• Hands-on-skills
• Patient care
• Charting
• Perform

Employment Opportunities Include:

• Hospitals
• Long-term care facilities
• Sports medicine, clinics
• Weight loss centers
• Insurance companies
• Chemical dependency clinics
• Pain clinics

What Skills and Abilities Will You Need?

• Critical thinking
• Interpersonal relationship skills (communication)
• Ability to adjust to change in routine and assignment
• Express self accurately in writing and speaking
• Independent thinking
• Eye-hand coordination
• Lifting/mobility
• Reading and interpreting

What Else Should Be Considered About This Program or Career Choice?

• Variety of work hours (clinical and working field)
• Ability to lift
• Pass NCLEX (state boards) for employment
• Stress associated with most work environments
• Safety issues, personal injury (exposure to infectious diseases)
• Confidentiality is important

Recommended High School Courses:

• Math
• Anatomy
• Chemistry
• English
• Speech
• Biology
• Keyboarding

Basic Skills Needed in the Program and On the Job

Reading    

• textbooks
• journals
• reference books
• written tests, handouts
• clinical charts and reports

Language

• English (spoken and written)
• Medical terminology and specific medical words
• Correct spelling and grammar

Math 
      Basic math

• Skills include metric system, Apothecary

Thinking Skills

Critical thinking

• Independent decisions

Computer
Basic computer skills are needed for obtaining handouts, emails and patient charting in some clinical settings.

Helpful Information For a Student to be Successful in this Program….

• Have strong organizational skills
• Ability to give personal patient cares
• Exhibit strong study skills
• Be able to take information given and problem solve situations
• Maturity and be committed to their education