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What types of careers deal with medicine, but you don't have to go to medical school for? |
I really enjoy medical things. I am looking for a career that deals with medical things, but you don't need to go to medical school for. Other than nursing are there any professions? Dentistry Pharmacy Optometry Physician's Assistant (PA) Nursing (RN) Nurse's Assistant (CNA) Radiology Technician Phlebotomist (blood-draw tech) Operating Room Technician (handles tools, sterilization) Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Paramedic (super-EMT) Physical Therapist What about the Health Care Insurance side of the business? What about something like an EMT or a paramedic.... where im from you have to go to school but it only take like 4 months to be an EMT. It doesnt pay as good as a doctor or a nurse. just something to look in to I'm pretty much in the same boat, but I'm gonna suck it up and go to nursing school. Eventually, I want to be a nurse practitioner or a phisician's assistant. I would also like to be an RN in a trauma setting, or in an operating room. I hear that it is very competitive to be an OR nurse though. Because I have about 20 years of business experience and 15 of them in management, I assume I will have a track to nursing administration or management if I discover I don't care for the hands-on stuff as much. I had thought about pharmacy, but the school seemed about the same, and involved less medical procedural work. I wnat to be a bit more hands-on. My son worked at a health club in their rehab center with people who had heart problems(now he is an MD) . You can also receive training for becoming an MRI, radiology, sonogram, etc technician positions. Try applying at a hospital for any position and once you get in you can check out the clinical positions that exist. pharmacy Someone mentioned the pharmacy field which may pique your interest. There are pharmacy technician programs which tend to be offered thru the local county vo-tech school or community college (non-credit courses) and require only a short amount of schooling/training. A pharmacist must go to school much longer than the tech and they have a lot more responsibility as far as having to answer customers' questions about a certain medication as well as knowing the contraindications and potential intereractions if combining meds. Here is a website from the US Occupational Outlook Handbook: www.bls.gov/oco and can type into search 'pharmacy technician', 'pharmacist', or whatever job field that interests you. Just a word to the wise, I've heard that there are not too many job openings for medical assistant or medical billing and coding clerk. |
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