OREGON HEALTH CARE CAREERS

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1 Career School Degree Required Description Art Therapy Marylhurst Masters Art therapists use drawings and other art/media forms to assess, treat, and rehabilitate patients with mental, emotional, physical, and/or developmental disorders. Athletic Training OSU Bachelors Degree Linfield George Fox Bachelors Degree Bachelors Degree The athletic trainer provides a variety of services, including injury prevention, recognition, immediate care, treatment, and rehabilitation after physical trauma. Audiologist PSU Masters/Doctorate Audiologists are professionals educated in the study of normal hearing processes and hearing loss. The audiologist determines if a person has a hearing loss, what type of loss it is, and how the person can make the best use of remaining hearing. Clinical Lab Science/Medical Lab Technology Counseling Bachelors Degree Community Counseling OSU Bachelors/Masters PSU Bachelors/Masters School Counseling OSU Masters Degree Clinical laboratory technicians/medical laboratory technicians perform laboratory tests under the supervision of a pathologist and develop data on the blood, tissues, and fluids of the human body by using a variety of precise methodologies and technologies. Counselors deal with human development concerns through support, therapeutic approaches, consultation, evaluation, teaching, and research. Counseling is the art of helping people grow.

2 Alcohol & Drug Counseling Motivate clients to enter treatment, conduct intake interviews, write treatment plans, manage cases and records, and provide counseling for individuals and groups. Rehabilitation Counseling Western Oregon Masters Degree Rehabilitation counselors assist people with physical, mental, or PSU Masters Degree emotional disabilities to become or remain self-sufficient, productive citizens. Dental Assisting Linn Benton, Central Oregon Lane Blue Mountain Concorde Career Institute Diploma Chemeketa Dental Hygiene Lane OIT Bachelors Degree The dental assistant performs a wide range of tasks requiring both interpersonal and technical skills. Duties range from aiding and educating patients to preparing and sterilizing dental instruments and performing administrative work. Dental hygienists provide dental hygiene services as they work with dentists in the delivery of dental care to patients. Hygienists are licensed to use their knowledge and clinical skills to provide dental care to patients and their interpersonal skills to motivate and instruct patients on methods to prevent oral disease and maintain oral health.

3 Dental Lab Technology or Diagnostic Medical Sonography Dietetics Dietetics - Internship Dental lab technicians make dental prosthesis - replacements for natural teeth, including dentures and crowns. Dental lab techs are skilled in using small hand instruments, accuracy, artistic ability, and attention to detail to create practical and esthetically pleasing replacements. The sonographer provides patient services using medical ultrasound (high-frequency sound waves that produce images of internal structures). Working under the supervision of a physician, the sonographer helps gather sonographic data to diagnose a variety of conditions and diseases, as well as monitor fetal development. Mid Willamette Valley Dietetic Internship - Salem Post Bac Post Bac Dietetics is the science of applying food and nutrition to health. Dietitians and nutritionists integrate and apply the principles derived from the sciences of food, nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, food management, and behavior to achieve and maintain the health status of the public they serve. Internship Program - A supervised practice program sponsored by a health care facility, college or university, federal or state agency, business, or corporation.

4 Dietetics - Didactic Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic Emergency Telecommunications (911) Health Information Technology OSU Bachelors/Masters Didactic Program - An academic program in a regionally accredited college or university culminating in a baccalaureate or graduate degree. College of Emergency Services (Beaverton), Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and EMT-paramedics are trained to provide medical care to people who have suffered from an illness or an injury outside of the hospital setting. EMTs provide basic life support, and EMT-paramedics provide advanced life support., Chemeketa, Play a key role on the public safety team by providing communications link connecting agencies, the departments you serve, field operations and the public. Help people in crisis situations, respond to requests for emergency help, provide information or referrals to the public and maintain records of all activity. Central Oregon Health information technicians conduct health data collection, monitoring, maintenance, and reporting activities in accordance with established data quality principles, legal and regulatory standards, and professional best practice guidelines.

