Shadowing Provides Revealing Glimpse into Health Care

A career as a medical transcriptionist, an individual who transcribes handwritten medical records into typewritten or computerized ones, is a perfect example of a career in which certification has its privileges.

While the PA profession initially emerged as a general care practice, physician assistants are now following the example of their physician counterparts and moving into specialized areas of medicine. As of 2005, 59% of actively practicing physician assistants were working in some sort of specialty practice*.

Critical thinking and problem solving are valuable skills to hone during your health care education.

The medical imaging industry is moving forward at light speed and therefore so are the job opportunities within it. Advances in medical imaging occur so rapidly that by the time new imaging and radiology equipment arrives in hospitals, the equipment is already outdated.

The article looks at a “day in the life” of a respiratory therapist, job prospects, education requirements, certification requirements and where to find schools near you.