Allied Medicine

Audiology is the science of hearing, balance and related disorders. Audiologists use advanced technology and procedures to diagnose and treat a patient's hearing and balance problems. Clinical audiologists work in a variety of settings.

Clinical research scientists conduct research and clinical investigations of diseases and conditions to determine accurate diagnoses and effective treatments. They work in a variety of employment settings, including hospitals, universities and pharmaceutical labs. Safety precautions must be followed and protective gear used when dealing with potentially infectious samples.

Medical laboratory scientist are healthcare professionals who perform chemical, hematological, immunologic, histopathological, cytopathological, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnostic analyses. The analysis is conducted on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool etc. Medical laboratory scientists work in clinical laboratories at hospitals, physician's offices, reference labs, biotechnology labs and non-clinical industrial labs.

Nursing is an allied medicine profession within the healthcare sector that is focused on the care of patients. The patients suffer from different medical conditions that range from minor injuries and ailments to chronic long term illnesses. Nurses support recuperation through care plans and often evaluate and focus on the needs of the patient. Nurses are the primary point of contact for the patient and their next of kin.

Occupational therapist helps the clients to achieve satisfied state in life. They design some purposeful activity or interventions to promote health, prevent injury or disability. They work with clients on a one-to-one basis and they design treatment programmers to suit each person's needs and lifestyle. The work could include programs like teaching an older patient recovering from a stroke how to dress themselves, encouraging someone suffering with depression to take up a hobby or activity which they enjoyed earlier, helping clients adjust to permanent disabilities etc.

More than 75% of the vision/eye problems in humans are curable or even avoidable. Optometry is a fast growing healthcare profession that is concerned with the eyes as well as vision & visual systems processing in humans. An optometrist measures vision, prescribes lenses according to the requirements and fit lenses to improve vision. With increasing usage of technology and visual media, the demand for optometrists is expected to increase manifold in the coming years, making it a lucrative career option.

Pharmacy is a science and technique of preparing, researching, and distributing medicinal drugs. A career in pharmacy will instruct you to work on preparing medicines, and recommend dosages that patients should receive so that they can recover from their illness and remain healthy. Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who are responsible for ensuring that people derive maximum therapeutic benefit from their medicinal treatment.

Physiotherapy is a medical profession where a physiotherapist helps patient with physical problems caused by illness, injury or aging. They work at different locations from a hospital ward to the pitch of a major sports team. Whatever your specialization is, your job is to rehabilitate ill and injured patients. Patients include children, the elderly, stroke patients and people with sports injuries.

Public Health Administrators is an area of administration which emphasis on health promotions and disease prevention. The job profile relates to management, leadership and administration of hospitals, health care & public health systems. They work with hospitals, government organizations and even not-for-profit organizations. There is an increase in the health awareness which has resulted extending medical support to every section of the society. This has led to the increase in opportunities in this career.

Radio technicians are a group of allied medicine professionals who are trained to use medical imaging techniques, such as x-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) and ultrasound for creating images of a patient’s internal anatomy to diagnose injury or disease. Imaging techniques involve the use of radiation, hence it is very important to have adequate training and understanding of radiation safety and protection.

A career or a job in sonography in the field of health sciences involves the use of medical image technology. High frequency sound waves are used to image human tissues, organs, cysts, etc. A professional in this field typically performs the tests and is equipped with skills that enable them to read, analyse and send the obtained images for further process.