Radiation Therapist

Duties and responsibilities:

Radiation Therapy Technologists assist radiologists and oncologists (cancer specialists) in treating diseases by exposing areas of patients' bodies to ionizing radiation.  In addition to helping with treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records. 

Salary:

$22,000 - $36,000

Education:

Students can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs.  One year programs are often offered by hospitals.  To qualify for a one year program, an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in radiologic technology or been a nurse with education in radiation physics.  A high school diploma or a GED is required to enter two year courses. 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?

Why? Why not?

I think that I would like to be one because it looks like a interesting job.
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Student Success Statement
"Physical Fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body. it is the basic of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. much is not yet understood. but we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.

President John F. Kennedy

Medical Illustrator

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical illustrators are skilled artists.  They work in the medical field and create graphics for textbooks, journals, magazines, and educational films.  Their drawings are from microorganisms to body parts.

Salary:

They get paid around  $35,000 - $50,000

Education:

Students interested in becoming medical illustrators should take a college preparatory program in high school that emphasizes art and science.

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Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?

Why? Why not?

I think that I wouldn’t want to be a medical illustrator because I don’t like drawing and it is not something that I would be interested in.

 Emergency Medical Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scenes of accidents and injuries as well as transport causalities to hospital emergency rooms for further care. The job is both physically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to:

·         Automobile accidents

·         Heart attacks

·         Gunshot woundings

·         Unscheduled childbirth

·         Drownings

·         Other serious medical emergencies

Average Salary: $25,000-$37,500

Educational Requirements:

Students must have a high school diploma (in some areas GED certificates may be substituted) in order to become an emergency medical technician. Driver’s education, health, and science courses are strongly recommended and may be required before enrolling in some training programs.

Basic emergency medical technician training includes about 100-120 hours spent in the classroom and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass licensing or certification tests and participate in continuing education programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degrees in their field.

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Audiologist

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Duties and responsibilities:

Audiologists work with patients who have hearing disorders. They may work in hospitals or clinics, private practice, schools or universities, nursing homes, industry, or research laboratories. They preform examinations, tests, and evaluations as well as provide treatment. Audiologists often:

·       Test and measure hearing functions.

·       Identify types of hearing disorders.

·       Develop sand provide patient rehabilitation plans and programs.

·       Conduct audio logical research.

·       Provide educational, medical, and professional consultation.

·       Recommend, dispense, and test hearing aids.

Average salary: $30,000 - $50,000

Educational requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in science, math, English, and speech.

Audiologists have master’s degrees in audiology and are licensed.

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