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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.
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Industries: Education 

  • Summary

  • Details

    • Work Activities

    • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
    • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
    • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
    • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
    • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
    • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
    • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
    • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
    • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
    • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
    • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
    • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
    • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
    • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
    • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as public health, stress management, and work site health promotion.
    • Act as advisers to student organizations.
    • Participate in campus and community events.
    • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
    • Supervise laboratory sessions.
    • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
    • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
    • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
    • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
    • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
    • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
    • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
    • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
    • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
    • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.

    Skills

    • Writing
      • Writing things for co-workers or customers.
    • Social Perceptiveness
      • Understanding people's reactions.
    • Operations Monitoring
      • Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
    • Management of Personnel Resources
      • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
    • Quality Control Analysis
      • Testing how well a product or service works.
    • Management of Material Resources
      • Managing equipment and materials.
    • Active Learning
      • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
    • Critical Thinking
      • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
    • Negotiation
      • Bringing people together to solve differences.
    • Service Orientation
      • Looking for ways to help people.
    • Speaking
      • Talking to others.
    • Operations Analysis
      • Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
    • Technology Design
      • Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
    • Repairing
      • Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
    • Systems Evaluation
      • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
    • Coordination
      • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
    • Instructing
      • Teaching people how to do something.
    • Management of Financial Resources
      • Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
    • Reading Comprehension
      • Reading work-related information.
    • Equipment Selection
      • Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
    • Programming
      • Writing computer programs.
    • Complex Problem Solving
      • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
    • Operation and Control
      • Using equipment or systems.
    • Persuasion
      • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
    • Active Listening
      • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
    • Monitoring
      • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
    • Equipment Maintenance
      • Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
    • Systems Analysis
      • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
    • Learning Strategies
      • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
    • Mathematics
      • Using math to solve problems.
    • Science
      • Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
    • Installation
      • Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
    • Troubleshooting
      • Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
    • Time Management
      • Managing your time and the time of other people.
    • Judgment and Decision Making
      • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

    Abilities

    • Oral Comprehension
      • Listening and understanding what people say.
    • Problem Sensitivity
      • Noticing when problems happen.
    • Information Ordering
      • Ordering or arranging things.
    • Written Comprehension
      • Reading and understanding what is written.
    • Depth Perception
      • Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
    • Reaction Time
      • Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
    • Stamina
      • Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
    • Dynamic Strength
      • Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
    • Trunk Strength
      • Using your lower back and stomach.
    • Wrist-Finger Speed
      • Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
    • Gross Body Coordination
      • Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
    • Speed of Closure
      • Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
    • Manual Dexterity
      • Holding or moving items with your hands.
    • Flexibility of Closure
      • Seeing hidden patterns.
    • Finger Dexterity
      • Putting together small parts with your fingers.
    • Time Sharing
      • Doing two or more things at the same time.
    • Explosive Strength
      • Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
    • Static Strength
      • Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
    • Deductive Reasoning
      • Using rules to solve problems.
    • Auditory Attention
      • Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
    • Peripheral Vision
      • Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
    • Speech Recognition
      • Recognizing spoken words.
    • Speech Clarity
      • Speaking clearly.
    • Control Precision
      • Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
    • Visualization
      • Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
    • Response Orientation
      • Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
    • Oral Expression
      • Communicating by speaking.
    • Originality
      • Creating new and original ideas.
    • Inductive Reasoning
      • Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
    • Category Flexibility
      • Grouping things in different ways.
    • Far Vision
      • Seeing details that are far away.
    • Visual Color Discrimination
      • Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
    • Near Vision
      • Seeing details up close.
    • Extent Flexibility
      • Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    • Dynamic Flexibility
      • Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    • Gross Body Equilibrium
      • Keeping your balance or staying upright.
    • Sound Localization
      • Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
    • Arm-Hand Steadiness
      • Keeping your arm or hand steady.
    • Spatial Orientation
      • Knowing where things are around you.
    • Multilimb Coordination
      • Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
    • Written Expression
      • Communicating by writing.
    • Fluency of Ideas
      • Coming up with lots of ideas.
    • Speed of Limb Movement
      • Quickly moving your arms and legs.
    • Glare Sensitivity
      • Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
    • Selective Attention
      • Paying attention to something without being distracted.
    • Rate Control
      • Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
    • Perceptual Speed
      • Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
    • Number Facility
      • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
    • Night Vision
      • Seeing at night or under low light.
    • Hearing Sensitivity
      • Telling the difference between sounds.
    • Memorization
      • Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
    • Mathematical Reasoning
      • Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.

    Knowledge

    • Education and Training
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
    • English Language
      • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
    • Design
      • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
    • Administration and Management
      • Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
    • Customer and Personal Service
      • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
    • Personnel and Human Resources
      • Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
    • Mathematics
      • Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
    • Psychology
      • Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
    • Geography
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
    • Therapy and Counseling
      • Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
    • Biology
      • Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
    • Medicine and Dentistry
      • Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
    • Building and Construction
      • Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
    • Fine Arts
      • Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
    • Administrative
      • Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
    • Production and Processing
      • Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
    • Food Production
      • Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
    • Mechanical
      • Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
    • Physics
      • Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
    • Chemistry
      • Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
    • Sociology and Anthropology
      • Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
    • History and Archeology
      • Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
    • Foreign Language
      • Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
    • Communications and Media
      • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
    • Transportation
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
    • Philosophy and Theology
      • Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
    • Engineering and Technology
      • Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
    • Telecommunications
      • Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
    • Law and Government
      • Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
    • Sales and Marketing
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
    • Computers and Electronics
      • Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
    • Public Safety and Security
      • Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
    • Economics and Accounting
      • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

