Education: 

- Highschool diploma

- 500 or more hours of study and experience /Medical Careers Institute

Licensure:

- A license is required to be a massage therapist

Responsibility: 

- Performs therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints

- Assists in the assessment of range of motion and muscle strength

- Helps client make therapy plans

- Refers clients to other therapist when necessary

Work Setting:

- In home Practices

- In client homes

- Corporate Offices

- Shopping Malls

- Hospitals

- Nursing Homes

- Wellness Centers

- Fitness Centers

- Hotels

Uniform/Clothing:

Education: 

• 8 years postsecondary school to become a physician
• 4 years of undergraduate school
• 4 years of medical school
• UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-- In Chapel Hill

Licensure:

• Doctorate
  

Responsibilities:

-Refer patients to other specialists, as needed                         -Record patients' health histories.                                     -Provide dermatologic consultation to other health professionals.       -Instruct interns or residents in diagnosis and treatment of dermatologi-cal diseases.                                                          -Recommend diagnostic tests based on patients' histories and physical examination findings.

Work Setting:

Generally works in his/her own office.

Uniform or Clothing:

Do not require any typical uniform, but do need to follow the dress code.  Follow natural appearance.

Money and Outlook-

-Average annual earnings--  
        $161,490
-Average Hourly earnings--                                                             $77.64
-Outlook--
Growing average is 21.80% 

More Info.

• Dermatologist, experts recommend volunteering at a local hospital or clinic to gain practical experience and an edge on other applicants.
• Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the hair, nails, skin and rare skin diseases.
• Some dermatologists complete fellowships in surgical dermatology. Many are trained in their residency on the use of botox, fillers, and laser surgery.

Therapies provided by dermatologists include:

1. Hair removal with laser.
2. Hair Transplantation-  A cosmetic procedure practiced by many dermatologists.
3. Laser Therapy- for both the management of birth marks, skin disorders (like vitilligo), Tattoo removal, and cosmetic resurfacing and rejuvenation.
4. Photodynamic Therapy- or the treatment of skin cancer and precancerous growths.
5. Phototherapy
6. Tattoo Removal with Laser

What they do:

Education: Associates degree,

Bachelor's, and masters or a diploma from a

nursing program

Requires a associates degreee

Schools: University of NC Willmington

East Carolina University

Garner- Webb University

Nurse Aid program at Wake Technical Community College

Licensure: Nurses can be licensed in many ways

like pediatric, gerontology, ambulatory care, and

labor and delivery, and other places throughout

the hospital

NCLEX-RN is a licensure that most RN's use or need

Responsibilities:

• Record patients' medical information
• Give medicine to patients
• set up plans for patients
  
• Observe a patients records and make observations
• Speak with doctors and other health care professionals
• Monitor and work with medical equipment
• Help with diagnosis test and analyzation
• Teach parents and families how to heal illness at home
• Explain what to do at home after treatment

Education: Highschool Diploma & GED... Associate Degree Progam

Licensure: Completion of a program in practical nursing approved by jurisdiction of original Licensure

Responsibilities:

• Giving medication as prescribed by a physician
• Taking vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, and weight
• Basic wound care including cleaning and bandaging injured areas
• Giving injections of medication
• Immunizations
• Taking medical histories
• Entering information into computer systems

Work Setting:

• Nursing homes – 29%
• Hospital facilities – 15%
• Physician offices – 12%
• Home health providers – 9%
• Retirement homes – 5%

Uniform or Clothing: Scrubs

Education: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, PhD

Schools: 

~UNC, ECU, NCSU, Duke University

Licensure: Yes.

Responsibilities:

~Conduct scientific experiments and observational studies in an effort to better understand behaviors.and the factors behind those behaviors.

~Most projects focus on motivation, thought, attention, learning and memory, and sensory processes.

~Research psychologists frequently study the role substance abuse and genetics play in behavior as well.

~Individuals that are employed by universities or colleges may also take on a teaching duties

Work Setting: 

~College/ University, to teach

Education: Masters/ Undergraduate

Institutions:

*DeVry University

*Horticultural Therapy Institute

*Miller-Motte College

*University of North Carolina

Licensure: No.

