Exploring Healthcare Careers

Resources to Research Careers

Use the following resources to research different career paths and and schedule a meeting with your Pre-Health Advisor to assess your fit!

ExploreHealthCareers.org is a collaboration between today’s health professionals and leading health care associations to help address two urgent problems in American health care: the under-representation of minorities in the workforce and the lack of health professionals in medically underserved communities.

Search their health careers database by name, minimum salary, and maximum education commitment while learning more about:

  • Latest career information with updated, peer-reviewed career descriptions

  • Why Diversity Matters in Health Care

  • Planning Your Education

  • Humanism in Health Care

  • Health Policy

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics that includes the following information for hundreds of different occupations in the U.S.:

  • Job responsibilities

  • Work Environments

  • Training and Education

  • Earnings and Job Outlook

  • How to become _____ (education, licenses/certifications, important qualities)

Blog: Thinking About a New Job? Try Health Care

Search for occupations on O*Net to learn more about:

  • What they do on the job

  • Important skills/knowledge to have

  • Education required

  • Interests, work styles, etc. to determine possible fit

  • Similar occupation names

  • Related occupations

  • Wages and employment trends

This site outlines common career areas one can enter with each major or field, including occupations commonly associated with it, types of employers, and strategies to enter the field. The information is representative of typical career paths associated with each major and is NOT an exhaustive list!

Medicine (including Dentistry, Podiatry, Optometry, Chiropracty, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Veterinary Medicine)

Nursing | Psychology | Physics | Kinesiology | Environmental Science | Biological Sciences | Biochemistry | Communications | Marketing

Each page also contains links to Professional Associations, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Related Resources, and Employment Opportunities. PDFs are available by clicking Print Version under each heading.