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25-1071.00 - Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary


Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.


Key Facts
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Bright Outlook
1
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Green Job
Career Details
Current Employment
210,400
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Forecasted Employment
250,400
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Change in Employment
+40,000
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Change in Employment %
+19%
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Tasks
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Tasks
The tasks listed below can be performed to prepare you for a career in this field.
Core
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Supervise laboratory sessions.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
  • Participate in campus and community events.
Supplemental
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as public health, stress management, and work site health promotion.
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
  • Act as advisers to student organizations.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Knowledge
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Knowledge

The items listed below are organized into sections that contain knowledge useful for pursuing a career in this field. Each section also contains a "Percentage of Importance" statistic that shows how relevant an item is to the occupation.
 Education and Training
  • 94%
    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 English Language
  • 92%
    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 Biology
  • 86%
    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
 Medicine and Dentistry
  • 85%
    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
 Psychology
  • 75%
    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
 Clerical
  • 74%
    Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 Computers and Electronics
  • 74%
    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 Administration and Management
  • 74%
    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 Public Safety and Security
  • 68%
    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
 Customer and Personal Service
  • 68%
    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
 Personnel and Human Resources
  • 67%
    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
 Therapy and Counseling
  • 66%
    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
 Mathematics
  • 64%
    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
 Communications and Media
  • 64%
    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
 Chemistry
  • 62%
    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
 Law and Government
  • 61%
    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
 Sociology and Anthropology
  • 58%
    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
 Philosophy and Theology
  • 50%
    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Tools
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Tools
The tools listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Physical education classroom equipment
  • 3D movement analysis systems
  • Ergometers
  • Medicine balls
  • Posture scale analyzers
 Clinical and diagnostic analyzers and accessories and supplies
  • Automated ESR analyzers
  • Coagulation testing equipment
  • Immuno-chemistry analyzers
  • Urine analyzers
 Orthopedic softgoods for upper extremity and torso
  • Back support braces
  • Lumbar corsets
  • Upper extremity slings
 Rehabilitation exercise devices and equipment
  • Balance boards
  • Hand grips
  • High-lo manipulation tables
  • Powder boards
  • Resistive exercise bands
  • Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
  • Ultrasound machines
 Laboratory incubating equipment
  • Blood culture incubators
 Projectors and supplies
  • Carousel slide projectors
  • Computer projectors
  • Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
  • Multimedia projection equipment
  • Opaque projectors
  • Overhead data projectors
  • Projector screens
 Orthopedic traction supplies and accessories
  • Cervical traction units
  • Pelvic traction equipment
 Light and wave generating and measuring equipment
  • Colorimetric devices
  • Digital refractometers
  • Diode lasers
 Cameras
  • Compact digital cameras
  • Digital video cameras
  • Intraoral cameras
  • Pan-tilt-zoom PTZ cameras
  • Remote webcams
  • Video recording systems
  • Webcams
 Audio and visual equipment
  • Compact disk CD players
  • Digital video disk DVD players
  • Handheld microphones
  • Liquid crystal display LCD televisions
  • MP3 digital voice recorders
  • Television monitors
  • Wireless microphones
 Computer data input devices
  • Computer data input scanners
  • Interactive whiteboard controllers
  • Student response systems
 Computer printers
  • Computer laser printers
  • Poster printers
 Cosmetic dentistry equipment and supplies
  • Curing lights
  • Tooth shade guides
 Dental materials
  • Dental amalgamation equipment
 Dental and subspecialty instruments and devices
  • Dental handpieces
  • Dental suction units
