Athletic Training and Sports Medicine| Athletic Trainers are medical professionals who are experts in injury prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation particularily in the orthopedic and musculoskeletal disciplines. |
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Biomedical Equipment Technician| What is a Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET)?Do you want to save lives everyday? Whether surgery, labor and delivery, intensive care unit, neonatal ICU, radiology, or laboratory, BMETs assure doctors, nurses and other medical staff that high tech equipment they need to do their jobs is available and safe for use through preventative and corrective maintenance. |
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Cardiovascular Technologist| Cardiovascular techs use high-tech equipment to help doctors diagnose and treat heart and vascular disease. Come learn about this exciting and growing career. |
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Chiropractor| The doctor of chiropractic uses a non-drug, non-surgical approach when treating disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal system (bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and nerves). Find out about the educational requirements, employment opportunities, income potential, treatment methods, and job satisfaction of this dynamic profession. |
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Clinical Psychology| Come hear about the exciting health career of clinical psychology. |
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Dental Hygienist| Dental hygienists are licensed professionals who provide preventive, educational, and therapeutic oral health services to the public. |
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Dentist: More than Teeth| Are you a people person? A Scientist? An Artist? Quiet and Reserved? There are opportunities for people with all sorts of personalities, interests, and skills in the field of dentistry. |
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Diagnostic Imaging| Discuss the different modalities including Radiography, X-ray, Ultrasound, CT and MRI that are used in the Diagnostic Imaging Department, and find out what school options are available. |
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Dietitian| As a dietitian, you are a food and nutrition expert. The field of nutrition and dietics offers a variety of career opportunities in healthcare, wellness, food-service, and public health. |
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EMT and EMS: Paramedic Career Presentation| Explore Emergency Medical Services careers. Learn about pre-hospital services and the training required for certification as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) or Paramedic. |
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Environmental Health: Never Boring| Ever wondered what a health inspector does REALLY (not the movie version). This is a career that does good work and stays interesting. Come find out! |
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Exhibit Hall| 30-plus colleges, employers and other organizations will be on hand to answer your questions and share information. Tours will also be given during the exhibit hall sessions. |
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Health Careers 101| Explore healthcare as a whole: job availability, future outlook, pay, job flexibility, growth, etc. |
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Health Education: It's Not Just a Job| Learn about the strategies Health Educators use to inform, educate, modify, improve, and ensure healthy behaviors within a community. |
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Healthcare Interpreter| Healthcare Interpreting is a growing field. It allows bilingual individuals the opportunity to use their skills and the experience in the healthcare environment. Join us so we can share with you the rewarding field of healthcare interpreting. |
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HOSA Advisor Meeting| TEACHERS and ADVISORS ONLY: HOSA is offering new opportunities for students. Find out what they are and ways that HOSA can help students meet their graduation requirements. Also, get updates on Oregon HOSA. |
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HOSA Health Occupations Teacher Meeting| TEACHERS and ADVISORS ONLY: Come hear about HOSA and the Oregon skill sets and how you can use them to identify the technical knowledge and skills students need in order to be prepared for career entry and advancement. Learn how you can use HOSA to help students learn and practice those skills. These industry-validated Oregon skill sets are the foundation for state-approved CTE programs of study shared between secondary and post-secondary institutions. |
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HOSA Student Meeting| Students: Meet your state officers and discover the professional and leadership opportunities Health Occupations Students of America has to offer. Students interested in joining HOSA are welcome to attend. |
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Hospice 101: It Takes A Village| Take a walk through the care of a hospice patient and learn just how many skills it takes to make things run smoothly. Not just for the clinically minded, this session is also for computer whizzes, accounting students and more! |
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Laboratory Careers: No Bones About It| Phlebotomy, the collection of blood, provides a stepping stone into the health care setting. Learn about careers in phlebotomy, lab assisting, lab technology, and surgical pathology, and research. |
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Long Term Care| Hear about the many aspects of long term care (LTC). As hospital stays shorten, patients look to LTC for sub-acute care. From physical therapy to social activities, to the latest techniques in memory care, LTC is playing a bigger role than ever in healthcare. |
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Medical Laboratory Services| This session will provide an overview of career opportunities in hospitals, forensic medicine, physicians offices, and research, as well as diagnosis and treatment of disease. |
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Not Attending During Session Four| Please select this session if you will not be attending during this session time. |
