{"id":92,"date":"2020-04-14T00:41:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T00:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/fast-growing-health-care-careers-you-may-never-have-heard-of\/"},"modified":"2020-06-15T17:32:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T17:32:30","slug":"allied-health-in-demand-careers-that-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/allied-health-in-demand-careers-that-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Allied Health: In-Demand Careers that Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Workers are needed in many areas across the health care spectrum. In fact, growth in health care is outpacing many other industries. Now is the perfect time to begin a career in an allied health field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Who works in allied health?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Allied health workers support doctors, nurses and dentists in providing patient care. Some examples of allied health careers include dental assistant, dental hygienist, respiratory therapist, nutritionist, athletic trainer, counselor, lab technician, health educator, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/37889037551_2f7cca4720_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Chemistry\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/37889037551_2f7cca4720_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/37889037551_2f7cca4720_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/37889037551_2f7cca4720_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/37889037551_2f7cca4720_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/37889037551_2f7cca4720_o-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Allied health at DVC<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">DVC offers programs that train students for careers in several allied health fields. Some are geared toward students who plan to transfer for further study, while others can lead to a job. Many allied health careers do not require a bachelor&#8217;s degree.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Most health care programs include options for experiential learning &#8211; learning by doing. Many classes involve labs, and some replicate a clinical setting.\u00a0These opportunities will be available to students once social distancing requirements have been eased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-223 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/05\/8408520771_9c6c677809_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sports Medicine\/Athletic Training\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/05\/8408520771_9c6c677809_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/05\/8408520771_9c6c677809_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/05\/8408520771_9c6c677809_o.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Health care requires hands-on skills. It also involves soft skills because you are working with people. Students must practice these skills to build confidence. They also need to improve their listening and talking skills to communicate about procedures and outcomes,&#8221; said Hewitt.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Students choosing careers in health care often join the DVC health care learning community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">&#8220;They are able to visit local health care centers and hear industry speakers. They can access training options in HIPPA, CPR and infection control,&#8221; said Hewitt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Barbara-Hewitt-200x300.png\" alt=\"Barbara Hewitt\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Barbara-Hewitt-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Barbara-Hewitt.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Student members of DVC&#8217;s Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) chapter attend the annual state conference. At the event, they compete with their peers and network with professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">For more information about allied health programs at DVC, visit:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/biology\">www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/biology<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/health\/\">https:\/\/www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/health\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Allied health degrees and certificates at DVC<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1.2rem;\">Associate in science degrees for transfer<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Biology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Kinesiology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Nutrition and Dietetics\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Psychology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Public Health<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1.2rem;\">Associate in science degrees<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Addiction counseling\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Addiction studies\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Allied health\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Biology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Biology: Life Science\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Biology: Natural Science\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Biology: Allied Health\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Dental Assisting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Dental Hygiene<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Health education\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Kinesiology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Sports Medicine\/Athletic Training<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Certificates of achievement<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Addiction counseling\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Addiction studies\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Allied health\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Allied health fundamentals\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Chemistry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Dental Assisting<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Partnerships with nearby community colleges<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">If you are interested in nursing or respiratory therapy, you can start at DVC, and then transfer to a nearby community college to complete your program.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Los Medanos College (LMC) offers both a licensed vocational nursing (LVN) program and a registered nursing (RN) program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Ohlone College offers a respiratory therapy program.