  • Oral evacuation systems
  • Ultrasonic scalers
 Dental laboratory and sterilization equipment and supplies
  • Dental laboratory lathes
  • Dental laboratory model trimmers
 Dental clinical furniture
  • Dental patient chairs
 Computers
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital imaging workstations
  • Laptop computers
  • Tablet computers
 Medical thermometers and accessories
  • Digital medical thermometers
 Electrotherapy equipment
  • Electric stimulation machines
  • Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
  • High-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
 Diagnostic assessment and exam products for general use
  • Electromyography EMG systems
  • Gait analysis equipment
  • Hemacytometers
 Vision protection and accessories
  • Emergency eyewash stations
 Industrial trucks
  • Equipment dollies
 Aerobic training equipment
  • Exercise trampolines
  • Recumbent exercise bicycles
  • Stationary exercise bicycles
 Weight and resistance training equipment
  • Free weights
  • Isokinetic lower body testing machines
  • Isokinetic upper body testing machines
 Gait training products
  • Gait belts
  • Parallel bars
 Test Tubes
  • General purpose laboratory test tubes
 Medical exam size measuring devices
  • Goniometers
  • Medical measuring tapes
 Patient beds and accessories
  • Hospital beds
  • Rotating bed
  • Tilt tables
 Patient lifts
  • Hoyer lifts
  • Total lift chairs
 Syringes and accessories
  • Hypodermic syringes
 Computer displays
  • Interactive whiteboards
  • Virtual reality augmented cycling kits VRACK
 Chemical evaluation instruments and supplies
  • Laboratory osmometers
  • Microplate readers
 Laboratory mixing and stirring and shaking equipment and supplies
  • Laboratory vortex mixers
  • Polyether mixing machines
  • Rotator mixers
 Laboratory baths
  • Laboratory water baths
 Medical positron emission tomography PET equipment and related products
  • Large bore positron emission tomography PET scanners
 Duplicating machines
  • Laser facsimile machines
  • Photocopying equipment
 Viewing and observing instruments and accessories
  • Laser scanning confocal microscopes
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
 Medical radiological imaging information and archiving products
  • Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
 Autopsy furniture
  • Microdissection systems
 Laboratory centrifuges and accessories
  • Microhematocrit centrifuges
 Personal communication devices
  • Multi-line telephone systems
 Patient transport products
  • Patient wheelchairs
  • Sliding boards
 Medical gloves and accessories
  • Protective medical gloves
 Pulse oximeters
  • Pulse oximeters
 Heat and cold therapy products
  • Sequential pump equipment
  • Therapeutic cold packs
  • Therapeutic hot packs
 Absorbents
  • Spill cleanup kits
 Indicating and recording instruments
  • Step monitoring devices
  • Web-based telerehabilitation monitoring systems
 Hydrotherapy products
  • Therapeutic whirlpool baths
 Media storage devices
  • Universal serial bus USB flash drives
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Technology
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Technology
The technologies listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Educational or reference software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Presenter
  • Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn
  • Learning management system LMS
  • Sakai CLE
  • Turning Technologies TurningPoint
 Data management and query software
  • Blackboard software
  • Data entry softwareHOT
  • DOC Cop
  • EcoLogic ADAM Indoor Air Quality and Analytical Data Management
  • iParadigms Turnitin
  • Microsoft AccessHOT
 Content authoring and editing software
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Google DocsHOT
  • Image scanning software
  • Microsoft ExcelHOT
  • Microsoft PowerPointHOT
  • Microsoft WordHOT
  • TechSmith Snagit
 Industry specific software
  • Dental software
  • Electronic health record EHR software
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCSHOT
  • IBM SPSS StatisticsHOT
  • InteractElsevier Netter's 3D Interactive Anatomy
  • Material safety data sheet MSDS software
  • Medical condition coding softwareHOT
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • SASHOT
 Information exchange software
  • Email software
  • Geographic information system GIS softwareHOT
  • Microsoft OutlookHOT
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Certifications
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Certifications
The certifications listed below are useful to pursue if you are interested in a career in this field.
 Specialty
 Advanced
 Core
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Licensing
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Licensing
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All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
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New River Community College
Northern Virginia Community College
Patrick & Henry Community College
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Southside Virginia Community College
Southwest Virginia Community College
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Virginia Western Community College
Wytheville Community College