Optician

Duties and responsibilities: measure patients bridge and nose size for glasses, ensure correct prescription of lenses before being given to patient, assist clients, and prepare work orders.

Salary: $21,290- $54,490

Education: high school diploma, associates or bachelors degree in opticianry

Reflection: I do no think i would like to become an Optician because I am not interested in specializing in optometry and it does not sound like an interesting job. I would like to do more than prescribe eyeglasses to patients.

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and responsibilities: NHA's supervise clinical and administrative affairs. Overseeing staff and personal, managing financial matters, and medical care and supplies.

Salary: $88,850

Education: 4 year bachelor degree, or masters degree necessary, pass state licensing exam.

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a Nursing home administrator because I find that managing a whole company, including its staff and supplies would be a very demanding job and I would not be able to handle all that responsibility. 

Wellness Professional 

Duties and responsibilities: Work for school or pharmacies or other companies to suggest, support, and train people on their health and fitness goals. Educate public on how to choose the best out of your daily choices.

Salary: $53,100

Education: degree in nursing, fitness, or sports medicine, no specific requirements, on the job training is provided.

Reflection: I do not think I would want to be a wellness professional because i am not interested in working for a company and having to talk to people in public, i am not very good at that, therefore this is not a career for me.

Medical surveillance Technician

Duties and responsibilities: Monitor medical technology in emergency and surgery, often check heart rate and examine patterns.

Salary: ~ $40,000

Education: Preferably a degree in electronics, high school diploma

Reflection: I do not think I would like to become a medical surveillance technician because I do not like electronics much and it is a very hard job in which you must always be paying attention to the machine and the patient. If something is missed, it can be destructive therefore I would not like to become one.

Military Medical Opportunities: Health Care Specialist

Duties and responsibilities: Administer emergency treatment, prepare blood samples for analysis, prepare patients for surgery.

Salary: $42,395

Education: 10 weeks of training, 16 weeks of advanced individual training 

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a health care specialist for the US Army because i have no intentions of joining the army and becoming a health care specialist would be a very demanding job, especially during combat.

Medical Illustrator

Duties and responsibilities: They are responsible for medical and anatomical illustrations. Detail oriented people are necessary since most of the designs asked would be to a specific area. 

Salary: $62,000- $100,000

Education: Master's Degree from an accredited graduate program, 

Reflection: I think being a medical illustrator would be interesting because this would combine two things I like which is drawing (art) and medicine. This is a very competitive work area so it would be difficult to enter but if the chance comes i would consider it.

Medical Assistant 

Duties and responsibilities: they answer telephones, greet patients, and update patient information, they also schedule appointments and handle billing. 

Salary: $35,912

Education: High school diploma, license, pass the national exam, and formal training is required.

Reflection: I think i would like to become a Medical assistant temporarily to get experience in that type of work. MA's are very busy with patients and scheduling and I am usually good at that so I think I would give it a try.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Duties and responsibilities: give medication to patients, take vital signs, basic wound care, injections, entering information into computer.

Salary: $43,394

Education: High school diploma, certification, pass the national nursing exam, college level education  

Reflection: I do not think I would like to get into the licensed practical nurse career because although they are highly valued I do not have interest in being in the nursing career of medicine. 

Home Health Aide

Duties and responsibilities: Perform duties as required by the client, accompany clients to doctors and other places, administer their medication correctly etc.

Salary: $22,000- $26,000

Education: aides require no special education and sometimes don't even require a high school diploma; HHA's are trained by other HHA's and after 75 hours of training, they are provided with an exam and if passed gives them a certification needed to work in government funded homes.

Reflection: I think working as a home health aide would be a good job to launch off into the medical career later because it requires no schooling and provides you with the social skills and patience needed when working in a medical field. I would maybe like to try to work at this job seeing the experience it can give me.

Health Science Librarian 

Duties and responsibilities: They asses, manage and select collections and resources to support the medical school, library, or hospital.

