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Contact Tracer: Job Description, Pay, and How to Become One
Explore what a contact tracer does, the skills and training needed to become one, salary, and opportunities for contact tracing professionals.
June 27, 2022
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Health
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Yale University
Skills you'll gain: Health Disparities, Health Systems, Public Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, Health Policy, Environment Health And Safety, Maternal Health, Injury Prevention, Nutrition and Diet, Child Health
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Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Cooking, Nutrition and Diet, Preventative Care, Food and Beverage, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Behavioral Health, Clinical Nutrition, Chronic Diseases
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Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Health Technology, Change Management, Vendor Management, Health Policy, Health Care, Process Improvement, Workflow Management, Health Care Administration, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Health Information Management, Clinical Leadership, Organizational Change, Decision Support Systems, Solution Design, IT Management, Clinical Data Management, Health Systems, Project Management, Databases
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Health impacts everyone, and with all the different paths available for working in health care, there are many options available to explore if that is where your interest lies. Health care professionals provide essential medical services, support disease prevention, and ensure the well-being of populations. You'll also find jobs behind the scenes, working in a lab or with health care data.
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