Health Specialties Professor

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Clinical Professor; Instructor; Lecturer; Occupational Therapy Professor; Pharmacology Professor; Physical Therapy Professor; Professor; Public Health Professor

Tasks

• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Supervise laboratory sessions.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
• Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
• Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.

Knowledge

• Education and Training
• English Language
• Biology
• Medicine and Dentistry
• Psychology
• Administration and Management
• Administrative
• Computers and Electronics
• Customer and Personal Service
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Public Safety and Security
• Therapy and Counseling
• Mathematics
• Communications and Media
• Chemistry
• Law and Government

Skills

• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Active Listening
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Learning Strategies
• Monitoring
• Science
• Mathematics

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Near Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Problem Sensitivity
• Fluency of Ideas
• Information Ordering
• Originality
• Category Flexibility
• Selective Attention