careers in allied health academic library
Allied health is the term for the area of healthcare (and health care professions) that provide support and care services other than specific doctoring and nurse care. At times, the line between allied health and "non-allied health" may seem to be separated by level of degree/education, although this is not always true.
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Allied health career paths can be divided into general roles like diagnostic (testing to see what is wrong), technical (taking care of technology aspects), therapeutic (moving the patient toward healing) and direct patient care (caring for the patient in other 
ways), although there is some overlap in a few roles. There are a few hundred potential jobs and dozens of potential settings that one could work in.
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​In this course, we will focus on select allied health careers, studying a variety of different levels, responsibilities, settings, education needs and amounts of patient contact. We will look at things like the degree or training needed for each job, the environment one would work in, how much money the position could make, and the facts of the actual working day.
CAREERS IN ALLIED HEALTH ONLINE
UNIT 1 - INTRODUCTION TO ALLIED HEALTH CAREERS
UNIT 2 - ART AND TECHNOLOGY
  1. Course Overview
  2. What is Allied Health?
  3. Project: Educational Pathway (education, testing, and credentials) (Complete this project assignment Educational Pathway)
  4. Exploring the Allied Health Competency Model
  5. Project: Evaluating Your Competencies in Light of Scripture
  6. Who's the Hero? An Allied Health Story
  7. Quiz: Introduction
  8. First Responders: EMT/Paramedic
  9. Project: Medical Ethics and the Christian (Take a look at the Medical Code of Ethics and be prepared to respond to the following situations as a Christian healthcare provider.  Follow the directions of your assignment to complete the project)
  10. Surgical Technologists
  11. Perfusionist
  12. Project: Exploring Allied Health Careers (This project will be your own Allied Health Career Exploration Report. In it, you will work out some questions, discuss some scenarios and case studies, and prepare yourself for a career in the allied health field. Using the scenario below, you are now going to apply some of the concepts that you have learned about allied healthcare in this chapter. After you have set up your report according to the instructions below, answer the questions in the text box below)
  13. Quiz: First Responders and Emergency Personnel
  14. Test
  15. Glossary and Credits
  1. Medical Arts and Special Skills: Medical Illustrator
  2. Project: Medical Illustration/Emergency Medicine Career Comparison (Choose a career from the last chapter in Unit one, emergency medicine – EMT, surgical technician, or perfusionist. Create a chart illustrating that career with a medical illustration. Be sure the chart includes all aspects of the careers mentioned in the "introduction" topic, i.e., education, salary, patient contact, safety issues, etc. You will need to consult the past lesson or view your notes/research on the career. This project should take approximately three hours)
  3. Medical Arts and Special Skills: Orthotists and Prosthetists
  4. Project: Orthotics and Prosthetics  (Jesus is sometimes referred to as the Great Physician and rightly so! You cannot read very far into the gospels without finding an instance where He healed someone. He made it possible for the lame to walk (Matthew 15:30, 21:14) and He healed people with withered hands (Luke 6:6). Working in the fields of orthotics or prosthetics, you have the opportunity to help people regain the use of their limbs. While you may not be healing them in a divine manner like Jesus did, you do get to experience the joy of seeing a person walk again or pick up something with a new hand. You will research the history of either orthotics or prosthetics using the internet, encyclopedia, or any other form of reference. You will then write an essay of at least 750 words as given in the formal assignment)
  5. Medical Arts and Special Skills: Art Therapist
  6. Quiz: Medical Arts and Special Skills
  7. Therapists and Technologists: Respiratory Therapists and Cystic Fibrosis
  8. Therapists and Technologists: Radiologic Technologist and Situs Inversus
  9. Therapists and Technologists: Polysomnographic Technologists and Sleep Apnea
  10. Project: Polysomnographic Technologist (PT) Scenario  (You will write a scenario much like the one in Chapter 1, Lesson 3. You will write as a PT who is performing a polysomnogram on a patient. Your doctor will diagnose the patient with apnea, and you will educate the patient on the use of a CPAP or BiPap mask to solve their sleep problems. The assignment should not be less than 1,000 words.)
