Top Medical Careers in the Healthcare Industry By J Stone There
are thousands of different medical careers in the job market today.
The healthcare industry is our nations largest and is the fastest
growing out of any field. According to the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics, in 2006 over 14 million people were employed with
another 3 million
expected to go into the industry by 2016.This is just what is
considered the top medical careers. They are the careers that
will have the most benefits with the highest need but also the
best compensation, life and work quality. These top career ether
have the highest amount possible of one of these benefits are
balanced combination. They are all highly demanded careers
that will have major growth due to the population aging and healthcare
advances.Nurses are the biggest part of the medical workers. They
make up over 15% of the workforce and are over 2.5 million strong
nationwide. The career of registered nurse alone is predicted
to have 25% growth by 2016. The fact that there are so many kinds
of nurses, at a variety of places, makes nursing the top medical
job. Some of these careers can be started right out of high school,
but most take a college degree and preferably and advance degree.
You level of education is going to determine your level of compensation
and responsibilities.
Doctors have the potential to make the most money of all the medical
careers, even with the financial hit that managed care and insurance
companies have caused. It may take a harder work and more patients
to be seen than before but doctors can still easily make yearly
income in the hundreds of thousands of dollar ranges. The doctors
that earn the most are surgeons and specialist whose yearly incomes
reach well over half a million dollars. It is predicted that the
physician profession will see a 17% growth by 2016.Allied health
careers are going to require less formal training but are still
very well paid careers. Just having and associates or a four year
degree will open up over 100 allied health career options that
include medical technicians and assistants. Medical assistants
are predicted to have the highest growth by 2016 at over 36%.
Click Here to Next
