The Healthcare & Public Health Career Community is geared towards providing resources and tools to those interested in working within the health professions. Learn about academic requirements, internships, student organizations and other ways to help provide you with a competitive edge upon entering the field.
Sample Professions include:
- Athletic training
- Exercise science
- Healthcare administration
- Healthcare informatics
- Nurse practitioner
- Occupational therapist
- Physical therapy
- Physician’s assistant
- Public health
- Social work
- Speech language pathology
Tips/Strategies for success:
- Focus coursework on sciences including anatomy, physiology, biology, chemistry and technology
- Volunteer/obtain part-time experience working within medical field (many graduate programs require volunteer hours)
- Demonstrate leadership, creativity and the ability to work collaboratively as a team
- Strengthen interpersonal and communication skills
- Shadow/network with professionals within your roles of interest
- Investigate educational requirements, and certifications/licensures required by state
Professional Associations
PT
American Physical Therapy Association
OT
American Occupational Therapy Association
National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
SLP
American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology
PA
American Academy of Physician Assistants
Connecticut Academy of Physician Assistants
Nursing
National Student Nurse’s Association
Pre-Med
Association of American Medical Colleges
Public Health
Jillian Schuellain's SHU MVP Experience
Over this past Summer I was given the amazing opportunity to be a part of the first group of students in Sacred Heart’s Career Center’s newest alumni-mentoring program called SHU MVP. Through this program I was matched with a recent …
The Center for Career and Professional Development hosted its 2nd annual Employer Career Connection Fair for the upcoming graduates in SHU’s Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program on Monday, November 16, 2020 from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Unlike last year’s event, this exclusive invitation …
On Monday, November 16, 2020 from 9:00am-12:30pm, The Center for Career and Professional Development hosted its first in a series of Morning Brew Interviews in partnership with Kathy Strauch of SOHO Health to engage their members with SHU’s upcoming graduates …