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Not Attending During Session One| Please select this session if you will not be attending during this session time. |
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Not Attending During Session Three| Please select this session if you will not be attending during this session time. |
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Not Attending During Session Two| Please select this session if you will not be attending during this session time. |
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Nurse Practitioner| Come explore this versatile health career that gives you a lot of choices in patient care. |
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Nurse: Cardiac Surgery| We will discuss career opportunities in perioperative nursing in general with a special focus on cardiothoracic surgical nursing. |
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Nurse: Labor and Delivery| Come find out about being a labor and delivery nurse. You will get information on how to help women and their families bring their new family member into the world. |
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Nurse: Midwife| Explore Midwifery, a profession that deals with each stage of pregnancy through the delivery of babies and continues on to help parents adjust to parenthood. |
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Nurse: Military| Speak to a real Army nurse to find out the challenges and rewards of working in the operating room - both here in the civilian world in the United States, as well as while deployed to Iraq. |
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Nurse: Oncology - The Cutting Edge of Cancer Care| Cancer patients deserve the best care possible, and oncology nurses provide that care. |
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Nurse: RN| Come hear about a typical shift as an RN on a busy medical unit in Portland. |
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Nurse: Transtelephonic - Nursing Beyond Walls| Come find out more about the interesting specialty of transtelephonic nursing. |
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Occupational Therapy| Pacific University's School of Occupational Therapy professors will expose you to the wide variety of practice areas in which OTs work and the flexibility a career in OT will bring to your life. |
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Optometry| Optometrists provide most primary vision care. They diagnose vision problems and eye diseases as well as test patients' visual acuity. Come learn about the exciting profession of optometry and how to acquire the education. |
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Orthotics/Prosthetics| Explore the job description of someone in the orthotics and prosthetics field. Come find out who is best suited for this profession. |
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Pharmacist| An Excellent Career Choice - come hear an overview of the exciting and challenging profession of pharmacy, including broad career options and advancements in clinical patient care. |
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Physical Therapy| Have you ever been fascinated by the movement of the human body? Do you marvel at how our hand knows just how much pressure to exert when picking up an egg versus a 50-pound bag of dog food? Come and experience the movement science called physical therapy. Learn how we help heal and return people to their maximum abilities. |
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Physician Assistant| Learn about the exciting role that physician assistants play in today's complex healthcare setting. PA's work in every clinical site from rural medicine to hospital trauma teams. |
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Physician: Family Medicine| This session will discuss working as a family medicine doctor in vulnerable communities including prenatal care and medical or mental health care for all ages. |
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Physician: Naturopath| Discover Naturopathy's philosophy and practice! Naturopathic physicians are primary healthcare practitioners, who combine conventional and traditional therapies. |
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Physician: Osteopath| An introduction to the history and current practice of osteopathic medicine, as well as comparison of Allopathic (M.D.) and Osteopathic (D.O.) training. |
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Physician: Pediatrician| Do you love babies? How about toddlers that tell you funny stories? Come hear about the training it takes to become a general pediatrician. |
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Public Health Nursing and Corrections Nursing| This session will discuss and highlight the many exciting nursing opportunities in "Public Health Nursing in Multnomah County Health Department". Come hear about working with school age children and teens in teen clinics, working with clients who are in jail or juvenile detention, working with families and children in their homes or in clinics and much more! |
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Respiratory| Respiratory therapists specialize in the evaluation, treatment, and care of patients with breathing problems. Learn how this profession works as a team to help patients in the health care setting. |
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Social Worker: Addressing Psychosocial Issues| Social Workers practice in many areas of health care, such as psychiatry, oncology, critical care, pediatrics and end-of-life. We will explore the role of the social worker, the patient, and the family's adjustment to illness, grief and loss, and working with a multi-disciplinary team. |
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Transcription and Coding| No blood and you may be able to work from home! Are you interested in pursuing a career in coding or medical transcription? Come and learn what education and skills are necessary to launch a career in these fields. Let us show you what a "typical workday" looks like for a coder or medical transcriptionist. |
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Veterinarian| Explore a profession dedicated to animal and human welfare. Learn how Vets diagnose and treat disease and injuries in animals. |
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