Your undergraduate years are the time to explore the many career options in healthcare. Students often come to college believing they know which career they want while not really having explored it or looking at other possible careers. Think you want to be a doctor and you want your focus to be getting to know your patients and being very educational in your approach? Then you might also want to look at osteopathic medicine, physician assistant, and advanced practice nursing. Planning on being a physical therapist? You might also find you are interested in athletic training, occupational therapy, podiatry, speech language pathology, audiology, and prosthetics. Want to help human populations deal with fewer diseases? Public health, medicine, and veterinary medicine are all good options.
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Exploring Career Options
Use this time to explore. You could start by visiting a couple of Web sites:
- www.explorehealthcareers.org is a good site to get some basic information and further links.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics has employment information from the government as well as good descriptions of many careers.
- www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14598.html provides information on allied health careers. The site is sponsored by the American Medical Association.
- You might also find it helpful to visit the Center for Career Opportunities or make an appointment with the an advisor in the Center for Pre-Professional Advising office to talk about options.