BY: CRUZ JASMINE ARANDIA SOPHIA

Medical Careers

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Choosing A Medical Career

How do you choose a Medical Career?To choose your medical career, you must first ask yourself

and consider the following items.• Why do you want to pursue a Medical Career?

To help other? Is it in your honest interest? The salary and pay?

• How are you going to receive the education & training for your career?What is the cost of the education you need? How and where will you get it?

• Where Do You Want To Work?How far will your workplace be? How will you get there? Is it worth the time and expenses?

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Examples of Medical Careers

Some Careers you might pursue in the medical field are:

• Orthodontist• Chiropractor• Doctor• Practical Nurse• Dental Hygienist• Social Worker• Optometrist• Audiologist• Nutritionist

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Pediatrician

Pediatricians are specialized medical doctors emphasizing on infants and children Pros:• Demand for pediatricians is very high.• Helping infants/children and parents

with child-specific health problems.• Taking action & making decisions that

change and better the lives of your patients from the infant stage up until adulthood.

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Pediatrician

Cons:You must be a very good communicator, and

be able to deal with children in a nice and playful manner at all times or during procedures.

This is a career that obliges long hours, generally responding to emergencies outside of standard working hours.

It takes a lengthy time with extensive education & training within a residency program to become a pediatrician

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Pediatrician

Pediatricians work with

newborns to small infants to

children and young teens, all

the way to adulthood.

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Dental Hygienist

Dental Hygienists check for any “oral diseases”; they clean/eliminate any impurities from teeth. They also work with x-rays & inform their patients on good oral health (hygiene).

Dental hygienists use a variety of tools, they use their hands to work on the patient, but they use powered tools as well. They may also work with ultrasonic devices & take/develop x-rays with x-rays machines.

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Dental Hygienist

Pros: Dental Hygienists work from 2 to 3 days a week; not having to work

every day of the week. They work in pleasant environments Job availability is expected to grow by the time you are ready to

work in this certain career They get health insurance and retirement plans They get paid 21.59 an hour; 68,250 a yearCons: 38% Graduated Dental Hygienist get hired per year. Have to deal with certain people’s poor dental hygiene Dental hygienists have to be careful & have good hands,

working on the mouth with delicate tools. You must also know how to work with large machinery & how to operate and run the machines/tools.

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Dental Hygienist

Dental Hygienists work with patients and check and clean any impurities

Podcast:http://www.pediacast.org/listen-now/

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Forensic Scientist

Forensic scientists analyze physical evidence they receive from police, and make reports describing the results of their analysis. Those documents, along with forensic scientists’ expert testimony, are significant for convicting the accused.

Job activities very much depend on the area of forensics in which you work. The main areas are:chemistry, which is connected to crimes against

property, such as burglary and arson;biology, which is connected to crimes against people,

such as murder, assault and rape;drugs and toxicology.

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Forensic Scientist

Forensic Scientist usually work hands on:Forensic scientists work in the offices and

laboratories . They also work out in the field attending crime

scenes. They may be exposed to unpleasant or disturbing

situations, and may be exposed to bodily fluids, fire arms, explosives, or chemical hazards.

Forensic scientists travel attend crime scenes or court cases. They usually work regular hours, but may be called to crime scenes at any time of the day or night.

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Forensic Scientist

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Forensic

Your medical career can be more specific, for example; There are more careers in the forensic field, you can choose from a variety of options:Forensic Reconstruction: recreating the crime sceneForensic Odontology: the study of the structure,

development, and abnormalities of teethForensic Nursing: helping victims of sexual assaultForensic Chemistry: the study of the properties of

matter, including structure and interactionsForensic Toxicology: the study of poisonsForensic Anthropology: the study of the human body

and social relationships

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Forensic

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Bibliography

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/forensic_scientist_job_description.htm

http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/occupations/p/forensic_tech.htm

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/1999/Fall/art01.pdf

www.healthcaresalaryonline.com/pediatrician-job-description.html

http://www.qualityeducationandjobs.com/pediatrician/

http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/dental-hygienist

http://www.tulsacc.edu/campuses-and-centers/metro-campus/metro-divisions/allied-health/dental-hygiene/career-dental-hygiene