STEM Level 1 Presentation  

STEM-ZOOM 2020-2021 Cafe’ Form 
    
 
 
Presenter Information:
Name: Angela Su,Tonette
Steeb, Andrew Ciscel,Shaelyn
St. Onge-Cole, Lisa Eshman,
Wanda Ziemba, Joel Leong, and
Maggie Pereyra-Gutierrez

Title: Healthcare Career Webinar

Institution: Fremont Unified High School District

Lecture Title: Healthcare Career Webinar

Date: 09 December 2020

Notes:
Angela Su (Pharmacy Technician)
● Who’s in a pharmacy?
○ Pharmacy Assistants
○ Pharmacy Technicians
■ Entry-Level
■ Advanced-Level
○ Pharmacists
● Pharmacy Technician Job Outlook
○ Strong labor demand
■ Bureau of Labor projects 4% growth 2019-29 nationally
■ California: 13.3% growth
● Average annual openings: Bay Area* = 188
○ Wages:
■ Median rate $23.34*/hr ($48,550)
■ Range: $19.50/hr ($37,440) to $34.50/hr ($76,260)
● How to Become a Pharmacy Technician
○ Must be 18
○ High school diploma or equivalent
 ○ Complete PHT Training Program
● “Board of Pharmacy” approved Programs
○ 240-hour minimum board-approved training program
○ ASHP / ACPE Accredited Program*
○ AS Degree in Pharmacy Technology*
○ PHT Military Training Program*
○ Apply for your license with the CA Board of Pharmacy
* optional: take PTCE/ExCPT certification exam

Tonette Steeb (Registered Dental Hygienist)

● Dental Assisting Education
○ Stand-Alone Courses
■ Infection Control
■ CA Dental Practice Act
■ Radiology
■ Coronal Polish
■ Sealants
■ 15-month work experience required
○ Apprenticeship Program
■ Earn a certificate in Dental Assisting
■ 4 months of school
■ 15 months as an apprentice in a dental office
■ Non-Accredited
○ Traditional Program
■ Earn a certificate in Dental Assisting One year full-time school
■ Lots of hands-on in the lab
■ ADA Accredited
■ Preferred by some dentists
■ 300 Externship hours
■ Needed to sit for national CDA Exam
■ Non-Accredited
■ 100 externship hours
● Job Outlook
○ Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 7% growth 2019-29
○ Hourly Rate: $22.00 - $30.00
○ Most Dental Assistants work full time in General or Specialty Offices

Andrew Ciscel (Community Mental Health Worker)

● Has five certificate options
○ Community health worker
○ Youth advocate specialist
○ Re-entry specialist
 ○ Elder advocate specialist
○ HIV and Hepatitis Navigation Specialist

Shaelyn St. Onge-Cole and Lisa Eshman (Veterinary Technicians at Foothill College)
● Veterinary Careers
○ Customer service rep
○ Veterinary assisting
○ Veterinary technician
○ Veterinarian
● Veterinary Technology
○ Veterinarian equivalent to a human registered nurse
■ anesthesia and critical care
■ Surgical and medical nursing
■ Lab work, radiology, dentistry
■ Client education/public health
○ Scope of practice
■ Zoo, wildlife, marine mammal
■ Small and large animal practice
■ Biomedical industry
■ Clinical laboratories
■ Education
■ Government
■ Industry and sales
● Job Market
○ 100% of employees are employed at graduation
○ Start at $20-25/hr
○ Veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants are in VERY HIGH demand
■ Growth rate projected at 16%
● Even higher due to covid
● Foothill VT
○ Prerequisites
■ VT 51 (intro to vet tech) with a “C” or better. Offered fall, winter, and spring
■ High school graduation or GED
■ College Biology with lab
■ Intermediate college algebra
■ English 1A or 1H, Or 1S and 1T
■ General microbiology
■ Chem 25 or 30A
○ 2 years not including GE / pre-req
○ $5,000 not including GE / pre-req
○ ~35 accepted every year

Wanda Ziemba (Health Information Technology)

 ● What you’ll do
○ Design and oversee health information systems to ensure that they meet medical, legal, and ethical
standards
○ Know the patient data that doctors, nurses, and other health care providers rely on to perform their
jobs
○ Manage databases
○ Design, generate, and analyze reports
● Where you’ll work
○ Hospitals
○ Physicians’ offices
○ Home health care agencies
○ Nursing homes
○ Public health offices
○ insurance companies
● The degree you’ll need
○ Associate or bachelor’s degree
● Median annual salary
○ $92,810
● What else could you do?
○ Design health info systems to make sure they meet medical, legal, and ethical standards
○ Manage health info systems to make sure they meet medical, legal, and ethical standards
○ Depending on title or work setting, specific job responsibilities vary
○ Collecting and analyzing of patient data
○ Ensuring accuracy of patient records
○ Ensuring privacy of patient records
○ Managing and maintaining databases
○ Generating and analyzing reports

