The list ranked professions on a scale of 1 to 100 on innovation and how much the job “requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.”
Here are the 10 healthcare professions ranked by the highest need for innovation:
1. Chief sustainability officers: 87
2. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists: 86
3. Occupational therapy assistants: 84
4. Chief executives: 82
4. Prosthodontists: 82
6. Dietetic technicians: 81
7. Clinical nurse specialists: 80
8. Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary: 77
8. Urologists: 77
10. Advanced practice psychiatric nurses: 75
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