Responsibilities: Use gardening, plants, and horticultural to help patients develop.

Work Setting:

Uniforms or Clothing:

Education:  bachelor's degree, Master's prefer

schools:

DeVry University , UNC- Charlotte, Barton College .

Licensure: Not required

Responsibilities: support them through difficult times and ensure that vulnerable people, including children and adults are safeguarded

Work Setting:

• Community Mental Health Center
• Mental Health Agency
• Pediatric Hospital In-Patient Unit
• Family Court
• Child Welfare Agency
• Hospice
• Homeless Services Agency
• HIV Services Agency
• Elementary, Intermediate, and High Schools
• Settlement House
• Rape Crisis Program
• Targeted Programs for Special Populations
• Early Intervention Program
• City Planning and
• Development Department
• Pastoral Counseling Center
• Criminal Justice
• Employee Assistance Program
• Senior Citizens Center

Uniforms or Clothing: ladies can wear dresses ,suits, skirts with blouse and blazer/jacket, and slack suits. Dress shoes should also be worn.

Education: 1 – 4 years of pre-requisite training in basic sciences at university level.  A 4 year full‐time Doctorate program. A 5 year integrated bachelor degree.  A 2 - 3 year Masters program following the completion of a bachelor degree.

Licensure:  Applicants for licensing must have a baccalaureate degree, must be a graduate of an accredited college or university, have at least 4,200 hours of accredited .chiropractic education, and show evidence of good moral character.

Responsibilities: Chiropractors also refer new or recurring patients for additional diagnosis or care from other medical providers. If a new patient comes in complaining of back issues, for instance, he may be sent for X-rays. Chiropractors sometimes collaborate in ongoing rehabilitation care with physical therapists and doctors. Additionally, chiropractors may have office administration duties. This work can be very involved and time consuming in individual practices, and moderate in group practices or clinics.

Work Setting: Chiropractors may practice independently in their own offices or join with other well-established doctors of chiropractic in a joint clinical setting. They determine working hours and arrange these hours by appointment, but may be available for emergency treatment of their patients at other times.

Uniform or Clothing: Normal scrubs of vary color, Lab coat, Business Casual.

Education: High School Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Complete medical school as well as a Undergraduate Degree, ans a 4-yeas residency requirement

• Carolinas Medical Center: Charlotte
• Duke University Medical Center: Durham
• East Carolina University/Pitt County Memorial Hospital: Greenville
• Mountain Area Health Education Center: Asheville
• New Hanover Regional Medical Center: Wilmington
• University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Winston-Salem

• Required; Temporary or permanent North Carolina licensure must be held by each resident prior to beginning training. After the match results, a Resident's Training License application will be forwarded to the new resident by the program. To become certified, applicants must pass a written and oral examination. Applicants must take recertification exams every six years.

Responsibilities:

• Be on call
• Provide for the patients needs
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
• Check to see if the environment is safe and the effectiveness of the equipments

• Hospital
• Clinic
• Doctors Office
• Health Department

Uniform or Clothing: 

• Scrubs colors vary by hospital
• Lab Coat
• Business casual (ex. suits) 
• Comfortable close toed shoes

Salary: around $200,000

Education: Bachelors Degree Required/

University of North Carolina , East Carolina University

Licensure:  is a process every dentist must go through at least once during his or her professional life in order to practice dentistry. Yes they must have license to become a dentist

Responsibilities:

-examining teeth and diagnosing patients

-educating patients on oral healthcare

-maintaining patients dental records

-Arrange for patient’s care during temporary absence

-Teach prevention

-taking radiographs

-engage in oral surgery

Work Setting: Dental Office

Uniform or Clothing: Scrubs, Lab coats , Professional clothing

Education(Level and Institutions)

Licensure

Responsibilities

Work Setting

Uniform or Clothing

-Must graduate with bachelors or masters degree, ECU, Barton College, UNCW

-Required licenses and set qualifications

Responsibilities: work with athletic teams, athletes, coaches, and sports medicine physicians before and after events.

-Work at a high school or college and requires a lot of working with practices and sports events.

-Office dress includes regular school wear, khakis, jeans, or windpants with shirts with school logo, sweatshirts, button downs.