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1.2rem;\">Spotlight: Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659959982_1fff0efdb4_o-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"Dental Assisting\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659959982_1fff0efdb4_o-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659959982_1fff0efdb4_o-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659959982_1fff0efdb4_o-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659959982_1fff0efdb4_o-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659959982_1fff0efdb4_o-2048x1392.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>DVC offers training in dental assisting and dental hygiene. Hands-on learning provides students with the skills needed to begin their career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659960612_56ba015ec9_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dental Assisting\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659960612_56ba015ec9_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659960612_56ba015ec9_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659960612_56ba015ec9_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659960612_56ba015ec9_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/30659960612_56ba015ec9_o-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Dental assisting students complete 300 hours of externship. They spend two weeks at the University of the Pacific dental school working chair-side with dental students. They work in general practice offices for eight weeks. Then they work in a specialty practice for six weeks,&#8221; said Tonette Steeb, the director of dental programs at DVC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Dental hygiene students work with patients in clinical settings. They also participate in a service project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/29873368642_0aff3320f9_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dental Hygiene\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/29873368642_0aff3320f9_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/29873368642_0aff3320f9_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/29873368642_0aff3320f9_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/29873368642_0aff3320f9_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/29873368642_0aff3320f9_o-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Dental hygiene students spend three terms working with patients in our dental programs teaching clinic. Second-year students provide dental hygiene services at the Native American Health Center in Oakland and La Clinica in Concord. They also complete a community oral health project,&#8221; said Steeb.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Job Outlook<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">The job outlook for dental assistants and dental hygienists is excellent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Tonette-Steeb-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tonette Steeb\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Tonette-Steeb-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Tonette-Steeb-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Tonette-Steeb-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Tonette-Steeb-1251x1536.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Tonette-Steeb-1668x2048.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/>&#8220;Dental assistants and hygienists are in high demand. Most dental assisting students are hired into the offices where they completed their externship. Some are even hired before they graduate,&#8221; said Steeb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">For more information, visit:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Dental Hygiene: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/hygiene\/\">https:\/\/www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/hygiene\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Dental Assisting: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/dental-assisting\/\">https:\/\/www.dvc.edu\/academics\/departments\/dental-assisting\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1.2rem;\">Community Colleges Making an Impact<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">California community colleges are answering the call to educate and train health care professionals during this challenging time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u201cThe community college system is the backbone of our training in the state of California. By some estimates, 70% of our first responders, however one would define them, are trained through that community college system and they\u2019re doing heroic work in this state,\u201d said Governor Gavin Newsom during his coronavirus briefing on March 24, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><em>&#8220;<\/em>Many of our students in nursing, respiratory therapy and other allied health programs in the 115 community colleges throughout the state want to serve in this moment of tremendous need,\u201d said Eloy Ortiz Oakley, California Community Colleges Chancellor, in a statement issued on March 30, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Oakley also shared that community colleges have donated ventilators, thousands of protective masks, face covers, gloves and gowns to support California\u2019s COVID-19 response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt;\">Sources:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/governor-gavin-newsom-of-california-coronavirus-briefing-transcript-march-24\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt;\">https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/governor-gavin-newsom-of-california-coronavirus-briefing-transcript-march-24<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccco.edu\/About-Us\/News-and-Media\/Press-Releases\/2020-HealthCorps-MS\">https:\/\/www.cccco.edu\/About-Us\/News-and-Media\/Press-Releases\/2020-HealthCorps-MS<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers are needed in many areas across the health care spectrum. In fact, growth in health care is outpacing many other industries. Now is the perfect time to begin a career in an allied health field.\u00a0 Who works in allied health? Allied health workers support doctors, nurses and dentists in providing patient care. Some examples&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/allied-health-in-demand-careers-that-make-a-difference\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14],"article_type":[27,3,21],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare-and-medical","tag-3-1","tag-3d-printing","tag-a-century","tag-a-to-z","tag-accounting","tag-additive-manufacturing","tag-administration","tag-administrative-assistant","tag-admission","tag-admissions","article_type-certificates","article_type-easy-to-adapt","article_type-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Allied Health: In-Demand Careers that Make a Difference - Summer\/Fall 2020, Volume 3 \u2013 Issue 1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/summer-2020-volume-3-issue-1\/allied-health-in-demand-careers-that-make-a-difference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allied Health: In-Demand Careers that Make a Difference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Workers are needed in many areas across the health care spectrum. 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