This community is geared towards students interested in entering health fields such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, and more. This page helps students 1) explore health fields, 2) gain relevant experience, and 3) prepare application materials.
In addition to this page, students interested in health careers should be aware of 3 essential resources:
Pre-Health @ UW is the most comprehensive resource and includes information about academic preparation.
Academic advisers can help you select majors and courses and explore ways to combine major and pre-health requirements.
Career coaches can help you with questions about which health profession would be a good fit for you, how to get clinical, research, and leadership experience, and when/how to apply to health professional programs. You can connect with a coach by scheduling an appointment or attending a webinar. You can also email questions about career resources or services to prehlth@uw.edu.
The Stanford Storytelling & Medicine Summer Scholar Program is an intensive training experience for students preparing for careers in medicine, medical humanities research, and health professions who want to strengthen their ability to communicate complex scientific and clinical jargon with …
The Tilikum Summer Health Experience (Tilikum) is a 5-week summer enrichment program specifically designed for college-aged American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students or students interested in working in Indigenous Communities who are interested in pursuing health professions training. Tilikum is a …
The road to medical school can be challenging at times. AFERM, recognizes that not all students face the same challenges and want to help facilitate collegiate success for students from underrepresented backgrounds. The medical profession interfaces with all members of the community and AFERM feels …
Anywhere Clinic is launching a Mental Health Social Media & Wellness Promotion Internship that could be an excellent opportunity for pre-health students or those interested in careers in mental health.
This remote, flexible internship guides students in creating wellness-focused social …
While it’s good to have a path or goal to follow, different opportunities are a great way for you to grow and explore. Even a position that may sound mundane can lead to meeting interesting …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
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