Game dress includes athletic wear, closed toe shoes, no jeans, school tshirts, or school jackets.

Education: Associates degree

Licensure:Successful completion of the practical examination approved by HEALTH and the Board of Opticianry. You have to have your license to be an optician

Responsibilities: designs, fits and dispenses lenses for the correction of a person's vision. Opticians determine the specifications of various ophthalmic appliances that will give the necessary correction to a person's eyesight . Some registered or licensed Opticians also design and fit special appliances to correct cosmetic, traumatic or anatomical defects.

Work Setting: eye care centers

CLothing or Uniform: scrubs

Education: High School Diploma or GED certification

Licensure:

Responsibilities: Take the patient's vital signs, Assist the patients in eating, bathing and other activities of daily living, Transfer the patients from the bed to the wheelchair, and vice-versa, Dispense medication, according to his competency and level of training, Apply bandages and support materials as directed by the physician or the nurse, Relay the patient's concerns or problems to the supervising Nurse, Document the events and other activities related to the patient,

Work Setting: Hospitals, Nursing and residential care facilities

Clothing or Uniform:

1. Scrubs must be worn for the clinical portion of the program.
2. Colors and styles may vary, but scrubs must cover the torso and legs, must not be low-cut (cleavage must be covered), and must have a professional look.
3. Long hair must be tied back or pinned up.
4. Fingernails must be trimmed. (Long nails or artificial nails are not conducive to performing patient care.)
5. Students are to appear neat, clean and odor free.  The use of perfume is discouraged and the use of makeup should be moderate.
6. Appropriate undergarments must be worn with white pants/skirts to ensure that profession appearance is maintained.  Colored or printed undergarments at times will show through white uniforms.
7. Facial hair must be neatly trimmed.
8. Jewelry, if worn, must be minimal.  No dangling jewelry will be allowed.

Education: Doctoral from a accredited physical therapy program. To be admitted to a Doctoral or master's degree program you must first either fully obtain, or have been working at least three years towards an undergraduate baccalaureate accredited degree. Also all physical therapist are licensed. You can get it this degree at NC state University

Responsibility: Help the injured and improve their movement and pain also is an important part of rehabilitation and treatment of patents with chronic conditions

Work Environment: they typically work in private offices and clinics, hospitals, and nursing home.

Wear: Flat, comfortable shoes. Pants, caris or colored pants. Hair pulled back if you have long hair. Short Jewelry, and may have a watch to make sure that you are sticking to schedule.

Licensure: Insures the minimum level of competence by establishing entry requirements for applicants and by exercising its disciplinary authority in order to get licensure. Yes you must have a license in order to be a physical therapist.

Education: -First you must earn your Bachelor's Degree at Campbell University, UNC-Chapel Hill, or Wingate University then earn your Doctorate of Pharmacy at any of the same 3 schools

Licensure: -PharmD

Responsibilities: -Provide patients with information on the drug they are being prescribed; fill prescriptions that have been prescribed with correct dosage; make sure that any other medication that the patient is taking does not negatively interfere with the new medicine being prescribed.

Work Setting: -Independent drug store or a chain; large department stores; doctors offices; hospitals

Uniform/ Clothing: Closed toed shoes; long pants; a lab coat; no nail polish; long sleeve, dressy shirt; hair up.

Education: High School Diploma then Bachelors Degree; North Carolina State University, Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elon University

Licensure: Every state requires that Biomedical Engineers have to pass examinations and be licensed.

Responsibilities: Uses engineering to solve medical problems. They research and design medical devices such as artificial hearts, pacemakers, dialysis machines, and surgical lasers. Sometimes, Biomedical Engineers supervise and do maintenance on medical equipment.

Work Setting: Hospitals, universities, and research laboratories

Uniform: Lab coat

Makes at least $12 dollars an hour

Education

-Typically most Phlebotomist can start their career after 4 months to a year of education.

-There are three degree levels that a Phlebotomist can start with... Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's

-Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; Nash Community College; Continual Health Education and Training

Licensure

-Has to have a Phlebotomist License

Responsibilities

- The Phlebotomist job is to collect the blood from the patient.

