Respiratory Therapist

Choose a health profession other than medicine or nursing that has a licensure, certification or other formal credentialing mechanism and write a five to six page paper following the American Medical Association guide (AMA citation style). Examples include physical therapist, physician assistant, dentist, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, radiologic technologist, dental hygienist, podiatrist, occupational therapist, health educator, athletic trainer, nursing home administrator and sanitarian/environmental health specialist. Use the following as headings and write the paper in a question-answer format in the following order: What are the roles, responsibilities, and restrictions (e.g. prescribing medications, working with autonomy, etc.) placed upon your chosen health profession in the delivery of health care and/or public health services? Specifically identify the roles in prevention. (15 points) What are the educational requirements including admissions prerequisites and admissions tests, licensure, certification or other credentialing requirements? Are there continuing education requirements? (15 points) What are the career opportunities including salary ranges and employment trends? (15 points) What do you conclude are the positive and negative aspects of the profession? Explain why you have come to each of these conclusions. (15 points) Critique of References: For at least two of your most commonly used citations, evaluate each one separately indicating each component of quality using the criteria presented in Riegelman on p. 63. (12 points)