Medical Technician ( Med Tech )
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preface by saying "never been on ship"
On Ship, your the junior working one on one with a PA. As a medic you will responsible to the PA for everything. Literally everything, med records, med supply, initial screening of patients, coordinating appointments.
It would not be a stretch to say that it may not be the same, as all the army bases have moved to a CDU concept (which the air force bases have used for years) have have become heavily reliant on civilians to take care of most of the administrative duties.
On Ship, your the junior working one on one with a PA. As a medic you will responsible to the PA for everything. Literally everything, med records, med supply, initial screening of patients, coordinating appointments.
It would not be a stretch to say that it may not be the same, as all the army bases have moved to a CDU concept (which the air force bases have used for years) have have become heavily reliant on civilians to take care of most of the administrative duties.
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Its what our Reg F medical system uses as a health care unit to provide first line support. Its a family practitioners office/walk in clinic with 1-3 MOs, 1-3 NP/PA's a couple nurses, 2-5 medics and civilians who take care of a group of about 1500 "clients" otherwise known as soldiers.
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readytogo said:
You would have to ask a Recruiter.
But, first, do you meet the Qualification Requirements?:
"Medical Technicians must have completed high school with biology and chemistry credits, and hold a current driver's license.":
http://www.forces.ca/html/medicaltechnician_reg_en.aspx
I am seriously considering and planning on a long-term career in the CF as a Med Tech. I'm even going so far as to spend an extra year in high-school so I can get my Gr. 12 Bio/Sci credits, and after that it's just my drivers license which I need. Only a few years away !
I noticed that on the CF Website, on the "Job Explorer" page that Medical Technician has the icons of all 3 branches next to it. If I am not wrong this means that one could be a Med Tech in any of the 3. Does the applicant get to choose his branch? Which branch would you recommend?
I was planning on going Army, because they get to get their hands nice n' dirty. However, I've heard that the AF has some much better living conditions.
Then there is the 6 year OJT phase.. would this mostly be 6 years spent taking inventory and stocking vaccines? Is the career basically the same all around, or do different branches do things very differently?
The following...
Operating Room Technician, Preventive Medicine Technician, Biomedical Electronic Technician or Aero-Medical Technician
...are all listed as Medical Specialist Trades, however the Forces.ca website has little to say on each of these. Could anyone enlighten me as to the specifics of these career paths?
Thank-you!
Oh, and
Happy Canada Day!!
I noticed that on the CF Website, on the "Job Explorer" page that Medical Technician has the icons of all 3 branches next to it. If I am not wrong this means that one could be a Med Tech in any of the 3. Does the applicant get to choose his branch? Which branch would you recommend?
I was planning on going Army, because they get to get their hands nice n' dirty. However, I've heard that the AF has some much better living conditions.
Then there is the 6 year OJT phase.. would this mostly be 6 years spent taking inventory and stocking vaccines? Is the career basically the same all around, or do different branches do things very differently?
The following...
Operating Room Technician, Preventive Medicine Technician, Biomedical Electronic Technician or Aero-Medical Technician
...are all listed as Medical Specialist Trades, however the Forces.ca website has little to say on each of these. Could anyone enlighten me as to the specifics of these career paths?
Thank-you!
Oh, and
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What happened to Combat Engineer???
Try some of these:
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/50198.0.html
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/18369.0.html
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/31099.0.html
(edited to add) http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/49766.0.html
Some of those are a little old, but you can narrow a search by # of days if you prefer.
And if you have dogs..... ;D
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/41875.0.html
Try some of these:
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/50198.0.html
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/18369.0.html
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/31099.0.html
(edited to add) http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/49766.0.html
Some of those are a little old, but you can narrow a search by # of days if you prefer.
And if you have dogs..... ;D
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/41875.0.html
Well I wanted to get started on a career shortly after highschool, and I realized that my vision was marginally too poor to be a member of the combat arms team. Of course I could get LASIK/LASEK to improve it, but I don't want to have anything like that done until I'm at least 25 yrs old, and Med Tech looks to be just as rewarding of a career as Combat Engineer.
Thankyou For the links!
Thankyou For the links!
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Hi
one thing that's not mentioned on the site is that - at least in Ontario - you need bio 12 and the only 12 bio is a university course, the others can be collage bound ones. i ran in to this problem last Oct and have been working on upgrading for the past several months using a correspondence program, if you in Ontario there called ILC.
one thing that's not mentioned on the site is that - at least in Ontario - you need bio 12 and the only 12 bio is a university course, the others can be collage bound ones. i ran in to this problem last Oct and have been working on upgrading for the past several months using a correspondence program, if you in Ontario there called ILC.
