Career Research essay Dental Hygiene There are many different jobs in the medical field, and one that grabbed my attention is a Dental Hygiene. The first time I talked with my parents about what I wanted to be when I grew up after high school was a Dental Hygiene. Ever since then I still know that a Dental Hygiene is my career choice. For some reason a Dental Hygiene definitely has things that I am interested in like the flexibility of the job. Overall the job seems very interesting and fun, whenever I go to the dentist I always ask the hygienists questions to get more ideas and background about the job so I can fully get a glimpse of what to expect.
One of the many great things to find out when going into this profession is that the options are narrowed but are very vast and gives one the option to go further in this field. The last semester of the last year in high school, I enrolled myself into a co-op program to explore my future dream job. I was given the opportunity to work at a dental office by the name of Dentistry at Vitality. Throughout the four months working at the office, I’ve gained lots of experience and learned a lot. The co-op experience helped in exploring this field and seeing how it is in the real world.
Like I said, “at the end of the day if you want to become successful in the dental world its gone require a lot of hard work and discipline which will very well pay off when all said and done”. It’s not for everybody but it is a very fine skill to uphold if you do decide to do anything in medical or dental, if you’re infatuated with teeth and love being around people then this is a career of choice I would recommend to you. I myself have been practicing dental assisting for the past five years and it’s been nothing but good to me. Now I’m a certified dental assistant and I can go anywhere with my certifications and current trainings and work anywhere in the U.S. if there’s positions available. For those potential dentist and dental assistants, this is a very lucrative profession to indulge in and the things you learn will only help you develop yourself as a professional and an individual.
58 Job Shadow Since I’ve been very young I have thought orthodontics was way interesting and looked way fun, and at the end of the day you know you’ve helped patients with their mouth or teeth. The day of the job shadow started off with getting to know all of the assistance and getting a feel for the work space. Then I met Doctor Simister who is the orthodontist of the building and talked to him a bit while he showed me some new things. I am very glad I got to have this experience because it has taught me a lot about this job. I learned so many things during this experience like the schooling you have to go through to get the job.
I love kids and I love cooking but I have always had a high interest in being in the dentistry field. Occupation Search I researched all of the careers in the dental field. First, I researched is dental hygienist. A dental hygienist cleans patients’ teeth and continues to teach them how to take care of their teeth. They work closely with the dentist when
Joy Wachendorfer Pamela Todoroff English 101 22 April 2013 Respiratory Therapy As my first semester back to college is coming to end, I ask myself what is the value of my educational efforts? I’m going into the health care field to become a Respiratory Therapist. My goal is to help people and be the best I can be in the field. Helping people has always been what I wanted to do. My son has Asthma.That is what got me interested in Respiratory Therapy.
Even though I had only few hours of direct interaction with different patients I was able to polish my entry level of patient care. My participation in this particular community learning service should give me the chance to apply what I have learned in nursing school over the last two years to real human needs. It should expand my independent critical thinking skills, teamwork, and ability to follow instructions from other healthcare allied professionals. Also, any volunteering experience in medical field will help to stand out my resume when I will be applying for potential nursing
Community health is not just based on a certain age group or certain situations, so I feel as if my community health clinical rotation will allow me to pull all of my clinical experiences into one and apply all of those skills. This clinical rotation will definitely put my knowledge to test and I am 100% ready to test everything I have been taught. After reading about this organization, I could not be more excited to do my community health clinical rotation there. I even noticed that they offer volunteer and career opportunities, so working at a Comtrea location could always be a possibility for me. I have always enjoyed the community health aspect of nursing because the fact that you are helping your own community is very rewarding.
Forrest County Center- Hattiesburg DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM Your interest in the Dental Assisting program of Pearl River Community College shows you have definite ideas about your goals and your future. I want to congratulate you on choosing a career that has so many opportunities for employment. Dental Assistants are a vital part of the dental health team, and I believe you will find a lot of personal satisfaction in this field. All the courses you need to complete the year-long program are offered on the Hattiesburg/Forrest County Campus of PRCC. If you have not already made application to Pearl River Community College, I encourage you to do so.
The enabling skills class that has enhanced my process of learning was my attendance to the ‘Professions in Optometry and Vision Science Australian Association’ careers panel. It educated me about the many different careers branches in the field of optometry and has inspired me to look deeper into other ocular professions. Firstly, having a panel talking about pursuing a career in ocular health to first year students raised great insight into various careers paths to those who were unable to get into an optometry degree but are intrigued in pursuing a career in ocular health. For example, Andrew McKinnon, the executive director of the Optometry Association Australia, he started off as an honours in business student and then later moved in optometry, showed us that alternative paths can be taken to lead us to not only graduate as a qualified optometrist but also qualified in other professional positions. Dr Sieu Khuu gaining a degree in psychology and also vision science, is now a visual psychophysicist, is another example.