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Health Graduates' Labour Force Transition: An Analysis Using

the National Graduates Survey

(Class of 2000)Chantal Vaillancourt

Centre for Education StatisticsStatistics Canada

May 2005

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National Graduates Survey

Coverage: publicly-funded institutions graduates of university programs -

bachelor’s, masters’ or doctoral degrees graduates of community colleges

Class of 2000 survey surveyed in 2002 (approximately 2

years after graduation)

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Research questions

Who were the health graduates from the Class of 2000?

How did they fare in the workforce?How do initial results in the workforce

compare to those two years after graduation?

Are there differences between health programs?

How do they compare to other graduates?

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College profileAge at graduation

Pursued additional educationWomen Average Median <25

Dental support services and allied professions 96% 24 22 64% 20% *

Health and medical administrative services 97% 29 27 38% * F

Allied health and medical assisting services 86% 26 22 67% 11% **

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 64%

29 27 41% 19% **

Registered nurse training 91% 27 25 48% 38% *

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 91% 31 29 31% * 33% *

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 90% 31 30 29% 5% **

Other nursing 93% 35 33 19% * 16% **

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 90% 25 22 73% 22% *

Health aide 87% 35 36 25% * F

Home health aide/home attendant 94% 36 36 21% 11% *

Social work 89% 29 23 56% 26%

Other health professions 85% 26 24 63% 24% *

All college (health and other) 57% 27 23 59% 26%

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Bachelor profileAge at graduation

Pursued additional educationWomen Average Median <25

Medicine (MD) 47% 27 26 16% * 36%

Registered nurse training 90% 29 25 45% 25%

Other nursing 91% 31 28 38% 22%

Pharmacy 64% 24 24 74% 18% *

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 79%

26 25 47% 9% **

Social work 88% 31 27 35% 33%

Other health professions 65% 28 25 41% * 39% *

All bachelor (health and other) 61% 26 23 63% 41%

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Graduate studies profileAge at graduation

Pursued additional educationWomen Average Median

Communication disorders sciences and services 88% 28 26 x

Health/medical preparatory programs 93% 43 44 x

Mental and social health services and allied professions 79% 34 30 12% **

Registered nurse training 87% 37 35 F

Other nursing 94% 37 38 22% *

Public health 60% 36 34 18% **

Social work 82% 36 35 14% *

Dental and medical residency programs 67% 29 28 24% *

Other health professions 58% 32 29 26% *

All graduate studies (health and other) 56% 32 29 26%

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... more profile information

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College

Health graduates 5% 14% 8%

All graduates 4% 13% 7%

Bachelor

Health graduates 3% ** 14% 5%

All graduates 2% 16% 5%

Graduate studies

Health graduates 2% * 11% 5% *

All graduates 2% 16% 4%

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College – time to first job Started at

graduation or before

Dental support services and allied professions 32%

Health and medical administrative services 42% *

Allied health and medical assisting services 54%

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 59%

Registered nurse training 47% *

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 46%

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 51%

Other nursing 67%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 51% *

Health aide 51%

Home health aide/home attendant 56%

Social work 60%

Other health professions 70%

All college (health and other) 50%

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Bachelor – time to first job

Started at graduation or

before

Medicine (MD) F

Registered nurse training 64%

Other nursing 77%

Pharmacy 41%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 46%

Social work 58%

Other health professions 43% *

All bachelor (health and other) 46%

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Graduate studies – time to first job

Started at graduation or

before

Communication disorders sciences and services 39%

Health/medical preparatory programs 93%

Mental and social health services and allied professions 73%

Registered nurse training 83%

Other nursing 91%

Public health 68%

Social work 61%

Dental and medical residency programs 21% *

Other health professions 55%

All graduate studies (health and other) 60%

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College employment after graduation Within 2

years At 2 years

Dental support services and allied professions 99% 95%

Health and medical administrative services 96% 92%

Allied health and medical assisting services 98% 98%

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 100% 98%

Registered nurse training 100% 94%

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 100% 96%

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 99% 92%

Other nursing 100% 99%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 99% 95%

Health aide 96% 83%

Home health aide/home attendant 98% 94%

Social work 97% 92%

Other health professions 96% 95%

All college (health and other) 98% 90%

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Bachelor employment after graduation

Within 2 years At 2 years

Medicine (MD) 100% 99%

Registered nurse training 100% 97%

Other nursing 99% 98%

Pharmacy 100% 98%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 100% 98%

Social work 99% 96%

Other health professions 100% 99%

All bachelor (health and other) 99% 89%

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Graduate studies’ employment after graduation

