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Healthcare Careers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Administrator | a person legally appointed to manage and dispose of the estate of an intestate, deceased person, debtor, or other individual |
| Aide | an assistant to an important person |
| Anesthesiologist | evaluate, monitor, and supervise patient care before, during, and after surgery, delivering anesthesia |
| Cardiologist | doctors who have extra education and training in preventing, diagnosing and treating heart condition |
| Caretaker | a person employed to look after someone |
| Chiropractor | trained to make sure your body is functioning as optimally as possible by using spinal manipulations to relieve pain in your joints and muscles |
| Counselor | help clients identify goals and potential solutions to problems which cause emotional turmoil |
| Dentist | provides oral health |
| Dietitian | work with patients who are struggling to lose weight or need to improve their diet for other health-related reasons |
| Hygienist | remove tartar, stains, and plaque from teeth, improving their patients' dental health |
| Obstetrician | provides care during pregnancy and delivers babies |
| Optician | design, verify and fit eyeglass lenses and frames, contact lenses, and other devices to correct eyesight |
| Optometrist | They examine, diagnose, treat and manage diseases and disorders of the eye. |
| Orderly | a hospital attendant whose job consists of assisting medical and nursing staff |
| Pathologist | a medical healthcare provider who examines bodies and body tissues. |
| Pediatrician | a doctor who focuses on the health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults |
| Pharmacist | health professionals who control, formulate, preserve and dispense medications |
| Physician | health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health |
| Psychiatrist | a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. |
| Radiologist | medical doctors that specialize in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging |
| Sonographer | specializes in the use of ultrasonic imaging devices to produce diagnostic images, scans, videos |
| Surgeon | operate on patients to treat injuries and disease |
| Technologist | performs professional laboratory work |
| Therapist | helpful in counselling individuals for various mental and physical issues |
| Trainer | a person who trains people |