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Physician Assistants
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Provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a physician. Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients. May, in some cases, prescribe medication. Must graduate from an accredited educational program for physician assistants.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Interests
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $60,880.00 |
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| North Carolina | $69,760.00 |
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| South Carolina | $65,840.00 |
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Related Careers
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Anesthesiologists| | Administer anesthetics during surgery or other medical procedures. |
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Chiropractors| | Adjust spinal column and other articulations of the body to correct abnormalities of the human body believed to be caused by interference with the nervous system. Examine patient to determine nature and extent of disorder. Manipulate spine or other involved area. May utilize supplementary measures, such as exercise, rest, water, light, heat, and nutritional therapy. |
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Dentists, General| | Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums and related oral structures. May treat diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting vitality of teeth. |
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Nuclear Medicine Technologists| | Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies utilizing a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques. |
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Optometrists| | Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions. |
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Orthodontists| | Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance. |
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Podiatrists| | Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot. |
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Respiratory Therapists| | Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment. |
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Skills
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Examine patients to obtain information about their physical condition. |
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| Interpret diagnostic test results for deviations from normal. |
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| Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients. |
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| Obtain, compile and record patient medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination. |
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| Administer or order diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests. |
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| Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval. |
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| Perform therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and infection management. |
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| Supervise and coordinate activities of technicians and technical assistants. |
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| Visit and observe patients on hospital rounds or house calls, updating charts, ordering therapy, and reporting back to physician. |
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| Instruct and counsel patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance. |
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| Provide physicians with assistance during surgery or complicated medical procedures. |
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| Order medical and laboratory supplies and equipment. |
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Tools
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| Alcohol analysers |
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| Breath alcohol testers |
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| Anesthesia inhalers or inhaler units or accessories |
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| Anesthesia ventilators |
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| Anesthesia sets or kits |
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| Anesthesia equipment |
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| Anoscopes or proctoscopes |
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| Anoscopes |
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| Arterial blood gas monitors or accessories |
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| Arterial blood gas monitoring equipment |
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| Arterial line catheters |
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| Arterial catheters |
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| Audiometers or accessories |
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| Audiometers |
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| Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles |
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| Defibrillators |
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| Binocular light compound microscopes |
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| Microscopes |
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| Blood collection needles |
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| Blood collection syringes |
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| Canes or cane accessories |
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| Canes |
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| Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes |
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| Doppler vascular equipment |
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| Cast cutters or saws |
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| Cast removal saws |
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| Central venous catheters |
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| Central venous pressure lines |
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| Subclavian lines |
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| Cervical collars or neck braces |
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| Cervical collars |
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| Crutches or crutch accessories |
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| Crutches |
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| Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters or sets |
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| Swan catheters |
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| Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM standard system equipment |
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| Teleradiology systems |
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| Electrocardiography EKG units |
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| Electronic blood pressure units |
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| Electronic blood pressure monitors |
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| Manual blood pressure units |
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| Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products |
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| Electrocautery devices |
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| Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories |
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| Endoscopic camera/video systems |
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| Eye charts or vision cards |
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| Eye charts |
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| Fetal or gynecological ultrasound or echo units |
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| Doppler ultrasound fetascopes |
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| Floor grade nail nippers |
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| Nail nippers |
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| Glucose monitors or meters |
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| Glucometers |
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| Head or neck traction supplies |
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| Halo fixation devices |
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| Tong traction devices |
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| High frequency ventilators |
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| High-frequency ventilators |
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| Hypodermic needles |
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| Intramuscular needles |
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| Subcutaneous needles |
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| Infusion pump kits or accessories |
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| Interthercal therapy equipment |
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| Intraaortic balloon pumps or accessories |
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| Intraaortic balloon pumps |
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| Intracranial pressure ICP monitoring units or accessories |
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| Intracranial pressure monitors |
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| Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits |
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| Intravenous IV equipment |
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| Knee braces or hinged knee supports |
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| Knee braces |
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| Lancets |
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| Laser printers |
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| Computer printers |
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| Long term continuous electrocardiography EKG or holter monitoring systems |
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| Holter monitors |
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| Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories |
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| Stethoscopes |
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| Medical cine fluoroscopy equipment |
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| Fluoroscopes |
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| Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners |
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| Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI machines |
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| Medical suction cannulas or tubes or accessories |
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| Trocars |
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| Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use |
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| X ray machines |
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| Microscope slides |
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| Nasogastric tubes |
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| Nebulizers or accessories |
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| Nebulizers |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Ophthalmic slit lamps |
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| Slit lamps |
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| Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets |
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| Ophthalmoscopes |
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| Otoscopes |
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| Orthopedic splint systems |
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| Splints |
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| Personal computers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs |
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| Pleural cavity drainage unit or accessories |
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| Chest tubes |
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| Pulse oximeter units |
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| Oximeters |
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| Radio frequency transmitters or receivers |
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| Portable satellite telehealth terminals |
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| Reflex hammers or mallets |
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| Reflex hammers |
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| Spinal trays or needles |
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| Bone marrow biopsy equipment |
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| Lumbar puncture equipment |
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| Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies |
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| Pulmonary function testing equipment |
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| Spirometers |
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| Suction kits |
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| Tracheal suction equipment |
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| Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories |
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| Artery forceps |
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| Bull dog nose clamps |
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| Mosquito artery forceps |
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| Vascular straight aortic clamps |
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| Surgical curettes or loops |
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| Curettes |
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| Surgical dissectors |
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| Dissector rods |
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| Harvester rods |
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| Surgical lasers or accessories |
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| Plastic surgery lasers |
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| Surgical microscopes or loops or magnifiers or accessories |
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| Operating microscopes |
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| Surgical needle holders for general use |
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| Needle holders |
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| Surgical probes or directors |
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| Nail probes |
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| Surgical retractors for general use |
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| Retractors |
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| Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories |
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| Scalpel blades |
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| Scalpel handles |
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| Suture needles |
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| Suturing needles |
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| Suture removers |
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| Suture scissors |
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| Tablet computers |
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| Tongue depressors or blades or sticks |
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| Tongue blades |
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| Tourniquets |
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| Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy |
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| Treadmills |
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| Tuberculin syringes |
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| Tuberculin TB skin test equipment |
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| Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers |
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| Blood collection tubes |
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| Vacutainer tubes |
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| Vacuum tube needles |
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| Aspirating needles |
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| Vaginal exam specula |
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| Speculas |
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| Videoconferencing systems |
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| Videoconferencing equipment |
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| Walkers or rollators |
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| Walkers |
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| Walking braces |
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Technology
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| Data base user interface and query software |
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| Electronic medical record EMR software |
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| Sundblade Medical ChartWare |
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| Internet browser software |
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| Web browser software |
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| Spreadsheet software |
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| Storage media loading software |
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| Patient records software for personal digital assistants PDAs |
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| Video conferencing software |
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| Teleconferencing software |
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| Word processing software |
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Career Activities
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| Assisting and Caring for Others |
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| administer injections |
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| administer medications or treatments |
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| assist in examining or treating dental or medical patients |
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| collect specimens from patients |
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| conduct complete physical examinations |
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