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I. Journal Articles
PubMed
Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL)
PsycINFO
II. Career Skills and Aptitude
The Pathway Program
The Pathway Evaluation Program for Medical Professionals is a career-planning program designed to help medical students make informed specialty decisions. Self-Assessment Sample Results
Career Key
The Career Key is a free service providing information on career choices, changes, job searches, college or training program selection.
Career Finder
This is a career skills test on the website of the National Institute of Health. It explores how different skills might complement different professions.
III. Job Descriptions
Explore Health Careers
This website is for anyone who is planning (or even just imagining) a health career.
Explore Health Careers gives you an interactive source of up-to-date information on academic and admissions requirements for U.S. schools offering programs in the health professions as well as a national database of undergraduate training and mentoring programs.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
U.S. Department of Labor provides detailed job descriptions and projections for future employment.
Health Profession of the Month
Health Professions Network features an one job each month. It provides an extensive job description with links to professional societies.
Virtual Job Shadow
(Username: careercamp | Password: careercamp)
A collection of webcasts featuring interviews with health professionals such as nurses discussing their careers.
Northeast Associations: Health Professions
Provides a list of professional associations affiliated with various health professions.
Health Occupations Students of America
Interviews with health professionals, professional association links, as well as college and scholarship information
Life Works
Developed by the National Institute of Health, this site provides job descriptions, interviews with current health professionals, and educational requirements.\
Medical Librarianship
Find out more about the profession of medical librarianship. Explore this possibilities through the Virginia Career Resource Network and associated links.
Journal Article
Reference librarians' perceptions of the issues they face as academic health information professionals.
Scherrer CS.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Apr; 92(2): 226-232.
IV. General Discipline Descriptions and Trends
Association of American Medical Colleges
This site explores factors involved in a decision to pursue a career in medicine.
American Medical Association
This site explores some of the allied health careers. It provides a list of print resources and news items relevant to diverse allied health professions.
MedlinePlus- Health Careers
The links on this page have been identified by the staff at the National Library of Medicine. They cover a wide collection of topics within the field of allied health.
Career Center - University of California, Berkeley
Information on researching, preparing and applying to health related jobs.
Explore Health Careers
A non-profit, collaborative web-based initiative between national foundations, professional associations, pre-health advisors and graduate health professional institutions. It provides information such as mentoring, training and articles on various health professions.
V. Career Finance
FastWeb
A database of scholarships that help students find money for college. It is free but requires an extensive registration and inserts periodic “opportunities” for purchase of products.
VI. Job Application
AAMC - Job Research and Application Guidelines
Letter Writing Guide
Produced by Florida State University, this is a short, clear guide on the art of letter writing for job applications.
The Job Search Process
Produced by the National Institute of Health, this site covers the skills involved in a job search such as networking, interviewing and evaluating job offers.
Career Action Tip Sheet
Produced by Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, this site covers basic interviewing techniques such as employer research, resumes and informational interviews.
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