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Health Profession: There’s Something for Everyone Andrew Yeung 2 nd Year UCSD Student [email protected] EAOP 2010 Spring Tours

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Presentation to Middle and High School students to encourage them to pursue options in the health career and pursue higher education at UC San Diego

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Page 1: Health Professional Careers

Health Profession: There’s Something for Everyone

Andrew Yeung2nd Year UCSD [email protected] 2010 Spring Tours

Page 2: Health Professional Careers

Today’s Overview

•Why look into Health Career?•Food Platter: Variety of Choices•Recommended Tips

▫Courses▫International▫Volunteer

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Why the Health Career?

•Always in demand = Job Security = $$$•High Job Satisfaction: Helping save lives

and Working with People rather than cubicle

•Versatile (Useful like in the movies)

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Party Tray: Diversity of Options• Doctors (M.D. or D.O.)• Sports Medicine (M.S.M.)• Public Health (M.P.H.)• Nursing (N.P., R.N.)• Optometry (O.D.)

• Podiatric• Dentistry (D.M.D.)• Physical Therapy (P.T.)• Veterinary (D.V.M.)• Pharmacy• Nutrition• Chiropractic• Occupational Therapy (O.T.)• Psychology• Speech-Language Pathology• Surgery• Physical Education

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Physical Therapy (P.T.)

•Using physical methods (e.g., manipulation, traction, exercise, massage, hot/cold therapy, etc.) to assess, diagnose, and treat injury, disability or disease.

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Sports Medicine•One of the fastest growing areas of health

care because health workers who specialize in sports medicine help many “regular” people as well as athletes.

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Public/Global Health (M.P.H.)

•“Big Picture”: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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Doctor (MD or DO)•Medical School•Primary Care

▫Family Medicine▫General

Pediatrics▫Internal Medicine

•Specialists▫OB/GYN▫Dermatology▫Immunology▫Oncology

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Nursing (R.N., N.P., C.N.C.)•Fill many roles in Health Field

▫Trauma, forensic, psychiatric, academic, practitioner, anesthetist, etc.

•First Registered Nurse (R.N.)

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Do I have to be in love with Science?

•No•Plenty who majored in Arts/Humanities,

Literature, History, etc.

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Do I still have to take Science Classes?•Unfortunately Yes, BUT don’t fret!•Don’t be afraid to ask for help: Tutoring

(EAOP), Teachers, Parents, Advisors•EAOP Online Tutoring: Oats.ucsd.edu/

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Tips: Courses You Should Take Now

•Any AP Courses•Community College Classes

▫Free! And Easy!▫Transferable Credit! (Enter as Sophomore)

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Courses

•Other:▫Science/Math▫English Writing Composition▫Anything Fun (Music, Art, Psychology, etc)▫Foreign Languages (It’s Just A Good Skill

Period)

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Go Abroad!• www.studyabroad.com/highschool/ • Diversify, Well Roundness• Learn, See, Live• International Exp. = Looks Great on Resume• Study, Work, or Volunteer Abroad

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Volunteer!•Free Work leads to Paid work (like

internships)•Good Exposure & Learn new experiences•In Future, gives you experience to put on

resume•Experience = Job = $$$•Financial Aid (Scholarships)www.volunteersandiego.org/

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What are the top three causes of Death?a) Diabetes, Cancer, Influenzab) Heart disease, Cancer, Strokec) Accidents, Alzheimer disease, Chronic

Respiratoryd) HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, Malaria

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Answer

•B – Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke•Heart Disease = 631,636•Cancer = 559,888•Stroke = 137,119•Total = 1, 328, 643•Life Expectancy is 77 years old, with

women 5 years longer•Racial and Age Differences persist

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What is the top leading preventable cause of death?a) Tobacco Smokingb) Overweight/Obesityc) Sexually Transmitted Diseasesd) Alcohol Abusee) Infectious Diseases

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Answer

•A = Tobacco Smoking•Over 435,000 deaths per year•Overweight/Obesity = 365,000 deaths•STD = 20,000 deaths•Alcohol = 85,000 deaths• Infectious Disease = 75,000 deaths

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Only You Can Prevent Preventable Death

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a189xAYBRv8&feature=related

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Questions?

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