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Allied health personnel Vocational guidance Biotechnology Vocational guidance Communication in organizations Diagnostic Services Vocational guidance Diseases Diagnosis Human communication Interpersonal communication Medical informatics Vocational guidance Public Health Informatics Vocational guidance Therapeutics Vocational guidanceSummary: This video provides a comprehensive look at the field of health technicians and technologists. These jobs deal with diagnosing and treating illnesses using computers, machinery, and other tools. Viewers learn about a typical day on the job, the type of training and certification needed, and how to earn these qualifications. We see dental technicians and hygienists, dental laboratory...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Medical imaging technologies-true marvels of medical science-give doctors the ability to analyze and interpret bodily anatomy and processes noninvasively. But how do ultrasound, hard and soft X-rays, CT scans, PET scans, and MRI scans create their remarkable images? This program thoroughly examines the physics of health-related imaging as it investigates the medical properties of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Effective communication with elderly people living in residential care is key to the delivery of high-quality treatment that not only meets the physical needs of patients, but also their mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. This program examines the basic elements of communication and how they can be adapted to older people who are living with hearing, vision, speech, and cognitive...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Effective employee communication is vitally important in every area of health service delivery and care. This program, filmed with a focus on the aged-care environment, covers verbal and nonverbal communication, formal and informal communication, conflict resolution and negotiation, and staff-to-staff and staff-to-management communication. A valuable training and professional development resource.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Once limited to X-ray photography, radiography has bred a number of dynamic subspecialties such as magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography, and mammography. This program goes inside the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics system to discover what MRI scans and CAT scans are, to observe how they are done, and to learn what skills are needed to be a successful technician. An MRI...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Drawing on sonar technology, sonography uses sound waves to see inside the body. This program visits Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to study how sonographers put this technology into practice. An ultrasound scan is done on a middle-aged man and on an expectant young mother, and the results are reviewed and explained. The subspecialties of sonography-general ultrasound, vascular...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006