Harmful Effects and Consequences of Drug Abuse.

• A moment of pleasure, a life time of pain
• You destroy your family, friends, and life.
• When drugs control you, you lose yourself 
• Meant to make you forget your problems, but drugs lie.

Student Success Statement

"The more obedient we are, the

more freedom we have."

Boyd K. Packer

Student Success Statement

"Early to bed and early to rise 

makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
 
Benjamin Franklin

Oriental Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Acupuncture regulations vary state by state, according to the national certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) (www.nccaom.org). Most states have licensing or continuing education requirements, including certification by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Seven states (Alabama, Delaware, Kansas, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota) allow only medical doctors, osteopaths and chiropractors to perform acupuncture, while at least two states (Louisiana and Michigan) require acupuncture professionals to treat patients under the supervision of doctors or osteopaths.

Salary: $75,000 - $80,000

Education: Most licensed acupuncturists hold master’s degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates from schools accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM)

Student Success Statement

"A wise man ought to realize that

health is his most valuable

possession."

 

Hippocrates

Sports Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: A sports doctor can enjoy the coveted stability and satisfaction of a career treating patients in a hospital or clinic. And at the same time, this doctor could also work for professional or college sports teams, traveling with the players and enjoying games from the sidelines! Not many careers boast such a varied professional landscape, but this variety is just one of the many appeals of becoming a sports doctor.

Salary: $279,000 - $350,000

Education: Many students who are interested in going on to medical school complete a bachelor’s degree with a pre-med concentration that gives them a solid foundation in biology, chemistry and physics. Getting into medical school can be competitive, so students must complete the courses and have excellent grades to be a good applicant. Students will also be required to pass the medical college Admission test (MCAT) in order to get into medical school. Those interested in sports medicine are usually sports lovers themselves, often involved in some kind of team or individual sports activity.

Student Success Statement

“Courage is being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway.”

Chae Richardson 

Student Success Statement

“I would prefer even to fail with honor

Than win by cheating”

Sophocles 

Clinical Manager

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical and health services managers, also called healthcare executives or healthcare administrators, plan, direct and coordinate medical and health services. They might manage an entire facility or specialize in managing a specific clinical area or department, or manage a medical practice for a group of physicians. Medical and health services managers must be able to adopt to changes in healthcare laws, regulations, and technology.

Salary: $126,478 - $148,604

Education: Medical and health services managers held about 315,500 jobs in 2012. Most medical and health services managers work in offices in healthcare facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes, and group medical practices.

Student Success Statement 

"Kindness is the essence of greatness."

Joseph B. Wirthlin 

Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Speech-language pathologists (sometimes called speech therapists) assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent communication and swallowing disorders in patients. Speech, language, and swallowing disorders result from a variety of causes, such as a stoke, brain injury, hearing loss, development delay, a cleft palate, cerebral palsy, emotional problems.

Salary: $44,430 - $107,650

Education: Speech-language pathologists work with patients who have problems with speech. Their patients may be unable to speak or have rhythm and fluency problems, such as stuttering. 

Student Success Statement

“Manners maketh man.”

William of Wykeham

Respiratory Therapy technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Respiratory therapy technicians are also called respiratory therapy assistants, respiratory care assistants or respiratory therapist assistants. They assist respiratory therapists (RT) and doctors to provide medical treatment to people that have breathing and cardiopulmonary problems such as asthma or emphysema. They can also provide medical aid under the direction of RT’s to people suffering from shock, heart attack and drowning as well as adults that have lungs problems or babies with undeveloped lungs. The on-the-job training includes taking part in examinations, administering treatments and therapy, and providing nursing care for patients suffering from breathing and cardiopulmonary difficulties. Respiratory therapy technicians are employed by hospitals and nursing homes, and at respiratory therapy offices and clinics. Most of the positions are part time, to accommodate students’ class schedules, though some full-time positions are available.

Salary: $71,000

Student Success Statement

"Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it" 

William Penn 

Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities: The American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) maintains standards for the practice of thoracic surgery in the public interest. Thoracic surgeons who have completed approved residency training, hold a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States, and maintain an ethical standing in the profession are eligible for board certification. Candidates must then pass both a written examination that is designed to test a broad range of knowledge in all areas of thoracic surgery. Upon successful completion of the written examination, candidates are eligible for and must pass an oral examination that tests knowledge, judgment and the integration of these skills in clinical practice.

Salary: $100,00 - $400,000

Education: All thoracic surgeons have the same general training and are certified by the same specialty board, except for congenital heart surgeons who have a sub-specialty certificate in addition to the ABTS certification. Some surgeons choose to focus their clinical practice in certain areas of thoracic surgery and can be referred to differently. A cardiac or cardiovascular surgeon will focus on the heart and great vessels. General thoracic surgeons treat diseases of the lungs, esophagus, chest wall, and mediastinum. Congenital heart surgeons operate on infants and children with heart disease. Cardiothoracic surgeon is the most inclusive term used to describe the specialty, irrespective of a particular surgeon’s area of focus and expertise, and can be used interchangeably with the term thoracic surgeon.