Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine| Get an introduction to Chinese medicine and career possibilities in this field. |
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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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Dental Hygienist| Dental hygienists are licensed professionals who provide preventive, educational, and therapeutic oral health services to the public. |
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Dentist: Something to Smile About| Are you interested in working in a highly respected, flexible and well-paying profession? Dentistry offers more career options that you can imagine, all with their own perks. Come learn why a job in the dental field may be for you. |
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Diagnostic Imaging| The Radiologic Technologist is a member of the healthcare team and uses many types of imaging to assist the physician. 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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Exhibit Hall| 20-plus colleges, employers and other organizations will be on hand to answer your questions and share information. |
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Health Information Management: Coding| Coding is a health career without the blood. If you want to be in health care, but don't want direct hands-on patient care, come take a look at ER coding. ER coding requires medical and coding knowledge. Many coders get to work from home. Come learn about what coders do, and how you can become one. |
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Healthcare and Technology| Healthcare is ever-changing in our technological world. Learn how changing technology provides a myriad of options within the healthcare business. |
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HOSA Advisor and Health Science Teachers Meeting| TEACHERS and ADVISORS ONLY: Find out what's new with HOSA and competitive events. Learn how HOSA meets graduation requirements. Meet other advisors and your new program coordinator. |
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HOSA Student Meeting| Students: Come learn about the opportunities provided by HOSA membership and how the activities and programs can help you meet graduation requirements. Meet your 2009-2010 state officers. |
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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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Life Flight Careers| Life flight staff provides emergency services during life threatening situations. Join a discussion on teh special training needed to enter this unique career. |
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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 Professions| Have you ever wanted to be a detective? Consider a career in Medical Laboratory Science, also known as Medical Technology. We search for clues to help in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Join us to find out about career preparation, scholarships and job opportunities available in this field. |
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Naturopathic Medicine| Discover Naturopathy's philosophy and practice! Naturopathic physicians are primary healthcare practitioners, who combine conventional and traditional therapies. |
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Nurse Practitioner| Come find out about the job of a nurse practitioner in a hospital setting with orthopedic surgery and total joint replacement patients. |
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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: Emergency Room| ER Nurses provide care for patients in the critical or emergency phase of an illness or trauma, and must be able to recognize life-threatening problems and rapidly arrange necessary care. Come learn about this exciting career. |
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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: RN| Come hear about a typical shift as an RN on a busy medical unit in Portland. |
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Occupational Therapy| Occupational therapy focuses on enabling people to participate in meaningful and purposeful activities of daily life. An individual’s “occupation” is an activity that “occupies” his or her time. All daily life activities are occupations, and participating in them is vital to maintaining overall health and wellness. Occupational Therapists help people gain or recover the abilities to complete their occupations. |
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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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Osteopathic Medicine| Come hear an introduction to Osteopathic Medicine – the history and philosophy of the profession, the education process and the practice of an Osteopathic physician today. |
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Overview of Health Careers| Explore healthcare as a whole: job availability, future outlook, pay, job flexibility, growth, etc. |
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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: 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: An Overview of Careers| Come check out an overview of public health practice plus educational and career opportunities. Public Health professionals protect the health of the entire population through careers in maternal and child health, emergency preparedness, nutrition and exercise sciences, communicable disease control, health promotion, gerontology, environmental health and safety, international health, health policy, administration and many more. |
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Public Health: Epidemiology and Minority Health| Come learn about research on the epidemiology of physical activity in the prevention of chronic diseases and research on minority health issues. |
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Public Health: Health Education| Discuss the role of the Public Health Educator within a community. Educators assess and address the public health needs from addiction to animal services to environmental health issues such as H1N1 (swine flu). |
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Public Health: Healthy People in Healthy Comm...| Health Education is a key part of public health. The mission of the Multnomah County Health Department is “healthy people in healthy communities.” Come hear about the role of a health educator, who not only provides information and education to the public, but plays a role in advancing policy around health equity, social and environmental justice, and diversity. |
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Respiratory Care| 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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Veterinarian| An overview of veterinary medicine including education requirements, specialties, career opportunities and choices, wage expectations and a typical day for a small animal practitioner. |
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