Medical Professions

Pediatric Profession

The Medical Profession is a extremely diverse sector. The areas of speciality are numerous; Audiology, Biomedical Engineering, Chiropractics, Dental Therapy, Dentistry, Dietetics, Medical Physics, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Opticianry, Optometry, Osteopathy, Pharmacology, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy.

Also, the range of different skills within each medical sector is enormous. Just some of the career paths are:-

Doctors

* Medical specialties * Surgical specialties * Psychiatry * General practice * Paediatrics and child health * Obstetrics and gynaecology * Pathology * Radiology * Anaesthetics * Ophthalmology

Health Informatics

* Information, communications and technology staff * Health records staff * Knowledge management staff * Information Management staff * Clinical informatics staff * Senior managers and directors of services

Healthcare Science

* Pharmacists (hospital, community, pharmacy) * Life sciences and pathology (anatomical pathologist, embryologist, medical laboratory scientist, biochemist, etc) * Physiological sciences (cardiographer, clinical scientific officers, operating dept practitioner, etc) * Clinical engineering and physical sciences (medical physicist, medical illustrator, etc)

Medical management careers

* General managers * Estates and facilities managers * Practice mangers * Information managers * Financial managers * Clinical managers * Human resources or personnel managers

Nursing (medical assisting careers)

* Adult nursing * Childrens nursing * Mental Health nursing * Learning disability Nursing

Allied Health Professionals (medical assisting careers)

* Arts Therapists * Chiropodists * Dieticians * Occupational Therapists * Orthoptists * Paramedics * Physiotherapists * Prosthetists and Orthotists * Psychologists * Psychotherapists * Medical radiography careers * Speech and Language Therapists