Allied Health Careers
You might spend 400,000 hours at your job. It's important to choose a
career that you will enjoy. These Web Sites and Library Resources will
help you with your career decision.
Self- Exploration: Top
*Career Zone
Use graphic option for most computers. Use Access Yourself on
the bottom left circle and find careers that fit your personality.
(Links to hundreds of occupations for students to explore; many contain
video clips.)
Career
Interest Checklist
Take a career test to see your
interests and related occupations, this Indiana University web site
includes more career information
O*NET Skills
Search- Use a list of your skills to find matching O*NET-SOC
occupations.
Exploring Careers
Top
General Information:
*Occupational Outlook Handbook
Perform a keyword search or look in the occupational clusters on left to
find information on the work and education required in different
occupations of interest to you.
*Use Occupation
Search Choose Healthcare, than narrow to a more specific
occupation. On left column click on What It Takes for more
information on this occupation. Search is part of America's
Career InfoNet which includes Career
Videos
and you will find information on general employment outlook, wages,
and trends for occupations of interest to you.
Health Careers:Top
*Careers
in Allied Health is produced by the American Medical
Association. Directory includes: listings of 6,500 educational programs
in 61 professions, as well as occupational and career information for
each profession.
*MEDLINEplus:
Health Occupations Gateway to links on information about many
health related careers. Source: National
Library of Medicine
*AMA
Allied Health News and Resources Covers educational trends and
career-related issues in more than 50 health-related
professions.Includes the salary
range of health professions and list allied
health professional associations.
Exploring Allied
Health Professions
Did you know. . . that you could have a healthcare career without
being a nurse or a doctor? In fact, most people in healthcare belong to
another group of professionals called allied health providers. Download
and View the "Choose An Allied Health Profession" brochure.
Health Service
Industry - Overall information from the U.S. Department of Labor
on the Allied Health Industry. At bottom of web site are a list of
specific health occupations.
HealthProfessions.com
Medical careers, their roles and responsibilities, salaries, educational
requirements, and associations. You can choose your state to find
programs offered in your area.
Find
Occupations in O*Net that will give you the skills and knowledge
required in different occupations. Do a keyword search or use the pull
down menu for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical or Healthcare
Support. The occupations listed in these fields will include a
summary and details of the the work for a specific job. From O*Net
Online
What
Can I Do With a Major In? from Arizona State University.
Other Web Sites with career planning:
*Mapping Your Future
Provides steps for planning your career, selecting your school, and
paying for your education
*Steps Model
from Arizona State University - Excellent resource includes four
quadrants -- Self-discovery, Investigation, Decision-making, and
Implementation -- represent a framework for the process of making
informed career decisions.
Career Development Manual
A guide for career planning from the University of Waterloo.This
eManual has been organized into six “steps” to help you manage your
career development process.
Education & Training: Top
*Peterson College Search It will identify colleges by location, major,
tuition, sports and more. More college information from the Peterson
web site.
Find
a Career for You! from Princeton Review. Find what a day in the
life of your career would be like or Find
a major
in which you are interested and find the salaries of jobs in that
major and the schools offering that major.
*National Center
for Education Begin your College Search by selecting criteria
such as geographical region, state, type of institution, instructional
program, number of students...College Search from CareerOneStop.
College Search
from College Board. Information on a particular college, college
comparisons, and colleges with your major. College
Board/Career Search general information on planning for college,
career browse, college search etc.
Financial Aid
Top
*FinAid: The Smart Student Guide to
Financial Aid Includes resources on loans, scholarships, military
aid, federal and state aid, fellowships, grants, prepaid tuition plans,
study abroad, financial aid consultants, and scholarship search
services. Resources: international, disabled, female, minority, older,
athletes, veterans and other students.
FAFSA opens the door to
the federal aid process. Every step you can take gets you closer to
achieving your education goals. FAFSA is free application for federal
student aid.
FSA
for Students - Links to Federal Student Aid, Get the facts on
financial aid, how to maintain it, and what to do when school's over...
Financial Aid
Advisor from CareerInfo Net
It is a searchable database of over 4,400 scholarships, fellowships,
loans, and other financial assistance opportunities. Includes: a chart
of reported earnings by educational level prepared by the US Census
Bureau.
.edu:
US News Colleges and Careers Center
Includes college rankings, graduate school rankings, financial aid,
and guides to careers, internships, and jobs.
The
Student Guide 2003-2004 ((PDF Version in English) is a
comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the US Department
of Education. Grants, loans, and work-study are the three major forms of
aid available through the Department's Federal Student Aid office.
Beware of scams that will search for financial aid money for you for a
fee. There is a law that protects you from this type of fraud (see
scholarship scams for more information).
Send your Child to
College: The Internet Guide for Parents
Annotated directory is "a place parents can use as a source of solid
information about colleges and financial aid, as well as all the steps
students and families need to take to reach their goals."
Other ways to find information on careers:Top
Also
remember to look for Organizations and Associations associated with your
career.
See Encyclopedia of Associations (Ref. HS 17 .G334) in
the library. It will give you the organizations is your career field.
See
one of the web site on organizations and associations such as:
Allied
Health Professional Associations links from American Medical
Association
Associations on the Net
from Internet Public Library
Jobs: Top
*Career One Stop- Find jobs
in your area in Employer Locator Search.(Click on Services, State,
Health services narrow area..) Explore alternative career paths, compare
salary data for different occupations, learn which careers are hot, get
resume writing tips and job interview strategies. The Riley Guide: Job
Listings Health Care & Medical Fields job listing in different health
professions Monster Healthcare: Search health jobs and career resources
and links to health related associations. Global Health Council - Career
Network Search for health jobs both domestic and international.
Career Reference Material:
Career Information Center Multi
volume set (Vol. 7 Health) Ref HF 5382.5.U5 C32 2002
Encyclopedia of
Careers and Vocational Guidance (Ref HF 5381.E52 1990)
Includes separate volumes for professional careers and technical careers.
Occupational
Outlook Handbook 2002-03 edition Ref HF 5381 .A1 036
Magazine, Journals, & Newspapers: Top
Click
on
Health Databases to find periodical articles on health.
Search Tips for Databases - Remember to try
different search words to find information. Use your particular topic or
use broad terms (Example: careers and health, occupational therapist.)
Web Resources: Top
Use Evaluative Web Guides, such as Librarian's
Index to the Internet,and Subject Directories
to find web sites on your topic.
Use Search Engines , such as Google
or Meta Search Engines, such as Vivismo
to focus your search for web sites in your field.
To get better results connect your terms with the Boolean term "and"
(ex: health and career,) or put quotes around a phrase
(ex:"licensed practical nurse ".)
See Performing
Precise Searches on web searching.
Evaluate:
Evaluate your material for its relevance and authenticity. See evaluation
criteria for web sites.
