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Help Me Choose My Career in Health Care
Looking to shift careers and join the highest projected employment industry?
Healthcare industries and their associated occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are expected to account for a large share of new jobs projected through 2032. About 1.8 million job openings are projected per year, as the aging population continues to drive demand for health care services, and the industry needs to replace workers who choose to leave the occupation. Some of these medical field jobs require less than 1 year of education.
This quiz will help you identify which health care careers you'll most likely be successful in. It contains role-play questions and answers and should take approximately 5 minutes to complete. The result will display the highest scoring healthcare career type, and information about programs to get you started.
Keep in mind that most careers in the healthcare industry require a strong work ethic, the ability to problem solve, communicate with peers and patients, and work in parallel with technology in today's ever-changing medical field.
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Your elderly aunt needs to have a daily shot and the doctor suggested you help with that...
A patient who is wheelchair-bound and in the last stages of cancer comes in with her mother, and complains about a sore on her side. The patient has open and oozing sores on her side, is very weak, and often gets sick from her treatments. How could you assist the patient?
You have hired a handyman to help replace a section of your wooden porch. As he is cutting wood, his hand slips and the saw nicks his hand. He lets out a yell and calls for help. You run out to see what happened and notice there is blood everywhere. How do you react?
While pulling into a parking spot, you accidentally hit the bumper of the car next to you. Before you can react, a man gets out of the car and starts screaming at you. He is red in the face. He threatens to call the police and have you arrested. How do you react?
While job hunting, you find your dream job, land an interview, and find out you get the job! When you receive your schedule, your hours are all over the place - some days go late into the night, other days you're on the night shift. How do you feel?
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Help Me Choose My Career in Health Care
Direct Patient Care
Medical Testing and Monitoring
Healthcare Support and Operations
Direct Patient Care
It sounds like you would be best suited to a career involving Direct Patient Care. You like caring for others one-on-one, providing direct comfort, and physically easing pain and suffering.
Some Direct Patient Care careers you may want to consider are nursing, radiation therapist, dentist or dental assistant, emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic, phlebotomist, respiratory therapist, home health aide, and more!
Careers like these are incredibly rewarding work, as they often require caring for individuals in their most vulnerable moments. From childbirth to hospice care, direct patient care providers are there for their patients at their highest highs and lowest lows, and these roles require both technical skills and compassion. Direct care careers allow you to truly make a difference in someone's life.
Medical Testing and Monitoring
It sounds like you may be best suited to a career involving medical testing and monitoring. You’re interested in the medical field, enjoy solving problems, and even though you like people and might like working with patients, some of the extremes of direct patient care may not be for you.
Some Medical Testing and Monitoring careers you may want to consider are neurodiagnostic technologist or sleep technologist, x-ray technician, ultrasound technician, or MRI technologist, EKG technician, or intraoperative neuromonitorist.
Roles like these allow you to work with patients to support both accurate diagnoses and the patient's overall health and wellbeing. Even though these careers may involve limited direct interaction with patients, there’s a powerful sense of purpose in knowing that your precision, attention to detail, and technical skill contribute to detecting diseases early, preventing complications, and improving outcomes.
Healthcare Administration, Support and Operations
It sounds like you’re interested in the healthcare field, but would prefer not to work directly with patients, which means you may be best suited to a career in Healthcare Administration, Support, and Operations. Medical terminology, records, technology, communication skills, and problem-solving are all key components to support and operations roles.
Some careers you may want to consider are healthcare administration, health information management, medical billing and coding, equipment technician, medical transcription, etc.
Roles like patient advocate, health coach, and healthcare coordinator are some careers you might consider that do require patient interaction, but are geared toward helping guide patients through the healthcare system and improving their wellbeing, versus providing their clinical care.
Individuals in non-clinical roles often enjoy a sense of purpose and fulfillment that comes from knowing their efforts reduce stress for patients and families, support clinicians, and keep healthcare organizations running efficiently.
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