This career interest area focuses on the experiences and skills needed to succeed in the dynamic field of healthcare. Opportunities may include paths in dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physician assistant programs, veterinary medicine and other allied health professions.
Resources
Explore the list of resources below to learn more about career paths in Healthcare. These resources will help you discover opportunities, grow your network and more!
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Join the Healthcare career interest area in Handshake:
- Log in to
- Click on your name in the top right corner of the screen
- Select 'Career Interests'
- Navigate to the question 'In what career interest areas are you most interested?'
- Select the 'Healthcare: Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Other Health Professions' career interest area
- Click the 'Save My Career Interests' button
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Campus Resources
- Office of Multicultural Affairs
- LGBT Center
- Flora Stone Mather Center for Women
- International Student Services
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- Pre-Health Advising at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
- ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Diversity Career Resources
LGBTQIA+ Professional Organizations
Black/African American Professional Organizations
Latinx Professional Organizations
Native American Professional Organizations
Experiential education opportunities
- Research
- (Athens, OH)
- SOURCE Opportunities
- (Bridgeport, CT)
- through University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Shadowing
- (Langhorne, PA)
- Study Abroad
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- (Athens, OH)
- through University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Volunteering
Find jobs and internships
- : a tool for finding jobs in healthcare
- (Morristown, NJ)
Industry-based exploration
Networking the best way to tap into the hidden job market—an immense underground marketplace where jobs open up and then are filled through word of mouth and personal referrals.
There are many ways to network at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½:
The Undergraduate Health Sciences Collaborative partners with various organizations to be a single resource for all pre-health students. Learn more by visiting the .
Here is a selection of other organizations that might interest you:
- Best Buddies
- Colleges Against Cancer
- ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Red Cross Club
- Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Student Organizations
- Undergraduate Bioethics Society
For a full list of student clubs and organizations that match your interests, visit .
General data and trends
- : article on common majors and trends from the AMA website
- - Scroll down to 'Explore this report' on the MSQ website to download results
- Read about outcomes and data for ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ students
Dentistry
Medicine
Nursing
- : resources and statistics for nursing and healthcare professionals from underrepresented populations
- : the only national-level survey specifically focused on the U.S. nursing workforce
Occupational and Physical Therapy
- last updated by AOTA in 2018
- last updated by PTCAS in January 2018
Optometry
Pharmacy
Physician Assistants
Veterinary