-Other responsibilities are: charting the patients results, preparing specimens, paperwork, and making sure the patient is comfortable in the process.

Work Setting

- Phlebotomists work under the supervision of a medical laboratory technician, medical technologist, physician, or other individual with an advanced degree in biomedical or related sciences.

Uniform/Clothing

-The color of the scrubs depends on what hospital or clinic you work for.

-Most Phlebotomist wear blue or white scrubs

Education :

- Associates Degree

*Halifax Community College

*UNC

*Central Carolina Community College

-Licensure: 

*Required

-Responsibilities :

• remove calculus and plaque (hard and soft deposits) above and below the gum line
• assess and chart the teeth and oral structures
• expose, process and label dental radiographs
• apply cavity-prevention agents, such as fluoride and sealants

Education : Master's Degree 

Schools :

* NCSU 

* University of North Carolina

* Wake Forest University

* North Carolina A&T

* Winston-Salem State University

* East Carolina University

* Appalachian State

Licensure : Required

Responsibilities : 

* Professional counselors listen to clients and attempt to help them determine the issues they need to examine. 

* They assist them in the examination as needed and refer to other professionals as appropriate. 

* They keep records of their contacts with clients for future reference if needed (these are confidential).

* Assist clients with other issues that may arise as a result of the counseling sessions. 

Work Setting : 

* Mental Health Centers

* Hospitals

* Private Practice

* Correctional Institutions

* Mental Health Clinics

* Schools and Universities

* Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers

* Halfway Houses

* Residential Care Facilities

Salary : $41,000

Uniform or Clothing :

* Suits

* Blouse

* Dress Shoes

* Heels

Education: Graduate high school, four years of medical school, and at least three years of residency (one the job training). undergraduate education. Bachelors Degree Program.

licensure: complete a residency program in pediatrics, may take the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination. Pediatricians are required to obtain a medical license in addition to specialty board certification.

Responsibilities: 

• Collects, records, and maintains patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Examines patients or orders, performs, and interprets diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
• Providing care from birth to early adulthood, pediatricians are concerned with the health of infants, children, and teenagers

Uniform or Clothing: Pediatricians wear different things depending on what type of work they are doing. They wear scrubs in a hospital setting and usually wear regular clothes and a lab jacket. they should wear well fitted, comfortable, closed toed shoes. A pediatrician should look professional, clean and neat.

The attachment is an example of what pediatricians wear at work.

Education: Masters/ Undergraduate , Certificate Programs, Horticultural Therapy Degree

Institutions:

• North Carolina Botanical Garden
  

• Horticultural Therapy Institute

• Miller-Mott College

• University of North Carolina

Licensure: Horticultural Therapy Certificate

Responsibilities:

• Use gardening, plants, and horticultural to help patients develop.
• Provides individual or group therapy sessions, program consulting and development, staff training, workshops, conference presentations and demonstrations, and activity classes.
  
• They work with a wide range of people. Some examples are those recovering from illness, people with learning and behavioral difficulties and people with mental ill health such as depression or dementia. Some are disabled or disadvantaged by age, circumstance or ability.
• They work with clients to promote health and well-being.
• They help clients develop across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional spectrum's through individually tailored STH programs and with caring and observant encouragement.
• They provide outdoor activity and physical exercise in a supportive atmosphere.
• Their therapy makes the use of passive qualities of nature to provide levels of sensory stimulus and impact that leads the patient towards achieving positive outcomes.
•  Using assessment methods and outcome measurement in order to record, monitor and evaluate individual achievements, which may include making initial assessments, planning daily tasks and supporting individuals often using a diary system.
• Encourage individuals to gain pleasure from land use.
• Closely observe individuals to monitor their progress.
• Design and implement person-centered horticultural programs for people of all ages with disabilities.
• Makes use of the passive qualities of nature to provide levels of sensory stimulus and impact that help towards achieving positive outcomes.
  

Work Setting: In a therapeutic garden, medical rehabilitation, and other day or residential treatment and care facilities and activity programs

Uniforms or Clothing:

Institutions: Elon University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem S

Mastery  = 100% Yes Non-Mastery  = Below 100% 

Date __________  Evaluator ____________________

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