The Health Science career cluster orients students to careers that promote health, wellness, and diagnosis as well as treating injuries and diseases.
This career cluster is divided into five pathways:
Therapeutic Services
Diagnostic Services
Biotechnology Research & Development
Health Informatics
Support Services
Careers in this pathway are focused primarily on changing the health status of the patient over time. Health professionals in this pathway work directly with patients. They may provide care, treatment, counseling and health education information.
Sample occupations include:
Athletic Trainer
Certified Nurse Assistant
Dental Hygienist
Paramedic
Pharmacist
Physical Therapist
Physician
Registered Nurse
Respiratory Therapist
Surgical Technician
Careers in this pathway use tests and evaluations that aid in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries or other physical conditions.
Sample occupations include:
Geneticist
Medical Lab Technologist
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Pathologist
Phlebotomist
Radiologic Technologist
Careers in the Biotechnology Research and Development pathway involve bioscience research and development as it applies to human health. These scientists may study diseases to discover new treatments or invent medical devices used to directly assist patients or to improve the accuracy of diagnostic tests.
Sample occupations include:
Biochemist
Cell Biologist
Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST)
Medical, Clinical Laboratory Technician
Research Assistant
Careers in the Health Informatics pathway include includes health care administrators who manage health care agencies as well as those individuals who are responsible for managing all of the patient data and information, financial information, and computer applications related to health care processes and procedures.
Sample occupations include:
Admitting Clerk
Bioinformatics Technician
Clinical Ethicist
Computer Programmer
Dental Laboratory Technician
Epidemiologist
Financial Manager
Health Educator
Medical Assistant
Medical Biller, Patient Financial Services
Medical Information Technologist
Medical, Health Services Manager
Careers in the Support Services pathway provide a therapeutic environment for the delivery of health care. Support Services offers a full range of career opportunities from entry level to management, including technical and professional careers.
Sample occupations include:
Administrative Assistant
Communications Equipment Operator
Data Entry Specialist
Environmental Sampling and Analysis Technician
Food Service Worker
Front Office Assistant
Materials Manager
Medical Transcriptionist
Medical, Clinical Laboratory Technologist
Mortician
Records Processing Assistant
In order to make a plan for your future career goals, you need to know how to get there and make sure it is a good fit for you. There are several tools that can be used for career research. These tools can give you a description of the career, skills needed, tasks involved, wage range, and education/training needed.
Here are a few career research tools:
Onet-Use the "Occupation Search" features
CareerOneStop-Use "Occupation Search" or "List of Occupations"
The more you know about a career the more you can decide if it is a good match with your interests, skills and talents. Also it will help you make a plan towards your future career goals. A few good ways to do that is to see that career in action, talk to someone in that career or attend a career event.
Go to the "Upcoming Events" to check for monthly career events and go to the "Future Focused Series" to register for a virtual career chat with a professional in a career field of interest.
Contact your Career Specialist, Michelle Kuck MAISD Career Specialist : mkuck@muskegonisd.org, to talk about job shadow, internship, externship, talent tour or informational interview options that may be available or to learn more about careers in this field.
Go to CareerOneStop or Going Pro in Michigan to view career related videos.