Diagnostic Services

Career Pathways and Specialty Examples

Workers use tests and evaluations that aid in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries or other physical conditions.

Audiologist
Blood Bank Technician
Cardiovascular Technologist
Clinical Laboratory Technician
Computer Tomography (CT) Technologist
Cytogenetic Technologist
Cytotechnologists
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Electrocardiographic (ECG) Technician
Neurodiagnostic Technologist
Exercise Physiologist
Genetic Counselor
Histotechnician
Histotechnologist
Magnetic Resonance (MR) Technologist
Mammographer
Medical Laboratory Scientist
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Nurse Practitioner
Nutritionist/Dietitian
Occupational Therapist
Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist
Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician
Optometrist
Phlebotomist
Physical Therapist
Polysomnographic Technologist
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technologist
Radiologic Technician
Respiratory Therapist

For a printable list from the National Consortium for Health Science Education, click here:
Health Science Career Specialties Chart.

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