Education+beyond+worksheet

Education beyond HS **Daily Worksheet**

Name: Crystal Class Period: 2nd **Instructions:** Please Answer the questions. Save this worksheet in your documents folder or on your desktop. Upload your completed worksheet to YOUR OWN Wikispace page. **Fill in the blank**


 * 1) After high school, if you are interested in a career in the health care field, there are as many options as there are opportunities. Whatever career you pick, will determine how much education and training beyond high school you will have to complete before you may obtain a medical **certification**  or **license**
 * 2) **Certification:** one of the most common types of certification in modern society is professional certification, where a person is certifies as being able to competently complete a ob or task, usually by the passing of an examination. There are two general types of professional certification: some are valid for lifetime, once the exam is passed. Others have to be rectified again after a certain
 * 3) L**icense:** In most countries, only persons with a medical license bestowed either by a specified government-approved professional association or a government agency are authorized to practice medicine. Licenses are not granted automatically to all people with medical degrees.
 * 4) Doctors, Nurses and **Allied Health professionals** are required to hold medial licenses. Other Allied Health careers will have to obtain a certification.
 * 5) Generally, people in the medical field who have a license are considered medical **professionals**. For those people who hold a medial certification, they are usually considered a technical **expert** rather than a professional. An example of a medical certification would be an X-Ray Technician or a Paramedic, Physical Therapist or Phlebotomist.
 * 6) **Allied Health Professionals**:__work in clinical heath care professions distinct from medicine, dentistry, and nursing. Allied health professionals make up 60 percent of the total health workforce. They work in health care teams to make the healthcare system function by professionals they work with the patients they serve