Medical Technology

Biomedical Technology: combines engineering and technology to solve biological or medical problems involving humans, especially the design and use of medical equipment used to diagnose and treat various diseases. Biomedical technology can also be broken down into smaller sub-fields, like biomedical informatics, engineering, science and research.

• True

• False

Career: an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

• A short-term job

• A hobby

• An occupation with opportunities for progress

• A temporary position

CDC (Career Development Coordinator) – support Career and Technical Education (CTE) and coordinate career development services for students participating in CTE.

• True

• False

CTE (Career & Technical Education) prepares youth and adults for a wide range of:

• low-wage, low-skill, low-demand careers

• high-wage, high-skill, high-demand careers

• medium-wage, medium-skill, medium-demand careers

• no-wage, no-skill, no-demand careers

Career Pathway - A CTE pathway is an organized sequence of courses or activities designed to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for success in a particular industry or occupation.

• True

• False

Career Cluster - Career Clusters represent major groupings of similar occupations and industries within the U.S. job market.

• True

• False

Diagnostic “Careers” - Careers that involve diagnosis and health assessment using technology such as ultrasound, x-ray, laboratory studies, electrocardiography and may not necessarily involve direct patient care.

• Direct patient care

• Technology-based diagnosis

• Administrative tasks

• Surgical procedures

Healthcare Careers – career cluster focused on planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.

• Healthcare Careers

• Information Technology

• Finance

• Education

Health Informatics is an interdisciplinary field of study that utilizes technology to organize, analyze, manage, and use information to improve healthcare.

• True

• False

Support Services - aspects of health care that do not involve skilled medical care but that do support a patient, family members or resident by assisting them with things they cannot do alone or at all.

• Skilled medical care

• Support services

• Emergency services

• Primary care