Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

Librarians select and acquire books, journals, and other library material.  They also establish electronic and digital database information systems.  They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for access and provide reference assistance to patrons.  They coordinate and control budgets and supervise library technicians. 

Average Salary:

$20,000 - $30,000

Education:

The Geisinger Health Sciences Libraries provide digital and print information on the clinical evidence-based practice and management of healthcare. Circulation privileges for books are extended to all patrons who have filled out a library registration form. Circulation privileges for journals and audiovisuals are also extended to any Geisinger employee who has filled out a registration form.

Reflection:

I wouldn’t like to be a librarian because I’ve never been interested in that.

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Student Success Statement

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”

Boo Jackson

This tells me that you should set your mind too what you want and don’t give up on your dream till you reach it.

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the father you get.

Michael Phelps

22 Olympic medals (18 Gold)

This tells me that you shouldn’t give up on anything. That if you follow your dreams you will get to your dreams and live them.

Student Success Statement

“Try a little harder to be a little better,”

Gordon B. Hinckley

This statement tells me that you should put more effort on trying to make yourself a better person.

Medical Illustrator

Duties and responsibilities:

A medical illustrator is a professional artist with specialized training and advanced education in medicine, science, art, design, visual technology, media techniques, and in theories related to communication, learning and management. Collaborating with scientists, physicians, and other content specialists, medical illustrators serve as visual translators of complex technical information to support education, medical and bio-scientific research, patient care, patient education, public relations, and marketing objectives. They transform complex information into striking images that stimulate imagination, facilitate learning, and record scientific discovery. In addition to producing such material medical illustrators often function as content developers, creative directors, consultants and administrators within the general field of biocommunication and as business owners and entrepreneurs in the marketplace.

Average Salary:  $35,000 - $50,000 

Education: In College, students should concentrate on art and biology. Art courses should include drawing, life drawing, painting, color theory, graphic design,illustration, and computer graphics. In the sciences, students should include general biology or zoology, vertebrate anatomy, developmental biology, physiology, chemistry, and cell biology. The science courses must be of the caliber required for science majors.

Some graduate schools limit the percentage of studio art courses eligible for entrance into graduate programs. Please consult the schools to which you are applying for specific requirements.

Reflection: I would not like to be a medical illustrator because I’m not interested on trying this ever because it’s not the topic I want to do when I grow.

Student Success Statement

“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.”

Thomas j. Watson

This is telling me that if I want to achieve  excellence then I must work extra harder to get to my goal.

Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians and other health practitioners running smoothly. The duties of medical assistants vary from office to office, depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner's specialty. Administrative duties include:  answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping.

Average Salary:  $17,000 - $18,000

Reflection: I wouldn’t like to be this when I grow up because this isn’t what I look forward on doing for my future.

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