Allied Health Careers
Allied Health professionals are involved with the delivery of health or related services pertaining to the identification, evaluation and prevention of diseases and disorders, dietary and nutrition services, rehabilitation, health systems management, and others.
Allied health professionals, include dental hygienists, diagnostic medical sonographers, dietitians, medical technologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, radiographers, respiratory therapists, and speech language pathologists. Below is a more comprehensive list.
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Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions
Anesthesiologist assistant, Anesthesia technologist/technician, Anesthesia technology
Athletic trainer
Audiologists
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Cardiovascular technology
Behavioral disorder counselors
Clinical laboratory workers, Medical technologist, Medical laboratory technologist, Medical laboratory scientist, Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
Cytotechnology
Dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental laboratory technicians
Diagnostic medical sonography, Diagnostic medical sonographers
Dietitians, Dietetic technicians, dietetic assistants, Registered dietitian, Nutritionists
Electroneurodiagnostic technologist, Electroneurodiagnostic technology
Emergency Medical Technician EMT, Paramedic
Exercise science, personal fitness trainer, exercise physiologist, and exercise science professional, Exercise physiology, Personal fitness training
Genetic assistants
Health Administration
Health information technologists, Health information administrators, Health information management
Health educators
Histotechnologist
Home health aides
Kinesiotherapist, Kinesiotherapy
Lactation Consultant
Marriage and family therapists
Magnetic resonance technologist
Medical assistant, Medical assisting
Medical dosimetrist
Medical illustrator, Medical illustration
Medical librarian
Mental health counselors
Music therapist
Medical transcriptionists
Nerve conduction studies technologist
Nuclear medicine technologist
Occupational therapists, Occupational therapy assistants, Occupational therapist aides
Ophthalmic medical assistants, optometric assistants and technicians, Paraoptometrician
Orthotics and Prosthetics, Orthotist, and Prosthetist, Orthoptist, Orthotic and prosthetic technician
Other social and mental health service workers
Perfusionist
Pharmacy assistants, Pharmacy Aides, Pharmacy technicians
Physical therapists, Physical therapy assistants, Physical therapist aides
Physician assistants
Podiatric assistants
Poetry therapist
Polysomnographic technologist, Polysomnographic technology
Psychiatric aids, Psychiatric technicians
Radiation Therapists
Radiologic service workers, Radiologist assistant, Radiologic technologist, Radiologic technician, Radiology administrator
Recreational Therapist, Recreational therapy
Rehabilitation counselors, Other rehabilitation service workers
Respiratory therapy workers, Respiratory therapist
Specialist in blood bank technology/transfusion medicine
Speech pathologist, Speech–language therapists
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
Surgical technologist, Operating room technicians, Surgical assistant, Surgical assisting,
Surgical technology
Surgical Neurophysiologist
Vocational rehabilitation counselors