| Description |
v, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Welcome to your future -- Discover you at work: Who are you? -- What are your interest and strengths? -- What are your work values? -- What is your work personality? -- Explore your options: Acupuncturist -- Art therapist -- Athletic trainer -- Audiologist -- Biochemist -- Bioinformatics scientist -- Biomedical engineer -- Chiropractor -- Computed tomography technologist -- Cytotechnologist -- Dental hygienist -- Dentist -- Dietician -- Electroneurodiagnostic technologist -- Emergency medical technician -- Epidemiologist -- Forensic pathologist -- Geneticist -- Home health aide -- Industrial hygienist -- Kinesiotherapist -- Massage therapist -- Medical technologist -- Microbiologist -- Mortician -- Nuclear medicine technician -- Nurse -- Occupational therapist -- Optometrist -- Pharmacist -- Phlebotomist -- Physical therapist -- Physician -- Physician assistant -- Veterinarian -- Big question: Do you have the right skills? -- More career ideas in health science -- Big question: Are you on the right path? -- Experiment with success: Big question: Who knows what you need to know? -- Ask the experts -- Big question: How can you find out what a career is really like? -- Big question: How do you know when you've made the right choice? -- Big question: What's next? -- Final word -- Appendix -- Index. |
| Summary |
Information for each job includes education requirements, relevant Web sites, and median salaries. Teens can explore what type of job best suits them as the authors lead them through the "10 Big Questions" and explore a range of opportunities. Questionnaires, fill-in charts, and lists will help them focus on their strengths/weaknesses and likes/dislikes, clarify their values, and decide on their work personality. |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Vocational guidance.
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Medical sciences -- Vocational guidance.
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Allied health personnel -- Vocational guidance.
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| Added Author |
Karlitz, Gail.
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Prokos, Anna.
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| ISBN |
0816052905 |
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9780816052905 |
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