Education: Bachelors of Science, or Master's in Library Science

Salary: $49,000 - $66,000

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a health science librarian because it seems like a job in an office and i do not want to be involved in careers of that sort. A health science librarian seems like an alright job but not for me.

Oncologist

Duties and responsibilities: They are physicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating cancer

Salary: $218,000

Education:undergraduate degree,M.D. degree, internal medicine residency, oncology fellowship

Reflection: I think an Oncologist would be a good career to look into if i decide to continue on a medical career path, although the school is longer and more licensing is required, it does look like an interesting job.

Heliotherapy

Duties and Responsibilities: Use sunlight to cure skin disease, joint, and muscle pain and other medical symptoms.

Salary: $18,000

Education: no education required, only training.

Reflection: I would not like to become a heliotherapist because it does not sound interesting to me. I would prefer a more known medical career that does not focus on just one instrument for healing, in this case, the sun,

Reflexology

Duties and responsibilities:massage based form of alternative medicine focused on the hands and feet.stimulate pressure points to relieve stress and tension throughout the entire body.

Salary:$38,000

Education: certificate or associate degree program in massage therapy, at least 110 hours of reflexology study

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a reflexologist because it is basically a massage therapist but using pressure points and i am not very patient for these types of jobs.

Health Information Specialist

   Duties an Responsibilities: They organize and manage health information and data. They ensure quality, accessibility and security in all aspects of the patients information.

     Salary: $34,160 annually

     Education: Post secondary certificate, no experience needed, associates degree

    

 Reflection: This career is probably not one i would like to look into in the future because it requires a lot of organization and i am not good with that, it also appears to be more of an office job like sitting ans filing and it does not sound like something i would like to do in the future.

Western Medicine Doctor 

Duties and responsibilities: treat symptoms and diseases with drugs, surgery, and radiation

Education: 4 years training, schooling, 6 years education, 3-7 years residency

Salary: $520,000

Reflection: I do not want to become a western medicine doctor because although they make a lot of money it is too much school time and I do not like that.

Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and responsibilities: Treat illness but also focus on strengthening the body’s defenses and enhancing its capacity for healing and to maintain health.

Salary: $52,000

Education: Bachelor’s or associate’s degree and 4 years of training 

Reflection: I would not like to become an eastern medicine doctor because it uses herbal remedies and acupuncture which are two things I would not like to work with.

Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor 

Duties and responsibilities: They evaluate a patients health and history while examining for certain symptoms that might show ailment or injury. They also help diagnose and prescribe medication.

Salary: $222,000 - $369,000

Education: Completed medical school degree, 5 year residency at least, 51 months of specialty training

Reflection: I would not like to become an ENT doctor because after researching it, it takes a lot of school and training (almost 20 years) to become one and i do not think I would want to wait that long.

Electrocardiograph Technician

Duties and responsibilities: They perform ECG's by attaching electrodes to a patient then pulling switches on an ECG machine to trace electrical impulses made by the heart. They then give to the doctor to analyze the person's heart condition.

Salary: $30,104 annually 

Education: certificate or associates degree in cardiovascular technology

Reflection: I do not think i would like to be an ET because It works with only the heart monitor machine and that does not sound interesting to me.

Registered Dietician

Duties and responsibilities: RD’s council and advise others on nutrition and diets. They help plan meals according to the patient.

Salary: annual salary on average is $57,000

Education: completed university/college program on dietetics/nutrition that is accredited by ACEND and AND.

Reflection: After researching this medical career I believe I would not want to become an RD. The career focuses on nutritional health and it does not sound appealing to me as I would like to be in more of a hospital environment than an office.

Diagnostic Radiologist

Duties and responsibilities: use medical technology like x-rays to diagnose and make treatment decisions.

Salary: average annual salary is $274,000

Education: Doctor of medicine degree and a completed residency.

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a diagnostic radiologist after researching this topic because working with radiology technology is what i would imagine difficult and health hazardous.