Career Details
25-1071.00 - Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.
Key Facts

Tasks

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

- 94%Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- 92%Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- 86%Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- 85%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.
- 75%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.
- 74%Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- 74%Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- 74%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.
- 68%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.
- 68%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.
- 67%Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- 66%Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
- 64%Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- 64%Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- 62%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.
- 61%Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- 58%Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- 50%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.
Tools

- Micro-etchers
- Equipment dollies
- Total parenteral nutrition TPN compounders
- Laboratory heating blocks
- Microcryostats
- Cell washing equipment
- Fume hoods
- Flow hoods
- Laboratory water baths
- Polyether mixing machines
- Rotator mixers
- Laboratory vortex mixers
- Microhematocrit centrifuges
- Blood culture incubators
- Casting ovens
- Slide stainers
- Laboratory balances
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Laser scanning confocal microscopes
- Step monitoring devices
- Web-based telerehabilitation monitoring systems
- Force measurement plates
- Laboratory osmometers
- Microplate readers
- Diode lasers
- Digital refractometers
- Colorimetric devices
- Coagulation testing equipment
- Automated ESR analyzers
- Immuno-chemistry analyzers
- Urine analyzers
- Hematology test kits
- Pipetting devices
- General purpose laboratory test tubes
- Graduated glass cylinders
- Agar slides
- Protective medical face masks
- Protective medical gloves
- Electric stimulation machines
- High-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
- Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Sequential pump equipment
- Therapeutic cold packs
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Therapeutic whirlpool baths
- Biohazard containers
- Hypodermic syringes
- Curing lights
- Tooth shade guides
- Dental handpieces
- Dental suction units
- Oral evacuation systems
- Ultrasonic scalers
- Dental patient chairs
- Dental air water syringes
- Panoramic x ray machines
- Vacuum formers
- Dental laboratory lathes
- Dental laboratory model trimmers
- Dental laser equipment
- Dental amalgamation equipment
- Emergency first aid kits
- Hemacytometers
- Electromyography EMG systems
- Gait analysis equipment
- Sphygmomanometers
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Pulse oximeters
- Cardiac monitors
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Digital medical thermometers
- Reflex hammers
- Goniometers
- Medical measuring tapes
- Hospital beds
- Rotating bed
- Tilt tables
- Patient wheelchairs
- Sliding boards
- Hoyer lifts
- Total lift chairs
- Large bore computed tomography CT scanners
- Intraoperative ultrasound monitors
- Flat panel c-arms
- Large animal gamma cameras
- Large bore positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Medical linear accelerators
- Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
- Walking canes
- Crutches
- Walkers
- Wrist splints
- Knee support braces
- Upper extremity slings
- Back support braces
- Lumbar corsets
- Cervical traction units
- Pelvic traction equipment
- Balance boards
- Powder boards
- Resistive exercise bands
- Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
- Hand grips
- High-lo manipulation tables
- Ultrasound machines
- Gait belts
- Parallel bars
- Microdissection systems
- Oxygen tanks
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Ultrasonic sterilization units
- Video endoscopy equipment
- Electrosurgery devices
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Universal serial bus USB flash drives
- Laptop computers
- Desktop computers
- Digital imaging workstations
- Tablet computers
- Computer data input scanners
- Interactive whiteboard controllers
- Student response systems
- Interactive whiteboards
- Virtual reality augmented cycling kits VRACK
- Poster printers
- Computer laser printers
- Conference telephones
- Photocopying equipment
- Laser facsimile machines
- Digital calculators
- Projector screens
- Carousel slide projectors
- Overhead data projectors
- Computer projectors
- Multimedia projection equipment
- Opaque projectors
- Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
- Videoconferencing equipment
- Compact digital cameras
- Intraoral cameras
- Pan-tilt-zoom PTZ cameras
- Digital video cameras
- Video recording systems
- Remote webcams
- Webcams
- Emergency eyewash stations
- Spill cleanup kits
- Recumbent exercise bicycles
- Stationary exercise bicycles
- Exercise trampolines
- Isokinetic lower body testing machines
- Isokinetic upper body testing machines
- Free weights
- Ergometers
- Medicine balls
- 3D movement analysis systems
- Posture scale analyzers
- Liquid crystal display LCD televisions
- Television monitors
- Compact disk CD players
- Digital video disk DVD players
- Handheld microphones
- Wireless microphones
- MP3 digital voice recorders
- Microphone podiums
Technology

- Microsoft OfficeHOT
- TechSmith Snagit
- Collaborative editing software
- Google DocsHOT
- Microsoft WordHOT
- Microsoft PowerPointHOT
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Microsoft ExcelHOT
- Image scanning software
- Blackboard software
- Data entry softwareHOT
- EcoLogic ADAM Indoor Air Quality and Analytical Data Management
- Microsoft AccessHOT
- DOC Cop
- iParadigms Turnitin
- Adobe Systems Adobe Presenter
- Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio
- Blackboard Learn
- Course management system software
- Desire2Learn
- Learning management system LMS
- Sakai CLE
- Turning Technologies TurningPoint
- IBM SPSS StatisticsHOT
- SASHOT
- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
- Dental software
- Electronic health record EHR software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCSHOT
- InteractElsevier Netter's 3D Interactive Anatomy
- Medical condition coding softwareHOT
- Medical procedure coding software
- Web browser software
- Email software
- Microsoft OutlookHOT
- Geographic information system GIS softwareHOT
Certifications

- Certified Diabetes Educator330 East Algonquin Road, Suite 4, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
- Certified in Public HealthOne Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, Ste: 4300 Pittsburgh, PA 15219412-255-3796
- Certification in Laser Dentistry - IntroductoryPO Box 8667 Coral Springs, FL 33075
- Allied Health Instructor710 Higgins Road, Park Ridge, IL 60068-5765800-275-1268
- Diplomate of the American Board of ToxicologyPO Box 30054, Raleigh, NC 27622-0054
- Certified CME Professional2522 69th Street, Lubbock, TX 79413-6314
- Previously Certified Childbirth Educator CertificationPO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420
- Postnatal Educator CertificationPO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420
- Sex Educator Certification1444 I Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005
- Certified Instructor of Infant MassagePO Box 1665, Sonoma, CA 95476
- Certified Asthma EducatorPO BOX 781251 San Antonio, TX 78278
- Academic Certification in Biofeedback10200 W. 44th Avenue, #310, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
- Academic Certification in Neurofeedback10200 W. 44th Avenue, #310, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
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