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Chapter 2 Career Skills in Health Informatics
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HOSA provides professional development opportunities designed for
health science students. Being a member of HOSA will benefi t you and
your career development, and participating in HOSA’s competitive events
can strengthen both your general career skills and your health informatics
skills. Look at the Competitive Events section of the HOSA website for
descriptions of the various events (Figure 2.20).
Figure 2.19 Tips for Readable Electronic Résumés
Recommendation Reason
use a plain font like Arial scanners can’t read fancy fonts
avoid boldface, italics, and underlining scanners don’t interpret these correctly
use 10- to 12-point font size scanners can’t read small fonts
use one column lined up on the left margin scanners will put multiple columns in the wrong order
use capital letters to show headings scanners recognize capital letters
use the space bar instead of tab keys scanners have trouble reading tabs correctly
use wide margins with lines of 60–65
characters
scanners can read 65 characters and won’t chop off any of
your words
Figure 2.20 HOSA Competitive Events
Event Name Event Description
Medical Spelling written test and “spelling bee” competition
Medical Terminology written test
Clinical Specialty presentation of a career portfolio about and demonstration of a skill common to a
chosen health career
Health Career Display tabletop display featuring one healthcare career
Public Health presentation about a public health concern
Health Education student participation in planning and teaching a health-related concept
Extemporaneous Writing written essay about a health-related topic or HOSA
RECALL YOUR READING
1. Examples of _________ include questionnaires and surveys.
2. A _________ documents the work you have done to prepare for a career or
specific job.
3. A one-page document that contains your accomplishments and experiences
and explains how they relate to a specific job is called a _________.
4. HOSA is a _________ and _________ student organization designed for
developing the career and leadership skills of health science students.
Complete the
Map Your Reading
graphic organizer for the
section you just read.