Health Professions
Healthcare is the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind.
There are many careers available within the health professions setting. Some, but not all, of the careers available include:
Allied health – anesthesiologist assistant, cardiovascular technologist, medical assistant, respiratory therapist, surgical assistant, surgical technologist, athletic trainer, emergency medical technician, paramedic and exercise science.
Medical imaging – radiographer, diagnostic medical sonographer, MRI technologist, medical dosimetrist, nuclear medicine technologist, radiation therapist, registered radiologist assistant, interventional technologist and computed tomography technologist.
Laboratory science – medical technologist, medical laboratory technician, blood bank technology specialist, cytotechnologist, histotechnician, histotechnologist, phlebotomists, and pathologist's assistant.
Nursing – registered nurse
Pharmacy – pharmacist and pharmacy technician.
Physician – Dr. of medicine and Dr. of osteopathic medicine.
Physician assistant – physician assistant
Some of the other careers available include psychology, podiatry, therapy and rehabilitation, veterinary medicine, vision-related professions, health information and communication, expressive and creative arts therapies, communication sciences, counseling, dietetics and complementary and alternative medicine therapies.
The Healthcare Team
All of the professions mentioned above are part of the healthcare team. As a radiologic technologist, you will be working closely with physicians and radiologists, nurses, other diagnostic services such as laboratory science, therapeutic services such as occupational therapy and physical therapy and health information services. The primary goal of the healthcare team is to meet the needs of our patients. It can take the entire healthcare team to accomplish this goal.