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3 Careers in Health Care Chapter Objectives After completing this chapter, you should be able to: • Compare the educational requirements for associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees • Contrast certification, registration, and licensure • Describe at least 10 different health care careers by including a definition of the career, three duties, e ducational requirements, and employment opportunities • Investigate at least one health care career by writing to listed sources or using the Internet to request a dditional information on the career • Interpret at least 10 abbreviations used to identify health care career workers • Define, pronounce, and spell all key terms Key Terms admitting officers/clerks art, music, dance therapists associate's degree athletic trainers certified (ATCs) audiologists bachelor's degree biological or medical scientists biological technicians biomedical (clinical) engineers biomedical equipment technicians (BETs) biotechnological engineers (bioengineers) cardiovascular technologist central/sterile supply workers certification 38 clinical laboratory scientists (CLSs) clinical laboratory technicians (CLTs) continuing education units (CEUs) dental assistants (DAs) dental hygienists (DHs) (den9-tall hi-geen9-ists) dental laboratory technicians (DLTs) dentists (DMDs or DDSs) dialysis technicians (die-ahl9-ih-sis tek-nish9-ins) dietetic assistants dietetic technicians (DTs) dietitians (RDs) Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) (Ky-row-prak9-tik) Doctor of Medicine (MD) Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) (Oss-tee-oh-path9-ik) Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) (Poh -dee9-ah-trik) doctorate/doctoral degree electrocardiograph (ECG) technicians (ee-lek -trow-car 9dee-oh-graf tek-nish9-ins) electroencephalographic (EEG) technologist (ee-lek -trohen-sef-ahl-oh-graf 9-ik teknahl9-oh-jist) electroneurodiagnostic technologist (END) (ee-lek troh-new-roh-die-ag-nah9-stik) embalmers (em-bahl9-mers)