Student Success Statement “Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right, its ended up not being right.”

Mario Cuomo

Reflection: A Cytotechnologists is a person who studies different types of blood animal blood, human blood, all kinds of blood on a microscope and they have little to no shifts, on call, or weekend hours.

Cytotechnologist

(Cytology)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Cytology is the study of human body cells.

Cytotechnologists are specially trained clinical technologists who study human body cells. They examine diseases like cancer.

Their duties include preparing microscopes slides of cell samples, examining cell samples using microscopes, identifying abnormalities in shape, size, or color, using other automated lab equipment to preform tests, and analyzing report tests results to physicians.

Cytotechnologist usually work in hospitals, clinics, or private laboratories. They also work in universities or for other researchers.

Average Salary: $30,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Almost all cytotechnologists earn bachelor’s degrees in medical or clinical technology programs that include a year-long clinical internship in the field

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Student Success Statement

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me”

Carol Burnett

Reflection: what this quote means is that, no one can control my life. 

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job to help patients develop more faith in themselves. They work with patients to help them become self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their patients doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

 Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs.

 Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

 Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and physical tests.

 Help patients find and keep jobs.

Average Salary:$25,000 - $45,000

Educational Requirements:

Students interested In becoming counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum

A bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or sociology is the minimum requirement for low level counseling jobs , but a master’s degree is required most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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Health Information Specialist

Part 2

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Educational Requirements:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialist must have a high school diploma or GED certificate, training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialists must have pass a examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program of from the American health information Management Association independent study program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination. Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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Health Information Specialist

Part 1

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and

Analyze medical, worked, finance, and

Insurance data. They ensure that this

Information is property recorded into medical

Records so practitioners can plan and evaluate

Health care provided to patients.

There are a variety of job specialties within this

Filed including Registered Recoded

Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians,

And Certified Coding Specialists.

Administrators coordinate the various

Information management responsibilities and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical

Records are accurate, coordinate

Reimbursement, and maintain disease registries

For research. Coding specialists assign and post

Correct diagnosis and procedure codes to

Records and report codes to insurance

Companies.

Health information specialists work in hospitals,

Clinics, insurance companies, physician offices,

And many other medical settings.

Average Salary:

$20,000-$25,000(Coding Specialists)

$23,000-$30,000(Record Technicians)

$30,000-$40,000(Record Administrators)

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Student Success Statement

“A good name will shine brightly”

                                         ANON