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Intro to Healthcare
Chapter 3-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Therapeutic service careers: | Focus on changing the health status of an individual over time. |
| Diagnostic service careers: | focus on capturing a picture of the status of a patient at a specified time period as a measure to assist in detection and diagnosis |
| Health Informatics Services Careers: | Some have more patient interaction than others; administrative personnel responsible for the management of facilities, patient and financial information |
| Environmental Support Services: | Provide support to other healthcare personnel by providing an environment that is safe and conducive to the delivery of quality healthcare services -Dietary Manager, Environmental Services (housekeeping/janitorial), Interpreter, Biohazard Cleanup, |
| Biotechnology and Research Development service careers: | Examples: Clinical Pharmacologist, Laboratory Technician, Research Scientist, Forensic Science Technician |
| Medical specialties: | Examples: cardiologist, dermatologist, oncologist, etc. (know which diseases medical specialties diagnosis/treat DHO textbook pg. 55) |
| multicompetent/multiskilled worker | workers who can perform a variety of health care skills |
| Professional Organizations | Individuals benefit greatly by becoming members and being in close contact with other individuals in the same profession |
| Continuing Education Units (CEUs) | are required to renew licenses or maintain certification or registration in many states. |
| Aid or Assistant | 1-2 years in HSE program, associate's degree, or 2-4 years of on-the-job training -Dental assistant, medical assistant, nurse assistant |
| Technician | 2 year associate's degree, special health science tech education or 3 - 4 years of on the job training - Dental laboratory technician, Medical Laboratory technician (MLT), surgical technician |
| Technologist or Therapist | 3 - 4 years of college plus work experience, usually bachelor's and at time master's degree - Medical laboratory, technologist (MT), speech therapist, respiratory therapist |
| Professional | 4 or more years of college w/ a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree -Medical doctor, dentist, pharmacist |
| Accreditation | process by which an educational program is evaluated and then recognized as having met certain predetermined standards of education -Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), (ABHES) |
| Licensure | A government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given occupation. The license clearly defines the scope of practice. -Dentist, Physician, Physical Therapist |
| Registration: | A regulatory body (professional association or state board) administers examinations and maintains a current list "registry" of qualified personnel in a given healthcare area -Registered Dietitian |
| Certification: | Professional association/government agency regulates a particular career |
| (NCHSE) | a health science career cluster that allows students to explore & prepare for a healthcare career |
| Post-secondary education: | after high school education (career/technical school, university, accredited programs) National Consortium for Health Science Education |
| Health Science Program | prepare a student for employment in healthcare/education after graduation |
| Empathy | identifying with another’s feelings but being unable to change or solve the situation |
| Honesty: | Truthfulness and integrity |
| Dependability: | Truthfulness and intecapable of being relied on; trustworthyrity |
| Willingness to learn | curious, always want to know more |
| Patience | ability to wait, persevere; capacity for calm endurance |
| Acceptance of criticism: | being able to learn from others critics. |
| Enthusiasm: | intense interest or excitement |
| Self-motivation | ability to begin or to follow through with a task without the assistance of others. |
| Tact: | able to do or say the correct thing; thoughtful |
| Responsibility: | being held accountable for actions or behaviors; willing to meet obligations |
| Discretion: | ability to to use good judgment and self-restraint in speech or behavior. |
| Professionalism: | a blending of many different personal qualities (judgment, polite behavior, courtesy, good communication skills, honesty, politeness, responsibility, integrity, competence, and a proper appearance to meet the standards expected in a healthcare career. |
| Team player/teamwork: | organize, delegate, and coordinate |
| Leadership | ability to lead, guide, and direct others |
| Democratic leader: | someone who asks for the opinion of others for the next step. |
| Laissez-faire leader: | someone that steps back and lets the people solve problems by themselves. |
| Transformational leader: | someone that wants to change the world. |
| Transactional leader | someone that rewards their employees after they finish a task. Boss and employee. |
| Stewardship leader: | concentrate on serving the needs of others rather than the self-interest of obtaining power and control over others |
| Therapeutic service careers: | Examples: Athletic Trainer, Dentist, EMT, Mortician, Physician, Veterinarian, Occupational Therapist, Pharmacist, SLP |
| Diagnostic service careers: | Examples: Cardiovascular Technician, Phlebotomist, Radiologic Technician |
| Certification: | - Certified Medical Assistant, Certified Personal Trainer |
| Licensure | -Dentist, Physician, Physical Therapist |
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