Health career explorer

Diagnose illness, create treatment plans, perform procedures and lead the healthcare team caring for a patient.

Assess patients, give treatments and medications, teach families and coordinate daily care.

Diagnose and treat animals, perform surgery, give vaccines and counsel owners on animal care.

Review and prepare medication orders, check for interactions and teach patients how to use medicines safely.

Prevent, diagnose and treat problems of the teeth, gums and mouth.

Respond to emergencies, assess patients quickly, provide care on scene and transport safely.

Help people recover movement and strength after injury, surgery or illness.

Help people do everyday activities — dressing, writing, working — after injury, illness or disability.

Care for patients with breathing problems, manage oxygen and airway equipment, and teach breathing treatments.

Run and interpret lab tests on blood and other samples that doctors use to diagnose disease.

Support people's emotional health through counseling, coping strategies and connection to resources.

Manage the people, budgets and systems that keep hospitals and clinics running well.

Design and improve medical devices, prosthetics, imaging systems and hospital technology.

Protect the health of whole communities through education, data, prevention programs and policy.

Use nutrition science to help people eat in ways that support health, healing and performance.

Manage and analyze healthcare data and the systems clinicians use to record and find it.