Medical Technician, Lab Tech & Training Jobs

Healthcare is the largest industry in the United States. According to the Department of Labor’s somewhat dated statistics, in 2006 care provided 14 million jobs—13.6 million jobs for wage and salary workers and about 438,000 jobs for the self-employed.

Seven of the twenty fastest growing occupations are health care related. Most workers have jobs that require less than 4 years of college education, although many of those professionals – such as nurses - are in the process of upgrading their educational credentials via online education.

All of these medical technician positions were expected to grow faster than average in 2006, a year that precedes the debate now taking place in the Congress over expanded healthcare programs. The extension of health insurance to an additional thirty million Americans should turbo-charge the healthcare economic machine, but whether or not new healthcare funding and facilities materialize the medical technician field will remain an excellent career choice.

Perhaps choices is a better word, because medical technicians work in a variety of medical specialties. The principal career options are outlined below, but the speed with which medical technology is moving suggests that additional specializations will materialize in the next decade. At the moment skilled medical technicians are entering the field on the strength of a two year degree. It’s a lot of opportunity for the time and money you’ll be investing.

Check out any of the below medical career options or go straight to our approved list of online medical technician schools and colleges.

1) Admitting & Discharge Clerk
2) Anesthesiologist
3) Athletic Trainer
4) Audiologist
5) Biological-Research Scientist
6) Biomedical Engineer
7) Biomedical Equipment Technician
Cardiovascular Technologist
9) Chiropractor
10) Counselor
11) Creative Arts Therapist
12) Cytogenetic Technologist
13) Cytotechnologist
14) Dental Assistant
15) Dental Hygienist
16) Dental Laboratory Technician
17) Dentist
18) Dietetic Technician
19) Dietitian
20) DRG Coordinator
21) Electrocardiograph Technician
22) Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist
23) Emergency Medical Dispatcher
24) Emergency Medical Technician
25) Environmental Health Specialist
27) Gerontologist
28) Health Care Administrator
29) Health Care Public Relations
30) Health Educator
31) Health Information Technician
32) Health Information Administrator
33) Health Science Librarian
34) Health Unit Coordinator
35) Histologic Technicians
36) Histotechnology
37) Home Health Aide
38) Human Resources
39) Industrial Hygienist
40) Insurance Clerk
41) Licensed Practical Nurse
42) Medical Assistant
43) Medical Billing Clerk
44) Medical Coding Specialist
45) Medical Illustrator
46) Medical Laboratory Technician
47) Medical Photographer
48) Medical Secretary
49) Medical Technologist
50) Medical Transcriptionist
51) Medical Writer
52) Mental Health Counselor
53) Nuclear Medicine Technologist
54) Nurse Anesthetist
55) Nursing Assistant
56) Occupational Therapist
57) Occupational Therapy Assistant
58) Ophthalmic Technologist
59) Optical Laboratory Technician
60) Optician
61) Optometric Technician
62) Optometrist
63) Orthotist & Prosthetist
64) Paramedic
65) Pastoral Counselor
66) Perfusionist
67) Pharmacist
68) Pharmacy Technician
69) Phlebotomist
70) Physical Therapist
71) Physical Therapy Assistant
72) Physician
73) Physician Assistant
74) Podiatrist
75) Psychologist
76) Radiation Therapist
77) Radiological Technologist
78) Recreational Therapist
79) Regulatory Scientist
80) Rehabilitation Counselor
81) Research Scientist
82) Respiratory Therapist
83) Registered Nurse - Associates
84) Registered Nurse - Baccalaureate
85) Registered Nurse - Masters & PhD
86) Social Worker
87) Sonographer
88) Speech-Language Pathologist
89) Surgical Technologist
90) Therapeutic Recreation Therapist
91) Veterinarian
92) Veterinary Technologist