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Unit 2: Educational Requirements, Professional Organizations, Certifications and/or Licensure

Unit 2: Outcomes After completing this unit, you should be able to: Define the educational requirements for your chosen profession. List the required certifications and/or licensures required for your profession at the state and national level. Describe the steps that need to be taken to qualify for the necessary certifications and/or licensures. List the possible required certifications and/or licensures required for your profession at the state and national level. Complete an assignment on your chosen profession.

Unit 2: To-Do List Reading Review this unit’s reading. Complete Assignment (50 points) You will complete questions on your chosen career using your research. Seminar (20 points) In this week’s Seminar, we will discuss the importance of credentialing and maintaining a professional presence in your chosen health care profession.

More from the Reading Icon Web Resources In this unit and in your academic career, you will be using the World Wide Web to find information. For this reading activity, review how many teachers and students use this website to find great search engines. Using the Internet to Conduct Research Searching with Savvy: The Best Search Engines for Teachers and Students

Reading: Web Resources  There are many different learning styles. Some people learn best from reading text, while others learn better from listening, and still others learn best by doing. In the Readings for this course, you will find Kaplan caters to many different learning styles by having your reading take the form of listening, reading, and doing.  For this unit, your reading will take the form of “doing” by having you research online resources. You will use this research to complete your assignment so take notes.

More from the Reading Icon  The reading activity is a presentation about the online classroom. If you have flash ( on your computer, access this presentation by clicking on the video button below. If you do not have flash or prefer to read the text version of this presentation, click on the presentation button below and read the notes.

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More from the Reading Icon Take notes that outline The tasks The education requirements The wages Any other items of interest to you

More from the Reading Icon  Then, use an internet search engine, such as Google, to conduct more in-depth research on your chosen profession and professional resources available in your geographical area. Enter in your future job profession and then “professional organizations.”  Take notes that outline these items:  Explore several of the websites until you find at least 2 professional organizations.  Write a summary of each organization and whether or not you might join it.

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Assignment For this assignment, you will do research on the web and review the PowerPoint for your degree program, accessible from the reading page. Then, answer the questions below about your future profession. You will submit these answers in a Word document to your DropBox. 1. State your chosen degree program at Kaplan University. 2. Use this website to help you answer this question. and/or What is the national median salary for the specific job you want to pursue?

Assignment (Continued) 3. Complete an online job search using a site such as local classified ads, or entering the geographical location into the search location. What is the demand for jobs in your geographical area (or where you plan to live after graduation)? 4. What is the salary in your geographical area (South, Midwest, Northeast, etc.)? 5. Why did you choose to pursue a career in your geographical location? 6. Are there any required professional certifications (besides the degree you will complete at Kaplan) you will need to perform certain duties of the job? If so, how do you plan to meet the criteria for applying and obtaining the extra education?

Assignment (Continued) 7. Are there certain program accreditations required from your educational institution to perform certain jobs in your chosen field? Does Kaplan have that accreditation? 8. Use this website to help you answer this question. and/or What is the overall job outlook for your chosen field? 9. Discuss at least five “duties” you would do in your profession on a daily/weekly basis. 10. Use this website to help you answer this question. and/or List at least three tools and technology you will need in this occupation. Submit to the DropBox. For questions about how to submit to the DropBox, please see the Academic Tools, DropBox link.

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