5 Massage Therapy East-West College of Healing Arts - Beaverton & Portland Massage therapy is a profession in which the practitioner applies manual soft tissue manipulation, and may apply adjunctive therapies, with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the client. Medical assistants work under the supervision of physicians primarily in medical offices and clinics. Medical assistants perform both administrative and clinical duties. Medical Assisting Linn Benton Central Oregon Lane Clackamas Concorde Career Institute Diploma Western Business College Diploma, Music Therapy Marylhurst Bachelors Degree Music therapists use music within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages, improving quality of life for persons who are well and meeting the needs of children and adults with disabilities or illnesses. Nursing Blue Mountain Central Oregon Chemeketa Clackamas Clatsop Columbia Gorge Lane Linn Benton Rogue Nurses assess the needs of their clients, diagnose nursing problems, then plan, implement and evaluate their care. The job requires critical thinking, strong interpersonal and technical skills, and a wide knowledge base of health promotion and illness management concepts. Nurses are critical members of a health care team and are always active advocates for their clients.

6 Nursing (continued) Southwestern Oregon Treasure Valley Umpqua Linfield BSN George Fox BSN BSN, MSN, Doctoral University of Portland BSN, MSN Walla Walla College School of BSN Nursing Occupational Therapy Pacific Masters Occupational therapy is the use of purposeful activity and interventions to achieve functional outcomes to maximize the independence and the maintenance of health of any individual who is limited by a physical injury or illness, a cognitive impairment, a psychosocial dysfunction, a mental illness, a developmental or learning disability, or an adverse environmental condition. Ophthalmic Med Technician Ophthalmic medical technicians are trained to perform ophthalmic procedures including but not limited to administering diagnostic tests, taking anatomical and functional ocular measurements, testing ocular functions, taking patient histories, and maintaining ophthalmic instruments.

7 Physical Therapy Pacific Doctorate The physical therapist works with many different kinds of patients, from those recovering from accidents and people with disabilities to world-class athletes. Therapists help improve patients' strength and mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disability. Physical Therapy Assistant The physical therapist assistant works under the supervision of a physical therapist. Their duties include assisting the therapist in implementing treatment programs according to the plan of care, training patients in exercises and activities of daily living, conducting treatments, using special equipment, administering modalities and other treatment procedures, and reporting to the physical therapist on the patient's responses. Physician Assistant Pacific Masters Degree The physician assistant (PA) is Masters Degree academically and clinically prepared to practice medicine with the direction and responsible supervision of a doctor of medicine or osteopathy. Pas make clinical decisions and provide a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic, preventative, and health maintenance services.

8 Radiation Therapy Bachelors Degree Radiation therapists apply knowledge of anatomy and physiology, radiation biology, radiation oncology techniques, treatment planning procedures, and dosimetry in delivering prescribed doses of radiation to patients for therapeutic purposes. Radiography Radiographers use radiation equipment to produce images of the tissues, organs, bones, and vessels of the body, as prescribed by physicians, to assist in the diagnosis of disease or injury. Advanced Specialties in Radiologic Technology Candidates for certification in an advanced specialty area must be certified in radiography, radiation therapy, or nuclear medicine. Computed Tomography (CT) Certification Use radiation and a computer to produce cross-sectional images of the body. Computed tomography technologists may inject patients with a material that assists in visualizing the images produced. Magnetic Resonance (MRI) Certification Use radio waves, magnetic fields, and a computer to produce images of body tissues. Magnetic resonance technologists may inject patients with a material that assists in visualizing the images produced.

9 Mammography Certification Use radiation to produce images for screening or diagnostic procedures for detection of breast cancer. Mammographers also provide breast health education. Respiratory Therapy Lane Respiratory therapists work in a wide Rogue, variety of setting to evaluate, treat, and manage patients of all ages with respiratory illnesses and other cardiopulmonary diseases. Speech-Language Pathology University of Oregon PSU Masters Masters Surgical Technology Southwestern Oregon, Speech-language pathologists evaluate the speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing skills of children and adults and determines what communication or swallowing problems exist and the best way to treat them. Surgical technologists prepare the operating room by selecting and opening sterile supplies. Preoperative duties include assembling, adjusting, and checking nonsterile equipment to ensure it is in proper working order.