Health Sciences resources

1. Health Career Centers
2. Professional Associations -- Allied Health
3. Professional Associations -- Other Health Professions

Health Career Centers

• Health Career Web Combines advertisements for positions with a resume listing service. There are of course also "career articles" for nursing professionals and a series of columns written by the Career Doctor.
• Hospital Jobs Online Features mainly job advertisements and little else. To see what is available, click the "job search tour." To really make full use of the site, requires free registration.
• Job Science This health care job board offers: career assessment, articles on relocation, salary information and much more. Requires free registration.
• Midwifejobs.com This site is just what it's title suggests, a listing of currently available job opportunities for certified midwives and certified nurse midwives.

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Professional Associations -- Allied Health

• American Dietetic Association ADA is the nation's largest association for food and nutrition information. On this site you can find membership information, nutrition fact sheets, access the ADA Journal and much more.
• American Physical Therapy Association This site divides itself into sections on practice issues, research, and education. You can learn about career possibilities, education for physical therapists, and professional standards and ethics.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association This site is the place for speech pathologists, audiologists, and those interested in the professions to learn about education, continuing education, professional issues, and of course, job openings.
• AOTA -- American Occupational Therapy Association This site offers information on education, career building, and articles on OT practice.

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Professional Associations -- Other Health Professions

• American Academy of Ophthalmology This site features a variety of news articles about eye diseases, opthalmology as a profession, and peer reviewed links.
• American Academy of Optometry Optometrists are vision specialists who are not medical doctors but who have specialized medical training. This site offers: links about eye health and vision, a student section with PDF documents, and a section for the public complete with wellness links.
• American Dental Association Links to education and practice/professional issues are right on the first page of this well organized site. There are no job listings, but since dentistry requires professional school, education is probably more important.
• American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Career, education, and professional information on laboratory technology. There is a student forum, position papers, publications, and other articles on this site.
• Georgia Pharmacy Association This site features mainly: professional news, publications, education links, and information about continuing education and the practice of pharmacy in Georgia.
• NaturalHealers.com Information on education in a variety of alternative health professions. The site features a school finder, featured schools, and a FAQ about an assortment of natural healing modalities such as acupuncture, chiropractic, and more.

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