Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Doctors of traditions Chinese medicine provides health care to patients using traditional Chinese medicine techniques and others forms of treatment including acupuncture, herbology or reflexology to promote, maintain and restore the holistic health of patients. Doctors of traditional they diagnose the disease, physiological disorder and injuries of the patient.

Average Salary: $22,700

Educational Requirements: You must register and meet the requirements of CTMA. You must have completed a traditional Chinese medicine education or training program. You also have to take 2 years of university courses. You must complete several exams of the CTCMA

Ü Acupuncturist written and clinical exams

Ü Herbalist written and clinical exams

ü Doctor of traditional Chinese medicine competency written and clinical exam

Ü The safety program exams for acupuncturists and herbalists

Ü The safety course for doctor of traditional Chinese medicine

Reflection: i would not want to be one because this is not really my thing to do and also that i really don't see myself working as one.

Health Educator

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Duties and Responsibilities:

 Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or training settings. Health educators may work as independent consults or in health departments, community organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools or government agencies. Health educators often:

·       Perform health training needs assessments.

·       Design and develop health education programs.

·       Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.

·       Develop health education curriculum.

·       Teach health in public and provide schools

Average Salary: $20,000-$30,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school

Health educators have, as minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degree. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires master’s degrees and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

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Would I like to be a Health Educator?

I would like to be a health educator because it seems nice to help out others and schools about what they do and show them what we do and how we do it.

Genetic Counselor

Duties and responsibilities:

 Genetic counselors are trained specialists who determine risk factors for hereditary diseases and look for disorders in patients. They provide genetic testing and also offer education and counseling to their patients and families.

Average Salary: $49,646-$65,168

Educational Requirements:

A master's degree in the field is required, and some states mandate licensure for the profession. Those who are interested in the field must have a master's degree program in genetic counseling. Students should be prepared for admission with undergraduate courses like chemistry, biology, genetics and psychology.  Graduate program coursework requires all clinical training through internships like where students learn about the

 following:

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Counseling ethics and techniques

o   Molecular genetics

o   Population studies

o   Genetic screening

o   Birth defects

o   Prenatal diagnosis

o   Research methods

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Question: Do you think you would like to be a Genetic Counselor? Why? Why Not?

Answer: Yes, I would like to be a genetic counselor because I would like to help out families and give them advice when they come to a situation where something bad runs in their family and I would like to help out through it all.

Cytotechnologist

(Cytology)

Duties and responsibilities:

Cytology is the study of human body cells.

Cytotechnologist are specially trained clinical

 technologist who study human body cells. They

indicate diseases like cancer.

Their duties indicate preparing microscope slides

of cell samples, examining cell samples using

microscope, identifying abnormalities in shape,

size, or color, using other automated lab

equipment to perform test, and analyzing

report test results to physicians.

Cytotechnologist usually works in hospitals,

clinic, or private laboratories. They also

work in universities or for other researchers

 Average salary: $30,000-$50,000

Educational requirements: students should take the most challenging high

school courses in science, math, and English.

Almost all cytotechnologist earn bachelor’s

degrees in medical or clinical technology

programs that include a year-long clinical

internship in the field.

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