Medical/Health volunteer opportunities in Huntington Park:
-Care partner/Emergency room volunteer (take care of customers and aid doctor)
-Senior health volunteer (care for the elderly)
-Health Educator for Chronic Disease(teach people about the disease)
-Concierge(Employee Health Services)

    Some of the opportunities you can get for volunteering i these job are: getting experience in the medical field,gain scholarships, and help out your community.

             Health science librarian

A health science librarian is someone who provides access to medical information through books. To become one you must have a 4 year bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. A health science librarian makes an average of $46,666 per year.

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Supervise staff

·         Create health related posters/websites

·         Help people find appropriate health services

·         Help people find information about health

·         Collect data to analyze needs and evaluate programs

·         Prepare reports for both for management and stock holders

·         Create programs that encourage health and wellness

·         Teach people how to make good health choices

Salary:  $41,830

Educational Requirements:  Bachelor’s degree, public health education, and pass certified health education specialist exam

Reflection:  I would not like to become a health educator. I wouldn’t want to be one because they don’t really make a lot of money.

                  (ENT) Specialist

A ENT specialist is someone who deals with diagnosis and treatment of the ear, nose, and throat.  Although it may seem easy to just check those body parts, but to become one is another story. To become a ent specialist you will need a four year medical degree followed by a five year ent residency program and a bachelor’s degree. One can see that this career takes a while to get started but it does pay off in the end because the average salary of a ent specialist is $302,500 a year. I would not like to be one because I am not patient enough for this career.

 

                          Dermatologist

        A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of skin, hair, and nails. To become one it takes a lot of years. The educational requirements a person needs to have is a bachelor’s degree, they have to attend medical school, and a dermatology residency program for 3 years. Although it takes a while to become a dermatologist it does pay off in the end. The average dermatologist gets paid about $300,000 a year. I would not like to become one because I would be impatient to become one.

Cardiologist

            Cardiologists are doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating diseases or conditions of the heart or blood vessels. The educational requirements to become a cardiologist are: doctoral degree in medicine and completion of residency program in internal medicine and cardiology. I would like to become a cardiologist because the study of the heart and blood vessels are very interesting.

Salary:$461,000

Ambulance dispatcher

911 emergency dispatchers receive emergency calls by telephone, radio system or computer aided dispatch system. They question callers to obtain the information needed to obtain an appropriate course of action.

Salary: $36,300-$56,580

Education requirements: High school diploma, state-approved training