, or Physician assistants.  

What is a doctor's office

100
According to its website this sweet hospital system has 5 hospitals and a children's hospital

What is Penn State Health

100

This person fills prescriptions in the pharmacy at a grocery store or hospital

What is a pharmacist

100

This health professional needs at least 13 years of school

What is a surgeon

200

This person works in an emergency room and makes sure all of your information is correct for billing and mailing

What is an admissions tech

200

Patients are sent here for treatment if they are under 18 years of age

What is a childrens hospital

200

This hospital system spans most of central PA and has 8 hospitals including a trauma center

What is WellSpan

200

This person may take your temperature and your blood pressure at a doctor's office or clinic

What is a medical assistant

200

This person collects blood from patients in various healthcare settings and needs between 4 and 12 weeks of training.

What is a phlebotomist 
300

During an operation, this person passes the sterile instruments and supplies to surgeons and first assistants.  

What is a surgical technologist

300
This is a place inside of a hospital or a free-standing place where blood or other samples are analyzed for evidence of diseases

What is a lab

300

This hospital system has two local trauma centers

What is Penn State Health 

Bonus Where are they?

300

This person posts information about the hospital on social media

What is a marketing manager, or social media content specialist

300

This person provides care at the bedside at the hospital in various settings and needs between 16 months and 4 years of training/school for a standard license

What is a registered nurse

400
This person can be a doctor or a nurse and provides medicine to put to you "to sleep" during an operation or procedure

Who is an anesthesiologist or a nurse anesthetist

400

People who need nursing care around the clock and are unable to live by themselves may live here

What is a nursing home or skilled nursing facility

400

This Health System employs over 5000 physicians all over Pennsylvania and has 8 local hospitals.

What is UPMC

400
This person assigns codes to the procedures that a patients has to charge the insurance company or create a bill.

Who is a medical coder or biller

400

This person needs at least 5 years of school and at least a master's degree and helps people by talking with them about challenges that they may be experiencing 

Who is a social worker, psychologist 

500

This person makes sure that all the surgical equipment is cleaned and sterilized and is packaged for the next surgery

Who is a sterile processor

500

This is located outside the hospital but you can go there to get non-complicated surgeries done

What is outpatient surgery

500

The largest student-led fundraiser in the country supports this local children's hospital

Where is Penn State Children's Hospital

Bonus:  What is the fundraiser called?

500

This person makes sure that all the computers and the systems they run on are secured and running correctly.

Who is an IT specialist.  

500

This person flies in helicopters with patients and needs between 1 to 3 years of school and 3 to 5 years of experience in an emergency room settings

What is a flight paramedic