    Education

    Education
    Doctoral or professional degree
    Work Experience
    Less than 5 years work experience
    Training
    No on-the-job training
    Education and Training Opportunities

    Pay

    Washington Annual Salary
    135510/yr

    Washington Employment Trends

    Currently Employed
    3,850
    Yearly Projected Openings
    400

    Personality

    Social: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking. They do well at jobs that need:
    • Integrity
    • Cooperation
    • Leadership
    • Concern for Others
    • Dependability
    • Initiative

    Tools

    • Arm orthopedic softgoods
    • Back or lumbar or sacral orthopedic softgoods
    • Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy
    • Bench refractometers or polarimeters
    • Blood bank cell washers
    • Blood pressure cuff kits
    • Canes
    • Cardiac output CO monitoring units
    • Coagulation analyzers
    • Colorimeters
    • Compact disk players or recorders
    • Cosmetic dentistry curing lights
    • Crutches
    • Cryostats
    • Dental amalgamators
    • Dental examination chairs
    • Dental formers
    • Dental handpieces
    • Dental laboratory lathes
    • Dental laboratory model trimmers
    • Dental lasers
    • Dental saliva ejectors or oral suction devices
    • Dental scalers
    • Dental shades
    • Dental x ray units
    • Desktop computers
    • Digital camcorders or video cameras
    • Digital cameras
    • Digital video disk players or recorders
    • Dollies
    • Dropping pipettes
    • Dry baths or heating blocks
    • Electro etcher marking machine
    • Electrocardiography EKG units
    • Electromyography EMG units
    • Electronic medical thermometers
    • Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment
    • Electrotherapy combination units
    • Emergency or resuscitation carts
    • Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories
    • Epidiascopes
    • Ergometer
    • Exercise trampolines
    • Eyewashers or eye wash stations
    • Fitness weights
    • Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks
    • Fume hoods or cupboards
    • Gait analysis apparatus
    • Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy
    • Galvanic or faradic stimulators
    • Goniometers or arthrometers
    • Head mounted displays
    • Hemacytometer sets
    • Hematology analyzers
    • Hematology test kits or supplies
    • High capacity removable media drives
    • Histology or cytology slide stainers
    • Immunology analyzers
    • Inkjet printers
    • Knee therapeutic brace or support
    • Laboratory balances
    • Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers
    • Laboratory graduated cylinders
    • Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
    • Laboratory mixers
    • Laminar flow cabinets or stations
    • Laser fax machine
    • Laser printers
    • Lasers
    • Liquid crystal display projector
    • Lower body resistance machines
    • MP3 players or recorders
    • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
    • Medical acoustic stethoscopes
    • Medical c arm x ray units
    • Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
    • Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
    • Medical gamma cameras for general use
    • Medical gas cylinders or related devices
    • Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
    • Medical positron emission tomography PET units
    • Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
    • Medical syringes with needle
    • Medical tape measures
    • Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph monitors
    • Medicine ball
    • Microcentrifuges
    • Microphone stand
    • Microphones
    • Microplate readers
    • Microscope slides
    • Mobile medical services first aid kits
    • Mobile or transportable medical linear accelerators
    • Motion analysis system
    • Multimedia projectors
    • Multipurpose or general test tubes
    • Needle or blade or sharps disposal containers or carts
    • Neuromuscular stimulators or kits
    • Notebook computers
    • Orthopedic splint systems
    • Osmometers
    • Overhead projectors
    • Parallel bars for rehabilitation or therapy
    • Patient care beds for general use
    • Patient care beds for specialty care
    • Patient lifts
    • Patient shifting boards
    • Pelvis or back traction supplies
    • Petri plates or dishes
    • Photocopiers
    • Physiological recorders
    • Portable data input terminals
    • Postmortem animal dissection tables
    • Posture evaluation kit
    • Powder boards for rehabilitation or therapy
    • Pressure indicators
    • Projection screens or displays
    • Pulse oximeter units
    • Reachers for the physically challenged
    • Reflex hammers or mallets
    • Resistive exercise bands or putty or tubing for rehabilitation or therapy
    • Scanners
    • Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes
    • Scientific calculator
    • Shaking incubators
    • Slide projectors
    • Special purpose telephones
    • Spill kits
    • Stationary bicycles
    • Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
    • Surgical isolation or surgical masks
    • Tablet computers
    • Teeth cleaning devices
    • Teleconference equipment
    • Televisions
    • Therapeutic cryo compression therapy systems
    • Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs
    • Touch screen monitors
    • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
    • Transmission electron microscopes
    • Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
    • Ultrasonic cleaning equipment
    • Ultrasonic therapy apparatus or supplies
    • Upper body resistance machines
    • Urinalysis analyzers
    • Videoconferencing systems
    • Vortex mixers
    • Walkers or rollators
    • Water baths
    • Web cameras
    • Wheelchairs
    • Wrist exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy

    Technology

    • Analytical or scientific software
    • Calendar and scheduling software
    • Compliance software
    • Computer based training software
    • Data base user interface and query software
    • Electronic mail software
    • Geographic information system
    • Graphics or photo imaging software
    • Information retrieval or search software
    • Internet browser software
    • Medical software
    • Multi-media educational software
    • Office suite software
    • Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
    • Presentation software
    • Spreadsheet software
    • Word processing software

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