Joel Leong and Maggie Pereyra-Gutierrez (Licensed Vocational & Registered Nurses)
- Different Nurses
- Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN)
- Can attend accredited vocational school
- Can also attend community college program
- Can also attend 4-yr university
- Registered Nurse with Associates Degree
- Registered Nurse with Bachelor’s Degree
- Registered Nurse with Masters Degree
- Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Registered Nurse Practitioner
- RNs can attend accredited vocational school
- Can also attend community college program
- Can also attend 4-yr university
Summary
The main point of this presentation was centered around different careers in the health

field, what you do on the job, and what it takes to get there. First to go was Angela Su. She is a

pharmacy technician, and her job’s niche is in a pharmacy with pharmacy assistants, and

pharmacists. There is a strong labor demand for pharmacy technicians, so in the future, if I

ever wanted to become one, there is a big chance I could. It seems like an intriguing career, and

an attainable goal, since you only need a high school diploma and to complete a PHT Training

program. A few include the ASHP / ACPE Accredited Program, AS Degree in Pharmacy

Technology, and the PHT Military Training Program. The next person to present was Tonette

Steeb, a Registered Dental Hygienist. To become a dental assistant, there are three programs

you can go through. A stand-alone course, an apprenticeship program, or a traditional

program, which is preferred by most dentists. This job has good growth, and was projected to

grow 7% by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019-29. This career mostly takes place in General

or Specialty Offices, and has an hourly rate of $22-30.00. The next person to go was Andrew

Ciscel, a community mental health worker. There are five certificate options for this career

path. A community health worker, a youth advocate specialist, a re-entry specialist, an elder

advocate specialist, and an HIV and Hepatitis navigation specialist. We then learned about

Veterinary Technicians at Foothill College, from Shaelyn St. Onge-Cole and Lisa Eshman.

There are many different veterinary careers such as, customer service representatives,

veterinary assisting, veterinary technicians, and veterinarians. Veterinarians are basically the

animal equivalent of human registered nurses, and can specialize in anesthesia and critical

care, surgical and medical nursing, lab work, radiology, dentistry, client education, and public

health. This field has a large scope of practice. They can work with zoos, wildlife, marine
mammals, small and large animals, in the biomedical industry, clinical laboratories, education,

government, and industry and sales. The job starts at $20-25/hour, and they are in very high

demand. The growth rate is projected at 16%, and even higher due to Covid-19. Next, Wanda

Ziemba presented. She works in health information technology. This job consists of designing

and overseeing health information systems to ensure that they meet medical, legal, and ethical

standards, knowing the patient data that doctors, nurses, and other health care providers rely

on to perform their jobs, managing databases, and designing, generating, and analyzing

reports. This practice takes place in hospitals, physicians’ offices, home healthcare agencies,

nursing homes, public health offices, and insurance companies. To work in this field, you’ll

need an associate or bachelor's degree. In this career path, you could also design health info

systems to make sure they meet medical, legal, and ethical standards, manage health info

systems to make sure they meet medical, legal, and ethical standards, collect and analyze of

patient data, ensure accuracy and privacy of patient records, manage and maintain databases,

and generate and analyze reports. The last people to present were Joel Leong and Maggie

Pereyra-Gutierrez, licensed vocational and registered nurses. Licensed vocational and

registered nurses have the options to take accredited vocational school, a community college

program, or a 4-yr university. We asked questions at the end, and although I didn’t have any, it

was very educational.

Reflection
This presentation definitely was a benefit. I learned about new careers I had never learned

about, and even was interested in a few of them. I want to go into the medical field in the future, so

this was a good opportunity to learn more about it. I had never thought about the complexity of

each of these jobs, and how many different paths just one career could take. I was very surprised

when I learned you could become a pharmacist technician at 18, with only a high school diploma

and training program. This seems like a job that fits me, and I would like to be in the medical field

at an early age, so it suits me. I also am interested in veterinary services as well. I love interacting

with animals of all sorts, and to take care of them, and tend to them as a career would be a dream.

Although it was basic information that veterinarians worked with animals, I had no idea they

worked with different industries. Some that surprised me the most were the government, sales, and

education. I’m guessing, with the government, it would be caring for dogs that work in the force, or

any other animals that work with officers. Sales might be for advertising products, but I’m just

guessing. Education could be for taking pets to schools and educating them on different breeds, or

educating them on how pets can help mental health. They could also be taken to schools to comfort

children and teens sometimes.

Relating Article

I. Author: Gloria Rothenburg

II. Date: 8 January 2018
III. Title: Why would an NP Choose Family Medicine?
IV. Publication Details: Why Would an NP Choose Family Practice?

I chose this article because I am interested in nursing as a lifelong career, but I am also

interested in Family Medicine. In fact, my STEM Level II has to do with family medicine, and it has

been very interesting and fun. A key point of this article was the fluidity of the career path. When

you are a family nurse, you can work with pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. You gain the

options to work in many settings, such as family medicine, internal medicine, urgent care, or various

specialty areas. There is an abundance of variation in the patients that primary care providers treat.

A primary care provider can go from seeing “an upper respiratory infection to Parkinson's, and also

suture a laceration, and complete a Pap smear.” You must become familiar with so many different

medications, skills, and illnesses, and that is what makes it interesting. The wide scope of this career

makes it so very appealing to me, and is one of the reasons I want to become a family nurse, or

follow the family medicine track.