There are LOTS. For example, I’m a sports nutritionist, which means I work with athletes trying to get them to reach their sporting potential by changing what they eat and drink.
What I do working in pathology involves the human body. We look at body fluids (like blood, sweat and urine), tissue (skin, teeth) and help doctors decide the best way to look after a patient. Itβs great fun and Iβm always learning loads. You can start as a lab assistant like I did and work your way up in your career or you can go to university. It has to be an IBMS accredited degree though in Biomedical Science and start as a qualified member of staff. Hope this helps a little to explain what we do in pathology.
There are many careers that involve the human body. I am a biomedical scientist with the blood transfusion service. So we work with blood donated by human blood donors which we test and process to prepare them for safe transfusion into a receiving patient. If you are interested in becoming a biomedical scientist this link to the IBMS is really useful as shows you a bit more of what we do.
There are SO many jobs you could do. I am a research scientist working at a university and I investigate how the body’s immune response controls virus infections. This is really important for helping develop drugs and vaccines.
In the medical sector there are many roles – the first you might think of is being a doctor or nurse but their work is supported by a large number of other people. From those who work closely with the medical professionals such as radiologists (performing x-rays), and pathology (explained above), to those who work less closely but whose work is relied upon by others – for example I work as a medical engineer. We design and create much of the equipment that is used in hospitals from the beds to specialist imaging systems. I design implants, for example hip replacements, that are given to patients.
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In the medical sector there are many roles – the first you might think of is being a doctor or nurse but their work is supported by a large number of other people. From those who work closely with the medical professionals such as radiologists (performing x-rays), and pathology (explained above), to those who work less closely but whose work is relied upon by others – for example I work as a medical engineer. We design and create much of the equipment that is used in hospitals from the beds to specialist imaging systems. I design implants, for example hip replacements, that are given to patients.