Student Success Statement
"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."
- Carol Burnett
I think this means that only I could do the decisions in my life, no one could tell me what to do. I have to be responsible for my own actions, no one else with be responsible for my actions.

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physical disabled. It is their job to help patients develop more faith in themselves. They work with patients to help them become self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

·         Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs.

·         Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

·         Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological tests.

·         Help patients find and keep jobs.

Average Salary: $25,000-$45,000

Educational Requirements:

Students interested in becoming counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum.

A bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or sociology is the minimum requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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Student Success Statement

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

- Henry David Thoreau

When you do good things you never fail, you success.

Health Information Specialist

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Educational Requirements:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialists must pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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Health Information Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients.

There are a variety of job specialties within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies.

Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary:

$20,000-$25,000 (Coding Specialists)

$23,000-$30,000 (Record Technicians)

$30,000-$40,000 (Record Administrators)

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Student Success Statement

“When I do good, I feel good.

When I do bad, I feel bad.”

Abraham Lincoln

When you do something right you feel good about it.

 But when you do something bad you feel bad about it like guilty. 

Student Success Statement

"I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it; I shall never pass this way again."

ANON

I think what Anon means, if you do it right the first time you should not have to do it again. 

Clinical Technologist

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Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory tests and procedures than technicians. They also supervise technicians, confirm their tests, and manage laboratory quality control programs.

Most clinical laboratory specialists work in hospitals, but they also employed by private practices, medical groups, research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Average Salary: $20,000-$28,000 (Clinical laboratory technicians)

$25,000-$49,000 (Clinical technologists)

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in, science, math, and English.

An associate’s degree in the field or completion of specialized in-house training programs is required to become a clinical laboratory technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally required to become a clinical technologist; however some employers accept an associate’s degree and extensive clinical experience as a substitute. Many technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialized training to advance their careers in clinical chemistry, blood banking, and microbiology.

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Student Success Statement
"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."
- Marcus Aurelius
I think what Marcus means to don't believe in everything you hear or don't do something that might look good but be bad. Always do the right things. Don't do anything that is wrong. Don't say anything that is not true.

Chiropractor

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Chiropractors treat patients by manually adjusting parts of the human body, especially the spine. Chiropractors and their patients believe that problems with bone and nerve alignment can cause illness and problems in other parts of the body, a view not widely accepted by allopathic physicians and other traditional medical practitioners.

Chiropractors manipulate their patients’ spinal columns for treatment. They may prescribe specific diets and exercises, but not drugs. Chiropractors cannot perform surgery.

Most chiropractors establish a private practice and some provide home treatments. Others form group partnership in clinics or chiropractors hospitals.

Average Salary: $30,000-$100,000

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Student Success Statement:
I have three messages:
1) We should never, ever give up.
2) You are never too old to chase your dreams.
3) It looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team.

Diana Nyad, American Swimmer

You should never give up on your dreams no matter if it seems difficult. You always success if you try your best on what you want to do. Sometimes, you can't do it on your own, you need help.

Biomedical Equipment Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Biomedical equipment technicians inspect, maintain, and repair different types of medical equipment used to diagnose and treat disease. They preform safety checks and train practitioners to safely operate equipment. Biomedical equipment technology had been one of the fastest growing medical career fields in recent years.

Average Salary: $20,000 - $38,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take challenging science, math, and electronics courses in high school.

Following high school, biomedical equipment technicians complete one to three years of course work in biomedical equipment technology, medical-electronics, or biomedical-engineering. Most programs lead to certification and/or associate degrees. Some employers will hire electronics technicians and provide on-the-job biomedical technology training.

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I think what those four guys did was something good, most people would get the stuff and leave without paying. They're very brave and good guys.

Student Success Statement

“To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.”

Confucius

I think what Confucius is trying to tell us is to always do the right thing and don't follow the wrong steps. Always follow the good steps in your life. Also, to make good decisions in your life so you could actually be success and not regret it.

Biomedical Engineer

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Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school.

All biomedical engineers have at least a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Many have advanced graduate degrees as well. Courses of study include a sound background in mechanical, chemical, or industrial engineering and specialized biomedical training. Most programs last from four to six years and all states require biomedical engineers to pass examinations and be licensed.

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The Importance Of Always Choosing The Right.

It's always important to choose the right because you success in life, and you're someone in life. Doing the right always leads you to the right path. You should always do the right if you want to success.

