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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

$100.3K Median Salary 30.8K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 24.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

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

Reported Job Titles

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Clinical Professor, Instructor, Lecturer, Occupational Therapy Professor, Pharmacology Professor, Physical Therapy Professor, Professor, Public Health Professor

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Oral Comprehension
Speech Clarity
Written Expression
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Near Vision
Speech Recognition
Problem Sensitivity
Fluency of Ideas
Information Ordering
Category Flexibility
Originality
Selective Attention

Knowledge

Education and Training
English Language
Biology
Medicine and Dentistry
Psychology
Administrative
Administration and Management
Computers and Electronics
Customer and Personal Service
Public Safety and Security
Personnel and Human Resources
Therapy and Counseling
Communications and Media
Mathematics
Chemistry
Law and Government

Skills

Instructing
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Active Learning
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Learning Strategies
Writing
Judgment and Decision Making
Complex Problem Solving
Time Management
Monitoring
Science
Social Perceptiveness
Coordination
Mathematics
Negotiation
Persuasion
Service Orientation

Technology Skills

Word processing software
Computer based training software
Medical software
Data base user interface and query software
Electronic mail software
Analytical or scientific software
Information retrieval or search software
Spreadsheet software
Geographic information system
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Office suite software
Multi-media educational software
Internet browser software
Presentation software
Compliance software
Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Digital cameras
Web cameras
Microphones
Patient lifts
Laboratory mixers
Back or lumbar or sacral orthopedic softgoods
Physiological recorders
Stationary bicycles
Televisions
Portable data input terminals
Dental saliva ejectors or oral suction devices
Pelvis or back traction supplies
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Patient care beds for general use
Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs
Multimedia projectors
Wheelchairs
Epidiascopes
Blood pressure cuff kits
Eyewashers or eye wash stations
Teeth cleaning devices
Hematology test kits or supplies
Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
Medical gamma cameras for general use
Mobile medical services first aid kits
Mobile or transportable medical linear accelerators
Petri plates or dishes
Electronic medical thermometers
Histology or cytology slide stainers
Dental lasers
Medical positron emission tomography PET units
Emergency or resuscitation carts
Photocopiers
Canes
Cosmetic dentistry curing lights
Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy
Microscope slides
Multipurpose or general test tubes
Dental examination chairs
Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy
Medical gas cylinders or related devices
Electrocardiography EKG units
Electrotherapy combination units
Arm orthopedic softgoods
Pulse oximeter units
Microcentrifuges
Patient shifting boards
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
Microphone stand
Scanners
Ergometer
Transmission electron microscopes
Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
Dental formers
Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks
Reflex hammers or mallets
Fume hoods or cupboards
Medical tape measures
Needle or blade or sharps disposal containers or carts
Videoconferencing systems
Bench refractometers or polarimeters
Dry baths or heating blocks
Teleconference equipment
Gait analysis apparatus
Cryostats
Medical acoustic stethoscopes
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
Pressure indicators
Dollies
Notebook computers
Lower body resistance machines
Projection screens or displays
Knee therapeutic brace or support
Touch screen monitors
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Dropping pipettes
Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
Surgical isolation or surgical masks
High capacity removable media drives
Ultrasonic therapy apparatus or supplies
Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes
MP3 players or recorders
Inkjet printers
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment
Reachers for the physically challenged
Hemacytometer sets
Laminar flow cabinets or stations
Slide projectors
Medical c arm x ray units
Galvanic or faradic stimulators
Liquid crystal display projector
Vortex mixers
Posture evaluation kit
Dental amalgamators
Laser printers
Shaking incubators
Upper body resistance machines
Parallel bars for rehabilitation or therapy
Postmortem animal dissection tables
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Neuromuscular stimulators or kits
Spill kits
Compact disk players or recorders
Hematology analyzers
Walkers or rollators
Fitness weights
Powder boards for rehabilitation or therapy
Electro etcher marking machine
Water baths
Digital video disk players or recorders
Electromyography EMG units
Dental scalers
Therapeutic cryo compression therapy systems
Lasers
Desktop computers
Orthopedic splint systems
Dental shades
Special purpose telephones
Overhead projectors
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
Head mounted displays
Ultrasonic cleaning equipment
Osmometers
Urinalysis analyzers
Dental x ray units
Blood bank cell washers
Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories
Laser fax machine
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Resistive exercise bands or putty or tubing for rehabilitation or therapy
Scientific calculator
Patient care beds for specialty care
Colorimeters
Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers
Wrist exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
Medicine ball
Medical syringes with needle
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph monitors
Coagulation analyzers
Motion analysis system
Immunology analyzers
Goniometers or arthrometers
Dental laboratory lathes
Laboratory balances
Crutches
Dental laboratory model trimmers
Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
Exercise trampolines
Dental handpieces
Microplate readers
Tablet computers