Within 2 years At 2 years

Communication disorders sciences and services 100% 98%

Health/medical preparatory programs 100% F

Mental and social health services and allied professions 99% 94%

Registered nurse training 100% 99%

Other nursing 99% 97%

Public health 98% 91%

Social work 99% 91%

Dental and medical residency programs 99% 97%

Other health professions 98% 98%

All graduate studies (health and other) 99% 91%

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College full-time employment after graduation

First job 2 years

Dental support services and allied professions 55% 78%

Health and medical administrative services 60% 69%

Allied health and medical assisting services 65% 84%

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 87% 96%

Registered nurse training 71% 78%

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 44% 67%

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 76% 76%

Other nursing 77% 86%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 59% * 76%

Health aide 61% 57%

Home health aide/home attendant 61% 70%

Social work 64% 71%

Other health professions 62% 68%

All college (health and other) 79% 81%

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Bachelor full-time employment after graduation

First job 2 years

Medicine (MD) 95% 99%

Registered nurse training 79% 84%

Other nursing 80% 83%

Pharmacy 87% 93%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 81% 86%

Social work 78% 87%

Other health professions 77% 74%

All bachelor (health and other) 80% 81%

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Graduate studies’ full-time employment after graduation

First job 2 years

Communication disorders sciences and services 75% 81%

Health/medical preparatory programs 80% 87%

Mental and social health services and allied professions 76% 79%

Registered nurse training 86% 88%

Other nursing 78% 86%

Public health 80% 82%

Social work 73% 79%

Dental and medical residency programs 93% 91%

Other health professions 84% 90%

All graduate studies (health and other) 83% 83%

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Multiple jobs - collegeFirst job 2 years

Dental support services and allied professions 16% ** 24% *

Health and medical administrative services F F

Allied health and medical assisting services F F

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions F 27% **

Registered nurse training x x

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 16% ** 38% *

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant x 12% **

Other nursing F 20% **

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions F F

Health aide 10% ** 13% *

Home health aide/home attendant 7% ** 19% *

Social work 12% ** 16% **

Other health professions F 9% **

All college (health and other) 7% 10%

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Multiple jobs - bachelor

First job 2 years

Medicine (MD) x x

Registered nurse training 6% * 12% *

Other nursing 7% * 10% *

Pharmacy x x

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions F 20% *

Social work F F

Other health professions x x

All bachelor (health and other) 6% 9%

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Multiple jobs – graduate studies

First job 2 years

Communication disorders sciences and services x 21% *

Health/medical preparatory programs x x

Medicine (MD) x x

Mental and social health services and allied professions 21% ** 15% **

Registered nurse training F 17% **

Other nursing F F

Public health x 12% **

Social work 10% ** 16% *

Dental and medical residency programs x 11% **

Other health professions 5% * 12% *

All graduate studies (health and other) 7% 9%

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College employeesFirst job 2 years

Dental support services and allied professions 89% 88%

Health and medical administrative services 95% 91%

Allied health and medical assisting services 98% 98%

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 99% 96%

Registered nurse training 100% 94%

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 95% 94%

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 99% 91%

Other nursing 100% 99%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 99% 91%

Health aide 89% 78%

Home health aide/home attendant 97% 92%

Social work 95% 89%

Other health professions 92% 81%

All college (health and other) 94% 86%

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Bachelor employees

First job 2 years

Medicine (MD) 96% 95%

Registered nurse training 100% 97%

Other nursing 98% 95%

Pharmacy 99% 95%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 89% 84%

Social work 98% 96%

Other health professions 61% 58%

All bachelor (health and other) 93% 85%

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Graduate studies employeesFirst job 2 years

Communication disorders sciences and services 94% 91%

Health/medical preparatory programs 100% F

Mental and social health services and allied professions 81% 81%

Registered nurse training 100% 99%

Other nursing 96% 94%

Public health 87% 87%

Social work 88% 82%

Dental and medical residency programs 31% 28%

Other health professions 69% 73%

All graduate studies (health and other) 88% 83%

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Employees with a permanent job - college

First job 2 years

Dental support services and allied professions 66% 85%

Health and medical administrative services 84% 82%

Allied health and medical assisting services 85% 88%

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 88% 91%

Registered nurse training 80% 90%

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 80% 90%

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 85% 83%

Other nursing 94% 96%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 69% 82%

Health aide 74% 72%

Home health aide/home attendant 81% 83%

Social work 73% 79%

Other health professions 83% 75%

All college (health and other) 72% 77%

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Employees with a permanent job - bachelor

