Health Occupations

• Latest News
• Shortage of 200,000 Doctors Predicted in US (11/02/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• LifeWorks (National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education)

• Overviews
• Careers in Allied Health (American Medical Association)
• Careers in Medicine (Association of American Medical Colleges)
• Health Services (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (America's Career InfoNet)
• Making the Decision for a Career in Medicine (Association of American Medical Colleges)

• Specific Conditions
• Art Therapist (American Medical Association) - Links to PDF File
• Biological and Medical Scientists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Cardiovascular Specialists and Your Health Care (American College of Cardiology)
• Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Career in Genetic Counseling (National Society of Genetic Counselors)
• Careers in Medical Research (Association of American Medical Colleges)
• Careers in Public Health (Association of Schools of Public Health)
• Careers in Radiation Therapy (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Careers in Radiology (American College of Radiology)
• Careers in Sports Medicine and Exercise Science (American College of Sports Medicine) - Links to PDF File
• Certified Nurse-Midwife (Bureau of Health Professions)
• Chiropractors (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Considering a Career in Long Term Care (American Health Care Association)
• Critical Care Nursing (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses)
• Dental Assistants (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Dental Hygienists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Dentists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Genetic Counseling (Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project)
• International/Global Health (Association of Schools of Public Health)
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Medical Assistants (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Medical Illustrator (American Medical Association) - Links to PDF File
• Medical Librarianship: A Career Beyond the Cutting Edge (Medical Library Association)
• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Medical Specialty of Anesthesiology (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Medical Transcriptionists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Music Therapist (American Medical Association) - Links to PDF File
• Nuclear Medicine Technologists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Occupational Therapist Assistants and Aides (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Occupational Therapists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Opticians, Dispensing (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Optometrists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Orthodontic Careers (American Association of Orthodontists)
• Other Public Health Fields (Association of Schools of Public Health)
• Personal and Home Care Aides (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Pharmacists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Pharmacy Technician (Bureau of Health Professions)
• Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Physical Therapists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Physicians and Surgeons (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Physicians: Becoming an MD (American Medical Association)
• Physicians: Frequently Asked Questions (American Medical Association)
• Physicians: Medical Specialties (American Medical Association)
• Podiatrists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Psychology: Scientific Problem Solvers (American Psychological Association)
• Public Affairs Specialists: On the FDA's Front Line (Food and Drug Administration)
• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Registered Nurses (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Respiratory Therapists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Role of the Geriatric Psychiatrist (American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry)
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• Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Surgical Technologist (Bureau of Health Professions)
• Today's Family Physicians. Specializing in All of You. (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Training and Careers in Human Genetics (American Society of Human Genetics)
• Uniform Services: Medical Corps (Bureau of Health Professions)
• Veterinarians (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• What Is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)? (American Osteopathic Association)
• What Is a Physiatrist? (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
• What Is a Rheumatologist? (American College of Rheumatology)
• What Is an Endocrinologist? (Hormone Foundation)
• What Is an Otolaryngologist? (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)

• Related Issues
• Check It Out: Careers in Dietetics (American Dietetic Association)
• Ergonomics: Occupational Therapy in the Workplace (American Occupational Therapy Association)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Medical Glossary (American Medical Association)

• Directories
• Caregiver Jobs Clearinghouse (American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, American Health Care Association)
• List of Accrediting Agencies (American Medical Association)

• Organizations
• Association of Schools of Public Health
• Bureau of Health Professions
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Institute of Nursing Research

• Newsletters/Print Publications
• Health Professions Career and Education E-letter (American Medical Association)
• Health Professions Reference Material (Bureau of Health Professions)

• Statistics
• United States Health Workforce Personnel Factbook (Dept. of Health and Human Services)

• Women
• Women Are Pathologists (National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health) - Requires RealPlayer software to play video
• Women Are Researchers (National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health) - Requires RealPlayer software to play video
• Women Are Surgeons (National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health) - Requires RealPlayer software to play video

• Children
• Pediatric Subspecialists (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Pediatrics 101 (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File

• Teenagers
• Financial Assistance Information (Health Resources and Services Administration)
• Snapshots of Science and Medicine: People Doing Science (National Institutes of Health)

• Information from the Medical Encyclopedia
• Health Occupations