  11. Quiz: Therapists and Technologists
  12. Test
  13. Glossary and Credits
UNIT 3 - EXERCISE SCIENCE AND PATIENT EVALUATION
UNIT 4 - HEALTH INFORMATICS AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
  1. Exercise as Medicine and the Exercise Physiologist
  2. Kinesiotherapy and the U.S. Veteran returning from Afghanistan
  3. Fitness Instructor and the New Year’s Resolution
  4. Quiz: Exercise Science
  5. Audiologists and Hearing Loss
  6. Project: The Hip Hop Mogul (You will now put your new knowledge to work in a case study. Pretend you are an audiologist, and you see a new patient who works as a concert promoter. He is complaining of hearing loss. Write a case study that includes the material provided in the assignment)
  7. Electro-Neurodiagnostic (END) Technologist and the Nervous System
  8. Project: Epilepsy Research Paper (Complete this project assignment Epilepsy Research Paper)
  9. Cardiovascular Technologist
  10. Quiz: Evaluating the Patient
  11. Test
  12. Glossary and Credits
  1. Health Informatics, Data Acquisition, and Medical Coding
  2. Project: Medical Coding Ethics (Students will refer to the American Health Information Management Association Standards of Ethical Coding to become familiar with topics that are considered important enough to be addressed through a set of national standards. As a Christian, keep in mind that you have a higher standard to follow than just this code of ethics. While these standards of ethical coding do not go against Scriptural principles, you are aware of the eternal consequences of everything you do. Using this code of ethics, you will create a fictional case study in which violations of these ethics are fairly common within a single workplace. A minimum of three of the standards are violated on a regular basis. Describe the environment and the role you play in it as a believer. Within the course of this 2-4 page case study, consider the points listed in the assignment)
  3. Dental Informatics
  4. Telemedicine and Mobile Computing Informatics
  5. Quiz: Health Informatics and Medical Coding
  6. Introduction to Healthcare Management
  7. Introduction to the Hospital Administrator Role
  8. Applications, Activities and Case Studies in Hospital and Healthcare Management
  9. Project: Support for Christian Healthcare Professionals (Complete this assignment Support for Christian Healthcare Professionals)
  10. Quiz: Hospital Administrator/Health Care Management
  11. Test
  12. Glossary and Credits
UNIT 5 - COUNSELING, DIETETICS AND CHOOSING A CAREER IN ALLIED HEALTH
UNIT 6 - COURSE PROJECT, REVIEW, AND EXAM
  1. Genetic Counseling ‖ An Introduction to the Career
  2. Bioinformatics and the Human Genome
  3. Project: Mapping Genes  (This project will focus on helping you understand what information the genome project provided and will continue to provide. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has provided an interactive resource online in which you can choose any of the chromosomes and view which traits or dysfunctions have been identified that might be arise from genes located on that specific chromosome. Your assignment will be to choose two different traits or abnormalities on two different chromosomes. You will then draw or make a graphic of the chromosome following these directions listed in the assignment)
  4. Prenatal Counseling and Anomalies, Choice, Ethics, Science
  5. Project: The Sanctity of Life (In recent decades, the sanctity of human life has taken on new meaning. You live in an age where abortion, euthanasia, and various forms of genetic engineering have cheapened God's design for human beings. But these are not the only issues when considering the sanctity of human life. Your assignment today involves reading this article on the sanctity of human life. While rather lengthy, it gives an excellent overview of what the Bible has to say about human life and dignity. When you finish reading, be prepared to answer four of the questions following the article)
  6. Quiz: Genetic Counseling
  7. Dietetics and Nutrition: An Introduction to the Career
  8. Diet and the Body
  9. Career Exploration Activities
  10. Quiz: Dietetics and Nutrition
  11. Test
  12. Glossary and Credits
1. Review
2. Exam