Clinical Technology & Devices
Operating and maintaining the machines that keep patients alive.
Orthotist & Prosthetist
degree requiredDesigns and builds the limbs and braces that give people back the ability to walk. Part clinician, part engineer, part craftsman — and almost nobody has heard of it.
7–9 yrs trainingpredictable ~40hstrong incomeParamedic
no degree neededSerious clinical decisions made in someone's hallway, with what fits in a bag. Autonomy far earlier than any other clinical career, at a fraction of the training and a fraction of the pay.
3–6 yrs trainingshift workmodest incomeRadiographer
no degree neededProduces the images almost every modern diagnosis rests on. Four years to a licensed clinical profession, in shortage almost everywhere, and invisible to nearly every student choosing at seventeen.
5–6 yrs trainingshift workcomfortable income