Careers Prospects in Healthcare

Would you like to know…

How you can help doctors diagnose and treat disease?

How you can have an exciting and rewarding career helping others?

How you can join a growing field with flexibility and job security?

Today’s Talk…. Positions available in healthcare Education, preparation and training Career path and options Where can you work… Salaries A quick word from our main speakers Breakout Sessions

Positions in Healthcare...

Nurses Physical Therapist Dental Hygienist Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Pharmacist Optometrist Dentist Just to name a few…….

Education, Training, and Preparation

High School: Solid skills in Math and Sciences like Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science

College: Combo of classroom and clinical training.

Medical Technology

Guidance Counselor can provide more info

Career Path and Options…

A student should complete a career self-assessment before that he/she chooses a specific career.

A student must know his or her passions, strengths and weaknesses before that student can successfully embark on a career path.

Healthcare jobs are at an all-time high, and are projected to grow even more.

Health care offers opportunities with varied backgrounds, skills, talents, and abilities.

Where you can work…..

Hospitals Physician Independent or Reference Laboratories Public Health Pharmaceutical Companies Health care facilities

SalariesSource: www.salary.com

Dentist Jobs by US Region:Northeast - $136.7KMiddle Atlantic - $135.5KSouth - $127.1KMidwest - $129.9KWest - $133.8K

Median Salaries

Staff Nurse - RN Jobs by US Region:Northeast - $63.1KMiddle Atlantic - $61.4KSouth - $57.7KMidwest - $59.1KWest - $64.5K

Median Salaries

Pharmacist Jobs by US Region:Northeast - $103.7KMiddle Atlantic - $105.3KSouth - $98.6KMidwest - $99.5KWest - $105.5K

Median Salaries

Physical Therapist Jobs by US Region:Northeast - $70.1KMiddle Atlantic - $70.2KSouth - $67.2KMidwest - $66.9KWest $71.0K

Median Salaries

Main SpeakersKelley Moseley Dr. PHProfessor and DirectorProgram in Health AdministrationTexas Woman's Universityhttp://www.twu.edu/hs/h-hca/faculty/moseley.asp

Dr. Moseley is a Professor of Health Administration and serves as Program Director.  He holds a Master's Degree in Business from George Washington University and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Texas, School of Public Health.  He has been a professor, practitioner and consultant in Health Services Administration internationally since 1970.

Main SpeakersDr. Ioannis A. KakadiarisProfessor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston.

He is using biomedicine to work toward early detection of heart attack riskFounder of the Computational Biomedicine Lab. Research interests include biomedical image analysis, modeling and simulation, computational biomedicine, biometrics, computer vision, and pattern recognition.

Finally... Though we are

behind the scenes….

We are the Heroes of the Health Care Team

Solving Today’s Medical Mysteries.

Speakers for Breakout Sessions

Dr. Darrick Castleberry, D.D.S.Diamond Dentsistryhttp://www.diamonddentistry.com

Caroline K. Odette, O.D.Eye Excellencewww.eyeexcellence.com

Dr. Mohamed Sabbahi, PhD, PT, ECS

Dr. Kruger Peoples, D.D.S.Diamond Dentsistry

Lillian W. Orson, MDRiver Oaks Imaging

Speakers for Breakout Sessions

Jim Van HooserCypress Creek EMS

Camille WilliamsCrdentia Healthcare Staffing

Jill GrundenSt. Joseph Radiology

Associates

Radiology

Medical Assisting

Emergency Medical Services

Q’s and A’s