Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Instructing
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
Key knowledge
- Education and Training
- English Language
- Biology
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Psychology
- Administrative
- Administration and Management
- Computers and Electronics
What the work involves
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Investigative, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Master's Degree (35.9% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (30.1%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (30.9%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 5: Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 82% of occupations compared | 76% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 60% of occupations compared | 53% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 66% of occupations compared | 62% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 96% of occupations compared | 86% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Lower on time pressure than 55% of occupations compared | 46% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | High | Higher on conflict situations than 68% of occupations compared | 39% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 60% of occupations compared | 44% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Moderate | Lower on consequence of error than 55% of occupations compared | 47% of surveyed respondents chose “Very serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: moderate
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 24.08%
- Constant contact with others: 75.92%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 8.28%
- Fairly important: 24.7%
- Important: 12.32%
- Very important: 2.2%
- Extremely important: 52.51%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 17.01%
- Very important: 20.6%
- Extremely important: 62.39%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 1.14%
- Limited freedom: 1.14%
- Some freedom: 11.61%
- A lot of freedom: 86.11%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: 1.14%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 1.14%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 33.4%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 46.25%
- Every day: 18.07%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 25.29%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 39.08%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 35.63%
- Every day: 0%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 38.75%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 43.74%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 1.64%
- Every day: 15.87%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 27.61%
- Fairly serious: 16.36%
- Serious: 2.28%
- Very serious: 46.69%
- Extremely serious: 7.07%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
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