First job 2 years

Medicine (MD) 57% 53%

Registered nurse training 89% 87%

Other nursing 87% 88%

Pharmacy 88% 94%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 61% 74%

Social work 68% 81%

Other health professions 46% * 52%

All bachelor (health and other) 68% 72%

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Employees with a permanent job – graduate studies

First job 2 years

Communication disorders sciences and services 75% 84%

Health/medical preparatory programs 80% 73%

Mental and social health services and allied professions 61% 74%

Registered nurse training 93% 93%

Other nursing 84% 84%

Public health 56% 73%

Social work 63% 75%

Dental and medical residency programs 24% 24%

Other health professions 54% 65%

All graduate studies (health and other) 68% 72%

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Employees with a job closely related to their studies - college

First job 2 years

Dental support services and allied professions 66% 78%

Health and medical administrative services 58% 63%

Allied health and medical assisting services 90% 89%

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 90% 88%

Registered nurse training 89% 83%

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 80% 82%

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 91% 82%

Other nursing 80% 85%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 60% * 58% *

Health aide 70% 62%

Home health aide/home attendant 76% 71%

Social work 64% 63%

Other health professions 66% 68%

All college (health and other) 56% 54%

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Employees with a job closely related to their studies - bachelor

First job 2 years

Medicine (MD) 90% 89%

Registered nurse training 83% 82%

Other nursing 83% 85%

Pharmacy 95% 87%

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 79% 77%

Social work 67% 78%

Other health professions 43% * 41% *

All bachelor (health and other) 49% 50%

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Employees with a job closely related to their studies – graduate studies

First job 2 years

Communication disorders sciences and services 86% 88%

Health/medical preparatory programs 53% 53%

Mental and social health services and allied professions 63% 65%

Registered nurse training 76% 77%

Other nursing 80% 81%

Public health 64% 72%

Social work 62% 61%

Dental and medical residency programs 26% 25%

Other health professions 56% 67%

All graduate studies (health and other) 58% 57%

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Earnings - collegeFirst job 2 years

Start End Start End

Dental support services and allied professions 23,400 25,000 27,000 30,000

Health and medical administrative services 22,000 25,000 21,600 25,300

Allied health and medical assisting services 28,200 32,300 30,700 34,600

Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 37,600 41,600 41,600 49,000

Registered nurse training 38,000 44,000 38,500 49,500

Licensed practical nurse/vocational nurse training 29,700 32,000 32,600 34,200

Nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant 26,600 28,600 26,600 28,800

Other nursing 37,700 40,500 37,700 41,600

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 30,000 31,400 32,700 33,300

Health aide 21,100 22,900 21,800 23,200

Home health aide/home attendant 21,800 25,000 21,700 26,000

Social work 23,100 28,000 25,000 30,600

Other health professions 30,900 32,100 30,900 35,000

All college (health and other) 24,440 27,500 28,600 31,200

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Earnings - bachelor

First job 2 years

Start End Start End

Medicine (MD) 38,000 45,000 38,000 45,800

Registered nurse training 40,000 45,800 41,400 47,700

Other nursing 39,300 45,600 40,000 47,000

Pharmacy 56,200 62,400 59,300 66,600

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 42,000 43,800 42,500 46,000

Social work 30,000 38,500 32,000 41,600

Other health professions 50,000 58,000 50,000 58,000

All bachelor (health and other) 31,500 36,400 40,000 39,000

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Earnings – graduate studiesFirst job 2 years

Start End Start End

Communication disorders sciences and services 42,000 48,000 44,000 49,000

Health/medical preparatory programs 52,000 57,300 54,000 63,000

Mental and social health services and allied professions 47,300 49,300 50,000 55,000

Registered nurse training 58,000 62,000 57,000 63,000

Other nursing 52,800 62,000 52,000 62,000

Public health 43,700 46,800 45,000 46,000

Social work 45,000 50,000 47,300 52,000

Dental and medical residency programs 75,000 120,000 78,000 120,000

Other health professions 41,600 50,000 46,000 57,200

All graduate studies (health and other) 44,000 50,000 48,000 52,300

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Other potential labour force analysis using the NGS

• occupation and industry of work• number of jobs held since graduation• work activities and experience prior to

entry into program• job and earnings satisfaction• overqualification / underemployment• match between education and training• mobility (including movers to the U.S.A.)• comparison of health graduates to

graduates from other fields of study

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Other potential analysis for HHR using the NGS

• previous education• financial and loan information• debt repayment• detailed information on education

and training since graduation• detailed information on employer-

supported job-related training• information on factors attracting

graduates to the U.S.A.

