Cytotechnologist

Cytotechnologist

(Cytology)

Duties and Responsibilities

Cytology is the study of human body cells. Cytotechnologist is specially trained clinical technologist who studies human body cells. They examine cells to identify changes that may indicate diseases like cancer.

Their duties include preparing microscopic slides of cell samples, examining cell samples using microscopes, 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, clinics, 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 course in science, math, and English.

Almost all cytotechnologist earn bachelor’s degrees in medical or clinical technology programs that include a yearlong clinical internship in the field.

Student Success Statement

“Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right, it’s ended up not being right”

Mario Cuomo

Reflection: I think it’s like doing your home work for example later on and you think it doesn’t feel right because then you forget and turn it in late. Or a friend wants to meet you and you say you’ll get there in time but you do something else and the next thing you know you forget all about your friend.

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically 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 patient’s doctor and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry in the hospital or presidential health care settings Counselors often:

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

o   Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

o   Conduct personally, aptitude, achievement, and psychological test.

o   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 requirements for the level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written and oral examination and work for about two years in supervised clinical setting.

Student Success Statement

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”

Carol Burnett

Reflection: I think it means like for example. I can do everything for myself no one else can do it for me. I am my own hero, my own navigator, etc..

Heath Information Specialist

Heath 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, specialist 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.

Student Success Statement

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”

Henry David Thoreau

Reflection: That being good will never fail you and always help you win. You can always rely on goodness. 

Health Information Specialist

Health Information Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

            Health information Specialist obtains, post, and analyzes medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is property recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate heath 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 technician and coding specialist. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate

Reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialist assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies.

Health Information specialist work in hospitals, duties insurance companies, physicians’ offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary:

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

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

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

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“When I do good, I feel good.

When I do bad, I feel bad.”

Abraham Lincoln  

Ex: Example of doing good is returning money that isn’t yours, but was given to you accidently.

Ex: Example of doing bad is stealing items from a store.

Universal Studios Horror Nights Hollywood

Universal Studios Horror Nights

So Universal Studios Horror Nights this year is going to be awesome because there’s going to be like a whole mass of things and it’s like just beast. The new attractions they are going to have are something new about The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead is going to be a new maze they came up with. The Black Sabbath maze will be like right next to it. While walking around in the maze there will be some giant, menacing scarecrows. There will be a maze based on the new movie Insidious and that will be behind the Jurassic Park ride. If you seen the movie and liked it then you’re going to love this maze. Oh and Evil Dead the movie is going to have a maze too, so that’s going to be awesome. There even adding a new Chucky scare zone based on the new upcoming movie “Curse of Chucky”  witch will be on Baker Street.  If you guys enjoyed The Purge movie then guess what they also made a scare zone for that. El Cucuy is also hitting Horror Nights and he is based off that Boogeyman legend that most kids are afraid of and some adults, so that’s going to be epic just to see the Boogeyman. With that being said Horror Nights will be open the Fridays and Saturdays for its first two weeks and then expand to Thursdays and Sundays and will be held in Universal Studios Hollywood.

Clinical Technologist

Clinical Technologist

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Clinical technologist performs more complex laboratory test and procedures than technicians. They also supervise technicians, confirm their test, and manage laboratory quality control programs.

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

Average Salary:

$20,000 - $28,000(Clinical Laboratory technician)

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 a specialized in house training program 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.

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 not defer or neglect or it; for I shall never pass this way again.”

Anon

Reflection: I guess it means to never stop being nice to others. I think…

Clinical Laboratory Specialists

Clinical Laboratory Specialists

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Laboratory Specialist include: both Clinical Laboratory Technicians and clinical Technologist. These professions are also referred to as medical Laboratory Technicians or Medical Technologist. Both technicians and technologist perform laboratory work to identify, diagnose, and treat diseases.

Clinical laboratories technicians use microscopes, laboratory equipment chemicals and computers to perform laboratory procedures. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. They conduct test and prepare reports for clinical technologist or physicians.

Student Success Statement

“You have only to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.”

Robert E. Lee

Reflection: It’s like as you keep on doing more good and nice stuff for others it becomes a natural thing for a person.

Chiropractor

Chiropractor

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Duties and Responsibilities

Chiropractors treat patients 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 problem 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 or exercises, but not drugs. Chiropractors cannot perform surgery.

Most chiropractors reestablish a private practice and some provide home treatments. Other form groups partnerships in clinics or chiropractic hospitals.

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

Biomedical Equipment Technician

Biomedical Equipment Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Biomedical equipment technician inspect, maintain, and repair different types of medical equipment used to diagnose and treat disease. They perform safety checks and train practitioners to safely operate equipment. Biomedical equipment technology has 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 degree. Some employers will hire electronics technicians and provide on the- job biomedical technology training.

Student Success Statement

I have three messages.

(1)We should never, ever give up.

(2)You never are too old to chase your dreams.

(3)It looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team.

Diana Nyad

Reflection: I think Diana had great power and will and that she is one of those persons that inspire you to strive beyond your dreams and complete them.