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The transcription discusses various healthcare careers, including dental hygienist, optometrist, physical therapist, funeral director, forensic science technician, and pharmacist. It provides information on the job responsibilities, education requirements, and median pay for each career. The speaker shares her personal interest in becoming a pharmacist and highlights the importance of pharmacists in the healthcare system. She also mentions the course she took, which broadened her understanding of different healthcare careers. Overall, she found the course interesting and enjoyed watching videos related to the topics discussed. Healthcare Careers by Sarah Tremblay. So for career number one, I'm going to be talking about the career dental hygienist. So a dental hygienist examines patients for oral diseases. They can remove tartar, stains, and plaque from teeth. They can also provide preventative care, and they report their findings to Adventist. So the education required for a dental hygienist would be an associate's degree in dental hygiene. This usually takes around three years to complete. The median pay for a dental hygienist is $87,530 yearly and $42.08 hourly. So for career number two, I've chosen optometrist. So what an optometrist does is they can diagnose, manage, and treat eye conditions. They examine the eyes, and they can provide primary vision care. They can also prescribe corrective lenses. The education that is required for optometrists would be a doctorate of optometry, an OD. This takes around four years to complete this degree. The median pay for an optometrist is $131,860 yearly. The hourly pay is $63.39. For my third career, I chose to do a physical therapist. I actually did one of my interview projects on a physical therapist, and I thought it was super interesting. So what does a physical therapist do? So a physical therapist can help injured or ill people improve movement and manage pain. So they make specialized treatment plans for patients, and they evaluate and record patient progress. So the education that is required for a physical therapist would be a doctorate of physical therapy. So you get your four-year bachelor degree, and then you have three years of graduate school. So that's normally around a total of seven years to complete. And you must pass a licensure exam to become a physical therapist. The median pay for a physical therapist is $99,710 yearly and around $47.94 hourly. For my fourth career, I chose to do it on a funeral director. So a funeral director directs and coordinates all aspects of funeral services, such as body preparation, the services, burials, and cremations. They can also provide support and care to the families of the deceased. So the education that is required to become a funeral director would be you get your associate's degree in either funeral services or in mortuary science. Many states and other places require you have to be at least 21 years old or older and have at least two years of training beforehand. For a funeral director, you must also pass a licensure exam. And then the median pay is around $60,580 yearly and $29.13 hourly. So my fifth career I chose was a forensic science technician. So a forensic science technician can aid in criminal investigation, and they do this by collecting and analyzing evidence. They can also help explore links between suspects using DNA results. So what a forensic science technician does is they perform these chemical, biological, and microscopic tests from the evidence that is found at crime scenes. So to become a forensic science technician, it typically requires a bachelor's degree in forensic science and on-job training is required. The median pay for a forensic science technician is $64,940 yearly and $31.22 hourly. So for my top career choice, I would like to become a pharmacist. So what does pharmacists do? So they can help advise other physicians on medication dosages, interactions, and side effects. And they also dispense prescription medications to patients, and they can provide information about drug use as well. So to become a pharmacist, you need to get your doctorate of pharmacy, which is the PharmD, and you must pass a licensure exam. The median pay for a pharmacist is $136,000 yearly. And $65.40 hourly. So my road to becoming a pharmacist. So my goal is to graduate from North Country with my associate's degree in health sciences. I also previously attended St. Lawrence University and also got some of my prerequisites there. I would like to transfer to Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to complete my doctorate of pharmacy. Some skills that are required to be a pharmacist. I work in a pharmacy currently as a tech, so these skills I see every day. You have to be compassionate. You have to have really good communication skills, because sometimes you're working with the elderly. They don't really understand, so you have to be good at communicating things. You have to have the ability to work under pressure, to be able to multitask, to be able to communicate. You have to have the ability to work under pressure, to be able to multitask, because there's times when it's crazy, like flu season, all those kinds of things. You need to be able to work under that pressure. You also have to have technology skills. So the reason I chose pharmacy is because I started working as a pharmacy technician in October of 2022. I love it. I love learning about medicine. I love everything about it. I love helping patients. Just seeing patients feel better is mainly very fulfilling to me, so that's my main goal and why I want to become a pharmacist. They also do play a key role in helping patients feel better. A lot of people don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but pharmacists catch a lot of doctors' mistakes, and they're very important to the healthcare system. The pay is also very good as well. So my course overview, I love this course. It was really interesting to just hear and see a lot about other healthcare careers. It's definitely broadened my career opportunities. For example, like the forensic science technician was very interesting to me. I thought that was cool, like aiding in criminal investigation. Becoming a funeral director, that was also one of my career goals. That was my backup plan, actually. So that was really interesting to learn more about that. Actually, one of the videos that we watched in this class was very touching. I think it was the COVID-19 video about, like, the nurses and, like, how, like, they struggled, and it was really eye-opening, so that was really interesting to see that as well. I definitely like the videos. When you watch videos, they're more interesting, and it makes it more fun to watch and learn about these different careers. The SciShow forensic science video was really cool because it kind of, like, went through, like, a cry. You know what I mean? And I thought that was really interesting. So, yeah, I really like the course. Thank you.