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Health Human Resources and Education Project (HHRE)

Statistics Canada

e-mail:education.and.health.human.resources

@statcan.ca

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Notes on symbols in tables

x suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

* numbers marked with this symbol have a coefficient of variation between 16.6% and 25% and are less reliable than unmarked numbers

** numbers marked with this symbol have a coefficient of variation greater than 25% and less or equal to 33.3% and are very unreliable

F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation surpasses 33.3%)

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Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)

Health graduates are defined using the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)

For more information on the CIP visit: http://www.statcan.ca/english/concepts/definitions/education09.htm

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Health graduates : categoriesCommunication disorders sciences and services

Includes: Communication Disorders, General Audiologist and Hearing Sciences Speech-Language Pathologist Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other.

Dental support services and allied professionsIncludes: Dental Assistant Dental Hygienist Dental Laboratory Technician Dental Services and Allied Professions, Other

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Health graduates : categoriesHealth and medical administrative services

Includes: Health Care Administration/Management Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor Medical Office Management/Administration Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Management Health Information/Medical Records Technician Medical Transcriptionist Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist Medical Receptionist Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Medical Insurant Specialist/Medical Biller Health/Medical Claims Examiner Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical

Secretary Medical Staff Services Technician Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other

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Health graduates : categories

Allied health and medical assisting servicesIncludes: Medical/Clinical Assistant Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Occupational Therapist Assistant Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Physical Therapy Assistant Anesthesiologist Assistant Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Pathologist Assistant Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services, Other

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Health graduates : categoriesAllied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment

professionsIncludes: Cardiovascular Technologist Electrocardiograph Technician Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technologist Emergency Medical Technician (EMT Paramedic) Nuclear Medical Technologist Perfusionist Radiation Therapist Respiratory Care Therapist Surgical Technologist Diagnostic Medical Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Radiographer Physician Assistant Athletic Trainer Gene Therapy Cardiopulmonary Technologist Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician Chiropractic Assistant/Technician Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention and Treatment Professions,

Other

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Health graduates : categories

Health/medical preparatory programsIncludes: Pre-Dentistry Studies Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies Pre-Pharmacy Studies Pre-Nursing Studies Health/Medical Preparatory Programs,

Other

Medicine (MD)

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Health graduates : categoriesMental and social health services and allied

professionsIncludes: Substance Abuse/Addiction Counselling Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Clinical/Medical Social Work Community Health Services/Liaison/Counselling Marriage and Family Therapy/Counselling Clinical Pastoral Counselling/Patient Counselling Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Mental Health Counsellor Genetic Counsellor Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other

Registered nurse trainingLicensed practical nurse/vocational nurse trainingNursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant

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Health graduates : categoriesOther nursing

Includes: Adult Health Nurse Nurse Anesthetist Nurse Practitioner Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse Nurse Midwife Nursing Science Pediatric Nurse Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Public Health/Community Nurse Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialist Critical Care Nursing Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Nursing, Other

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Health graduates : categories

PharmacyPublic health

Includes: Public Health, General Environmental Health Health/Medical Physics Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Public Health Education and Promotion Community Health and Preventive Medicine Maternal and Child Health International Public Health/International Health Health Services Administration Public Health, Other

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Health graduates : categories

Rehabilitation and therapeutic professionsIncludes: Art Therapist Dance Therapist Music Therapist Occupational Therapist Orthotist/Prosthetist Physical Therapist Therapeutic Recreational Therapy Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor Kinesiotherapist Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation

Engineering Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other

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Health graduates : categories

Health aideHome health aide/home attendantSocial workDental and medical residency

programs

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Health graduates : categoriesOther health professions

Includes: Clinical Psychology Chiropractic Dentistry Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied

Professions (such as Blood Bank Technology Specialist, Cytotechnologist, Hematology Technology/Technician, Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician, Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist, Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician, etc.)

Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Sciences Optometry Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied

Professions Osteopathic Medicine Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration

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Health graduates : categoriesOther health professions (continued)

Podiatric Medicine Medication Aide Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies, Other Medical Illustration and Informatics Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (such as

Dietitian, Dietetic Technician, Dietitian Assistant) Bioethics/Medical Ethics Alternative and Complimentary Medicine and Medical

Systems (such as Midwifery, Acupuncture, Naturopathic Medicine, Homeopathic Medicine)

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services (such as Massage Therapy)

Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education (such as Yoga, Hypnotherapy)

Energy and Biologically Based Therapies (such as Aromatherapy, Herbalism, Reiki)

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other