Healthcare scientists

A healthcare scientist is someone who is not a qualified doctor but helps in the diagnosis and treatment of patients by applying modern science and technology within a specific discipline. Following specialised training, they also help to advance the underlying science and the technology used in practice.

Examples of health care scientists include the people who take X-rays and those who generate the results of blood tests. The National Health Service in the UK says, "There is a huge variety of roles within healthcare science, some dealing with patients, and some are more laboratory based roles, each has its own specific skills required."

Classification
This is a partial list of disciplines in which health care scientists may operate. Note that in many cases, the Wikipedia page referred to describes not the profession itself but the related area of medical research, which often goes by the same name.

Note that this list is not a list of all the sciences involved in inquiring into health care. It excludes, for example, many areas of more basic biomedical research.


 * Clinical laboratory sciences/Clinical pathology/Laboratory medicine
 * Clinical biochemistry
 * Cytogenetics
 * Cytohematology
 * Cytology
 * Haemostasiology
 * Histology
 * Clinical immunology
 * Clinical microbiology
 * Molecular genetics
 * Parasitology
 * Clinical Physiology
 * Dentistry  (outline)
 * Dental hygiene and epidemiology
 * Dental surgery
 * Endodontics
 * Orthodontics
 * Oral and maxillofacial surgery
 * Periodontics
 * Prosthodontics
 * Implantology
 * Health informatics/Clinical informatics
 * Nursing
 * Nursing theory
 * Obstetrics
 * Nutrition  (outline)and dietetics
 * Optometry
 * Orthoptics
 * Audiology
 * Physiotherapy
 * Occupational therapy
 * Speech and language pathology
 * Internal medicine
 * Preventive medicine
 * Cardiology
 * Dermatology
 * Pulmonology
 * Medical toxicology
 * Endocrinology
 * Gastroenterology
 * Hepatology
 * Oncology
 * Geriatrics
 * Gynaecology
 * Hematology
 * Infectious disease
 * Nephrology
 * Neurology
 * Neurosurgery
 * Nutrition


 * Obstetrics and gynaecology
 * Ophthalmology
 * Orthopedic surgery
 * Hand surgery
 * Foot and ankle surgery
 * Sports medicine
 * Joint replacement
 * Shoulder surgery
 * Otolaryngology
 * Pathology
 * Pediatrics
 * Pharmacy
 * Pharmaceutical sciences
 * Physical fitness
 * Group Fitness / aerobics
 * Personal fitness training
 * Kinesiology / Exercise science / Human performance
 * Podiatry
 * Primary care
 * General practice
 * Psychiatry  (outline)
 * Addiction medicine
 * Psychology (outline)
 * Behavioral medicine
 * Clinical psychology
 * Health psychology
 * Medical psychology
 * Counseling psychology
 * Public health
 * Radiology
 * Recreation therapy
 * Rehabilitation medicine
 * Respiratory medicine
 * Pulmonology
 * Sleep medicine
 * Respiratory therapy
 * Rheumatology
 * Sports medicine
 * Surgery
 * Bariatric surgery
 * Cardiothoracic surgery
 * Neurosurgery
 * Plastic surgery
 * Traumatology
 * Urology
 * Andrology
 * Social Worker


 * Veterinary medicine