Also called: Health careers · Health professions · Medical occupations · Medical professions
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About Health Occupations
Every day, around the clock, people who work in the health care industry provide care for millions of people, from newborns to the very ill. In fact, the health care industry is one of largest providers of jobs in the United States. Many health jobs are in hospitals. Others are in nursing homes, doctors' offices, dentists' offices, outpatient clinics and laboratories.
To work in a health occupation, you often must have special training. Some, like doctors, must have more than 4 years of college.
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Research on Health Occupations
110 studies areregistered for this condition on ClinicalTrials.gov, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's public registry. A selection is below — the links go straight to the registry entry, not to a summary of ours.
What a registered study does and does not mean. Registration means a study exists and has been declared publicly. It says nothing about whether the treatment being tested works, is safe, or is available to you. Many studies find no benefit — that is what research is for. Never seek out an experimental treatment on the strength of a registry entry alone.
Research currently under way
- Ventriloscope Simulation Stethoscope Training in PT and AT Students (VENTAS)Youngstown State University
- Effect of Postoperative Holistic Nursing Care on Children's Satisfaction and Nursing Image PerceptionAkdeniz University
- Work-related Challenges in Psychiatric-psychosomatic ClinicsJacobs University Bremen gGmbH
- Logotherapy-Based Online Education to Improve Physical Activity in Sedentary WorkersUniversity of Zagreb
- SuperAssist: Client-Centered Supervision Assist App for Mental Health ProvidersIndiana University
- Mizzou Nurse Workload and Well-Being StudyUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
Research already completed
- Blended Learning for Patient Safety Education in Nursing and Midwifery StudentsMardin Artuklu University
- Testing the Effectiveness of Mainstream Management Tools to Increase Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction and Decrease Turnover Among Peer ProvidersBoston University Charles River Campus
- AI-Assisted Adaptive Simulation in Physiology EducationSaveetha University
- RISE With ResidentsMcMaster University
- Digital Counseling Community for Burnout PreventionOsakidetza
- Effect of the Primary Nursing Model on Nurse and Patient OutcomesIstanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Study data from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2026-07-30. Registry entries are supplied by study sponsors and investigators; ClinicalTrials.gov does not verify their scientific validity. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH.
Where to read more
Rather than paraphrase, we point you to the primary sources. Every link below is to a government health agency, a national institute or a recognised medical body — grouped by what you are trying to find out.
Start Here
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Healthcare OccupationsBureau of Labor Statistics
- Start Your CareerDepartment of Health and Human Services
- Subspecialties of Internal MedicineAmerican College of Physicians
Medical subject headings
Clinicians and researchers index this subject under Health Occupations. These are the terms to use when searching medical literature.
This page is built from the MedlinePlus health topic record for Health Occupations, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health. Information is from MedlinePlus.gov. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and is not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH. Retrieved 30 July 2026.