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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

What you’d do

  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Supervise laboratory sessions.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.

Skills that matter

  • Instructing
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Active Learning
  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking

How to get there

Extensive preparation: most need graduate school, such as a master's degree or higher

Also called

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Clinical Professor
  • Professor
  • Instructor
  • Lecturer

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