What is available in the Health Care Arena?
A wide variety of careers are available with over 5000 programs listed in the Health Professions Education Directory, 32nd Edition, 2004-05 prepared by the American Medical Association. Please review a copy in the Biomedical Resource Area of the Science Library. Another source is Pfizer Guides to Careers in Healthcare, which covers Nursing, Pharmacy, Physicians, and Public Health. Check out www.explorehealthcareers.org and many other websites for additional information. A rich variety of careers exist and many resources are available. Match your academic interests, abilities, lifestyle choices and goals to a career which fits you.
A listing of some of the possible health care professions is given below with the careers which are expanded upon in the Health Professions Highlights section marked with an asterisk. Click on the underlined titles for links with further information. All careers listed require a bachelor’s or in most cases further graduate study.
General Health Care Search Sites
Health Care Professions:
- Acupuncture
- Anatomist
- Art Therapist
- Athletic Trainer
- Audiology*
- Biomedical Engineer
- Biostatistician
- Chaplin
- Chiropractic Medicine*
- Clinical Lab Science*
- Clinical Psychologist
- Cytotechnologist
- Dance Therapist
- Dental Hygienist
- Dentistry*
- Dietitian
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Exercise Physiologist
- Genetic Counselor*
- Genetic Technologist
- Health Care Administration*
- Health Information Management
- Medical Illustrator*
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Technology
- Medical Physicist
- Medical Writer
- Mortician
- Music Therapist*
- Naturopathic Medicine*
- Nursing*
- Nutritionist
- Occupational Therapist*
- Optometry
- Osteopathic Medicine
- Pathology Assistant
- Perfusion
- Pharmacologist
- Pharmacist*
- Physical Therapist*
- Physician/Allopathic**
- Physician/Osteopathy**
- Physician’s Assistant*
- Podiatry*
- Public Health
- Rehabilitation Therapist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Social Work
- Speech-Language Pathologist
- Sports Health Care/Sports Medicine
- Surgical Technologist
- Veterinary Medicine
** In the Preparation for a Career in Medicine Manual
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General Health Care Search Sites:
- Career advice and job search
- Health link directory
- National Association of Health Career Schools
- Health care careers and jobs
- Health care careers
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Terminology
- American Dental Education Association
- American Dental Association
- American Student Dental Association
- National Society of Genetic Counselors
- A World of Genetics Societies
- American Board of Genetic Counseling
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Nurse Practitioner
- American Nursing Association
- Directory of accredited nursing programs
- The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
- Orthopists (PA Equivalent)
- American Academy of Optometry
Sports Health Care/Sports Medicine
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