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Programs 141-160
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Reflexologist 
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Reflexologists apply finger pressure to specific spots on clients' hands or feet to help them relax, relieve their ailments and increase circulation. They provide alternative methods of health care.


Registered Nurse
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Registered nurses provide professional nursing services for individuals, families, groups and communities, deliver health-education programs and provide consultative nursing services to promote, maintain and restore patient health.


Respiratory Therapist
http://www.nait.ca/programs/RET/

Respiratory Therapists use ventilators and other equipment to treat patients with heart or lung problems. They work as a team in medical laboratories and perform and interpret diagnostic tests.

First Nation Social Work
http://www.bluequills.ca/social_work_access.htm
Designed to graduate social work practitioners who have developed a model of practice that is founded upon Indigenous values, knowledge, and philosophy. Guided by this Indigenous foundation students learn how to establish respectful relationships with Nations, communities, families, and individuals. As students explore Cree culture and Cree language they are educated about Indigenous healing practices and their supporting theories. From this Indigenous foundation students explore the development of Western social work theory and practice.


Social Worker
http://www.northernlakescollege.ca/programs/display_
program.cfm?programID=SD

The Social Work Program at Northern Lakes College prepares students for practice in the helping profession. It emphasizes the development of generalist knowledge, values and skills to practice with individuals, families, communities and organizations. The focus is on diversity and practice that is supportive and empowering for clients. Themes in this two year program include competency working in different cultures, recognizing and dealing with oppression, practice in northern/rural communities, and a focus on holistic practice. In a supportive atmosphere students are encouraged to develop personal insights and approach to social work practice.


Sociology http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/sociology/
index.cfm

The sociology program provides students with a thorough training in central features of sociological thought, through an array of courses designed to familiarize students with the substantive, theoretical, and methodological issues confronting contemporary Canadian sociologists. Students are encouraged to see the interdependency of their sociology with the extended liberal arts tradition and society. By so doing, students are encouraged to question the claims that they and others make, and to examine the implications that various social theories hold for understanding self.


Speech & Language Pathologist 
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/rehabmed/spa.cfm
Speech-language pathologists work with children and adults to prevent, assess, diagnose and provide treatment and counselling for speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders.

Surgeon
http://www.cpso.on.ca/
Surgeons are physicians who specialize in the treatment of injury, disease, and deformity through operations. Using a variety of instruments, and with patients under general or local anesthesia, a surgeon corrects physical deformities, repairs bone and tissue after injuries, or performs preventive surgeries on patients with debilitating diseases or disorders. Although a large number perform general surgery, many surgeons choose to specialize in a specific area. One of the most prevalent specialties is orthopedic surgery: the treatment of the musculoskeletal system. Others include neurological surgery (treatment of the brain and nervous system), cardiovascular surgery, otolaryngology (treatment of the ear, nose, and throat), and plastic or reconstructive surgery. Like primary care and other specialist physicians, surgeons also examine patients, perform and interpret diagnostic tests, and counsel patients on preventive health care.


Surgical Processor
https://www.capitalhealth.ca/Careers/Career
Opportunities/HR_EmploymentCategory.asp?jb1=1
&jb2=PC&jb3=SURGICAL%20PROCESSOR

Performs technical duties under general supervision relating to the decontamination, reassembly, function testing, sterilization, storage and distribution of reprocessed hospital supplies, equipment and surgical instrumentation.


Therapist Assistant
http://www.macewan.ca/web/hcs/therapist_splash/home
/index.cfm

Therapist assistants work with Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists. Helping clients regain mobility, recover from injuries, overcome an emotional, developmental or communication disorder


Toxicologist
http://www.concordia.ab.ca/programs/degree/adeg/
adhealth.php

Toxicologists investigate the possible harmful effects on living things of chemical agents (e.g. drugs, pesticides, food additives), physical agents (e.g. ionizing and electro-magnetic radiation) and biological agents (e.g. plant and animal toxins).


Ultrasound Technologist
http://schoolofhealthsciences.dal.ca/Degree%20
Programs/Diagnostic%20Medical%20Ultrasound/index.php

An Ultrasound Technologist uses medical devices to transmit ultrasound through various parts of the body to produce images, which a physician uses for diagnosis and treatment.


Chiropractic Assistant
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Chiropractic assistants perform a variety of support tasks to assist chiropractors with patient care.


Combined Laboratory & X-ray Technologist
http://www.nait.ca/programs/CLX/
Combined laboratory and x-ray technologists conduct routine medical laboratory tests, perform radiography and electrocardiograms and set up, clean and maintain related equipment.


Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
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Diagnostic medical sonographers operate ultrasound equipment to produce and record images of body organs and masses including the fetus


Electroneurophysiology (ENP) Technologist
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OCCPRO_ID=71002447

Electroneurophysiology (ENP) technologists use sensitive electronic diagnostic equipment to record and evaluate the electrical activity of patients' central and peripheral nervous systems to assist physicians in diagnosing diseases, injuries and abnormalities.


Expressive Arts Therapists
http://www.abcounsellored.net/
Expressive arts therapists use artistic media to help clients maintain and improve their physical and mental health by recognizing and developing often-untapped inner resources.


Geriatric Medicine Specialist
http://www.departmentofmedicine.ualberta.ca/
Geriatric medicine specialists are physicians who specialize in preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders in older people. They work with others in health care teams to restore ill and disabled older people to their optimal level of ability and, where possible, return them to independent life at home.


Gerontological specialist
http://www.macewan.ca/web/hcs/post_basic_nursing
/home/index.cfm

Gerontological specialists are professionals who specialize in working with older adults.


Wellness Consultant
http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo/Content/Request
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Wellness consultants develop and implement plans, programs and activities that are designed to maintain and improve the health and well being of individual employees in an organization as well as the organization as a whole.