STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

“Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right, it’s ended up not being right.”

                                                Mario Cuomo

What this quote is trying to sate is that you might feel that what you’re doing is right, but at the end you end up realizing that what you thought was right came out to be bad. So, at times we confuse the bad things with the right stuff. So you got to choose your actions carefully.

CYTOECHNOLOGISTS

(CYTOLOGY)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Cytology is the study of human body cells. Cytotechnologists are specially trained clinical technologists who study human body cells. They examine cells to identify changes that may indicate diseases like cancer.

Their duties include preparing microscope slides of cell samples, examining cell samples using microscopes, identifying abnormalities in shape, size or color, using other automated lab equipment to perform tests, and analyzing report test results to physicians.

Cytotechnologists usually work in hospitals, clinics, or private laboratories. They also work in universities or for other researchers.

Average Salary: $30,000- $50,000

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Almost all cytotechnologists earn bachelor’s degree in medical or clinical technology programs that include a year-long clinical internship in the field.

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Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job to help patients develop more faith in themselves. They work with patients to help them become self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their patients’ doctors family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital residential health care settings. Counselors often:

·        Work with patients who abuse alcohol or addicted to drugs.

·        Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

·        Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological tests.

·        Help patients find and keep jobs.

Average Salary: $25,000- $45,000

Educational requirements:

Student interested in becoming counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum.

A bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or sociology is the minimum requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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Student Success Statement

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me”

Carol Burnett

You’re the only one who can make decisions for yourself, no one else can. So if you want to change the way you live & act then only you can decide what you’re going to do about it.

Student Success Statement

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails”

                             Henry David Thoreau

That  doing the right always brings good & positive stuff.

Student Success Statement

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails”

                             Henry David Thoreau

That  doing the right always brings good & positive stuff.

HEALTH INFORMATION SPECIALIST

PART 2

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Educational Requirements:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialists must pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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