Always Do Right

Students Success Statement

“Always do Right.”

Mark Twain

An example of always doing right is always pay attention in class and do everything you're asked for. Don't let anyone tell you, you can't do it. Don't hang around with the wrong people because it will affect you a lot.

Biomedical Engineer

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Duties and Responsibilities:

 Biomedical Engineers use engineering principles to solve health related and medical problems. They do a lot of research in conjunction with life scientists, chemists, and medical professional to design medical devices like artificial hearts, pacemakers, dialysis machines, and surgical lasers. Some conducts research on biological and other life systems or investigate ways to modernize laboratory and clinical procedures.

Frequently, biomedical engineers supervise biomedical equipment maintenance technicians, investigate medical equipment failure, and advise hospital and installing new equipment.

Biomedical engineers work in hospitals, universities, industry, and research laboratories.

Average Salary: $29,000 - $600,000

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Student Success Statement
"Success is simple."
Do what's right, the right way, at the right time."
-Arnold H. Glasgow

I think this quote means if you always do the right, you'll do good and be success in life. Everything you go good will end up paying off. Always do the right things, every time.

Audiologist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Audiologists work with patients who have hearing disorders. They may work in hospitals or clinics, private practice, schools or universities, nursing homes, industry, or research laboratories. They perform examinations, tests, and evaluations as well as provide treatment. Audiologists often:

·        Test and measure hearing functions.

·        Identify types of hearing disorders.

·        Develop and provide patient rehabilitation plans and programs.

·        Conduct audio logical research.

·        Provide educational, medical, and professional consultation.

·        Recommend, dispense, and test hearing aids.

Average Salary: $30,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in science, math, English, and speech.

Audiologists have master’s degrees in advisory and are licensed.

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Athletic Trainer
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Duties and Responsibilities:

         Athletic trainers work with athletic teams, athletes, coaches, and sports medicine physicians. They help develop training programs to prevent injuries as well as rehabilitation programs for the injured. They treat injured athletes under the direction of team or sports medicine physicians. Before athletic events they will bandage, wrap, and affix braces to prevent injuries. They work on the muscles of athletes before and after events. In addition, they may set up nutritional diets and meals for athletes in training. Athletic trainers will also advise on protective gear and on training equipment.

        Athletic trainers work for sport teams, schools, colleges, clinics, health clubs, corporations, and hospitals.

Average Salary: $25,000 - $35,000

Educational Requirements:

          Students should be take challenging, sciences, math, and English courses in high school.

          To be certified athletic trainers, students must complete an educational program that includes 1,500 hours of supervised clinical experience. Most programs result in a bachelor’s degree from a college with an emphasis in physical education.

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Allopathic Physician (M.D)

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Duties and Responsibilities:      

Allopathic physicians, M.D.s, are medical doctors who treat disease and injury using counteractive methods. For example, they will prescribe antibiotics to kill bacteria that have caused an infection. Allopathic physicians often work hours in public or private hospitals or clinics and many have private practices. Their work hours can be long and irregular. Although many allopathic physicians become internists, generalists, or family practitioners, most specialize in other medical fields.

Specialties include:

·        Anesthesiologist – administers anesthesia

·        Cardiologist – treats heart disease

·        Dermatologist – treats skin conditions

·        Gastroenterologist – treats digestive problems

·        Gerontologist – provides care for elderly

·        Gynecologist – treats female reproductive system problems

·        Neurologist – treats brain and nervous system problems

·        Obstetrician – provides pregnancy care and delivers babies

·        Oncologist – treats cancer

·        Orthopedist – treats skeletal problems

·        Pathologist – interprets disease in tissues

·        Pediatrician – provides care for children

·        Pulmonologist – treats respiratory problems

·        Surgeon – preforms operations

·        Urologist – treats urinary problems

Average Salary: $100,000 - $275,000

Allopathic Physician (M.D.)

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Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP courses) available in science, math and English.

After three of four years of college, prospective physicians must attend medical school. Undergraduate requirements for admission to all medical schools include one year of basic chemistry, one year of organic chemistry, one year of biology, and one year of physics. Some medical schools also require course work in calculus, English, the humanities, or social science.

Medical school usually includes two years of additional study in both basic and clinical sciences and is followed by a year-long hospital internship. Physicians who want to specialize must then undertake a three-year residency in their specialty.

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