support@essaywritingexpert.orgHealth Care Career Paper Instructions
HSC 0003, Introduction to Health Care
Health Sciences and Related Studies
Miami Dade College-Medical Campus
The purpose of your Health Care Career Paper is to research your Health Care
Profession, conduct an “inner-view” to learn more about your profession and write an
reflection sharing your personal experience of what brought you to wanting to pursue
your profession as well as your career path.
Part 1- Choose either 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 for Part 1.
Find the area that you have chosen below and be sure to include the points below the
area in your paper.
1. JOB DESCRIPTION
• Describe the care/service provided by the healthcare professional.
• Describe the limits of authority and responsibility and the legislated scope of
practice for this health care career.
• Describe two or three of the “Code of Ethics” of your health care profession.
2. EDUCATION /REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION
• Describe the educational requirements for the profession.
• Identify at least two different educational institutions offering the
program.
• State how much time it takes to complete the program at each
institution.
• Describe the approximate cost for each of the educational institutions.
• What is the minimum degree or certification that can be earned for
this health care career?
• Identify the required professional certifications or registrations
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3. JOB OUTLOOK AND EMPLOYMENT
• What is the job availability for this profession?
• How many jobs are expected to become available?
• Growth trends in the field: How much is the profession growing?
• Salaries – both entry level and with experience
4. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Local, state, or national professional organizations and membership costs as a
student.
• Professional journal and cost.
• Are Continuing Educational Units (CEUs) required for this profession?
o How many and how often?
Part 2 – Conduct an Interview
Conduct a personal “inner-view” with a Health Care Professional of your choice to learn
more about your chosen career. Please cite the name of your interviewee and their place
of employment.
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW-“INNER-VIEW”
• Identify a health care professional in your chosen career. If you need help, reach
out to your professor.
• Conduct an interview with the health care professional (in-person by phone or
virtually).
• How would they describe a typical day at work?
• What advice would they give you as you enter the profession?
Part 3- Reflection
PERSONAL CAREER PLAN
• Reflect on how you see yourself “fitting” into this profession. What are your
attributes, experiences or influences?
• Describe your personal career plan.
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SOURCES, ORGANIZATION, FORMAT, SPELLING &
GRAMMAR
SOURCES
• Cite at least 3 substantial references.
• References must be correctly cited in your References in APA 7th edition format.
ORGANIZATION, FORMAT, SPELLING, GRAMMAR
• A Cover Page
A Reference Page
• All pages are numbered
• Body of the paper is one to two paragraphs per section
• Length of the body of the paper is three to four pages
• Times New Roman 12-point font or another APA-approved font
• One-inch margins, double-space, left justification
• Indent paragraphs
• No lists, bullets, graphics, tables, or pictures
• Work is to be expressed in paragraph form only
• Include a minimum of 3 different sources of information (books,
professional journal articles, electronic sources, websites, etc)
o Wikipedia is not acceptable as a reference
Plagiarism and the Use of AI
The health care career paper is to be the student’s original work. Plagiarism is the
improper borrowing of another person’s words, ideas, or methods. If you use another
person’s material, you must acknowledge your source.
When you cite a source properly, you have given credit to the authors of the information.
Also, in citing, you give your readers a way to locate the original material. Note that
copying material directly without placing it between quotation marks, even if you provide
the source, is an act of plagiarism. Turn It In now has an AI component that can flag
papers written by AI. Please do not use AI to write your paper.
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