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Student Success Statement

"I will Persist until I succeed."

Og Mandino 

Perfusionist

Duties and Responsibilities:
Perfusionists operate circulation equipment when it is necessary to replace the patient’s circulatory or respiratory functions. This is most common in heart surgery and similar operations. Perfusionists also control the temperature of the patients during surgery. Their duties include:
• Operating heart and lung machines
• Administering some types of anesthesia
• Administering some types of medication
Average salary:
$50,000
Education Requirements:
A high school diploma with strong background in biology and chemistry is required to be accepted in Perfusionist training programs. Admission preference is given to students with college science work or experience in respiratory therapy and medical terminology.

student success statement

"nothing in the world can take the place of PERSISTANCE.

TALENT will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

GENIUS will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

EDUCATION will not: the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistance and Detremination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

President Calvin Coolidge

                Patient Representative

Duties and Responsibilities:

Patient Representatives address the concerns and special needs of patients and their families.  They evaluate patient satisfaction, investigate complaints, collect information about patient dissatisfaction, work to solve patient problems, and educate staff.

Average Salary:   $20,000 - $40,000

Educational Requirements:

Students interested in this career should take challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English. Not all requirements are the same but most employers prefer college graduates with backgrounds in health or social services. 

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Student Success Statement

"Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement."

Matt Biondi

Osteopathic Physician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Osteopathic Physicians (D.O) diagnose, treat injuries, and diseases. Their main focus is on musculoskeletal system, holistic medicine, proper nutrition, and environmental factors in maintaining good health.

Average Salary:

$110,000

Education:

Students thinking about joining this medical career should take the most challenging high school courses available in science, math, and English. Then after taking three to four years of college, prospective physicians must attend medical school. Medical school usually includes two years of additional study in both basic and clinical sciences and still requires a yearlong internship at a hospital.

student success statement

The Answers to these questions will determine your success or failure:

1. Can people trust me to do what is right? Yes

2. Am i committed to doing my very best? Yes

3. Do i treat people the way i want to be treated? Yes

If the answer to these questions is YES, There is no way you can fail."

Lou Holtz

 Optometrist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Optometrists treat vision problems. They prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, or vision therapy depending on the problem. Some specialize in industrial vision safety, environmental vision care. They may not however write a medical prescription, treat diseases, or perform surgery.

Average Salary:

$78,000

Education requirements:

Students must take the most challenging high school course available to them in math, science, and English. You need at least 2 years of college in a pre-professional to enter an optometry school. Optometry is 4 years in length.   

Student Success Statement 

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew. That intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong."

President John F. Kennedy

Optician
Duties and Responsibilities:

The optician has to measure clients for glasses. They measure client’s bride and eye size, temple length, pupillary distance using measuring devices. They make sure that the lenses are made to specifications, maintain records of prescriptions, and contact insurance provider.  

Salary:

$46,042

Education:

Becoming a Optician requires a high school diploma or an approved GED equivalent, and formal education and training or an apprenticeship.

Student Success Statement

"No student ever attains eminent success by simply doing what is required of him/her, it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."

Charles Kendall Adams, American Historian

Optical Laboratory Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Optical laboratory technician cut, polish, and grind lenses for prescription classes or create prescription contact lenses. In some cases they might even make lenses for products like binoculars, microscopes, and telescopes.

Salary:

$28,590

Education:

If you would like to become an optical lab technician you should take algebra, chemistry, geometry, biology, mechanical drawing, industrial arts, computer skills, English, and health occupations/medical professions. You should take an internship and gain experience in a laboratory. There are no certification requirements.

Ophthalmologist

Duties and responsibilities:

Ophthalmologists are medically trained doctors who treat and help prevent diseases of the eye. They treat patients of all ages from babies to the elderly. The most common conditions are cataracts, glaucoma, diabetes and conditions resulting from ageing. They must examine the patient to make a diagnosis.

Salary: $258,566

Education: To become an Ophthalmologist you must receive a 4 year bachelor’s degree, complete 4 years of medical school, and 3-8 years of internships.

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student success statement

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you Never excuse yourself."

Henry ward Beecher

Ophthalmic Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Their duties are to make it easy for the doctor to diagnose someone. They take visual activity measurements, measure pupil size and reactivity, corneal topography, assist with contact lens fitting and patient instruction. They are the ones who see the patient first and after they take all the needed information they give it to the doctor and he will diagnose the patient.

Salary:

$43,701

Education:

To become an ophthalmic technician you must attend an accredited ophthalmic technology training school. You must attend two years of full time courses. You also need 2,000 hours of experience two become certified.

Operating Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:
Operating Room Technicians are the people who prepare a operating room for surgery.They make sure all tools and supplies are sterile and ready to use. They take the patient to a recovery room after surgery.They also have to clean up the operating room after the surgery is over.

Salary:
$42,993 each year

Education:
If you want to become a operating room technician you should take health, biology, chemistry, advanced algebra, and trigonometry in high school. Enroll in a surgical technician training program. surgical technician programs are offered at most universities.Then you have to take and pass the surgical technician certification exam to become a certified surgical technologist.