Chapter 10: Additional Careers in Allied Health
Overview
Michael is a 32-year-old college student who has always enjoyed chemistry coursework and medicine. He also enjoys working with people and customer service. He thinks his ultimate goal is to become a pharmacist. However, he plans on enrolling in a pharmacy technologist program first to make sure that is the path he wants to take.
Pharmacy Technology, as Michael found out, is just one of many additional allied health careers. Health education, Substance Abuse Disorder Professional, pharmacy technology, and medical interpretation are all careers that provide patient and family support in and out outside of the traditional inpatient clinic setting.
Objectives
Upon completion of this chapter, the learner will be able to:
- Identify the scope of practice for various other allied health professionals covered in this chapter.
- Compare the academic requirements for each of the other careers covered in the chapter.
- Differentiate between the various settings that the other careers work in.
- Explain the career pathway for each of the careers covered in the chapter.
Key Terms
- Addiction
- Behavioral health
- Bipolar disorder
- Community health assessment (CHA)
- Community health workers (CHW)
- Crisis intervention
- Evidence-based treatment
- Health education
- Interpretation
- Integrated services
- Medical interpreter
- Language access provider
- Limited english proficiency patients (LEP’s)
- Major depressive disorder
- Motivational Interviewing
- Schizophrenia
- Substance Use Disorder
- Substance abuse and mental health services administration (SAMHSA)
Attributions
- Chapter opening image: Phikwe’s only Private Pharmacist by Gamu Ndawana is released under Commons. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
