Academic Health Programs

Schools Outside Alaska

For those health professions which do not have a program available in Alaska, individuals may choose to attend a school out of state. Some of these individuals spend one or more years in Alaska studying basic science, English, math and other courses and then transfer to a college out of state. It is nearly impossible to list all the schools located outside Alaska that have programs in the health professions. However, the following sources of information are available:

1. Your first source of information should be the counselors and teachers at your high school who can help you send away for more information or find it on-line.

2. Another excellent source of information is the career planning offices at the various colleges in Alaska. These offices have college catalogs and reference books listing the schools in the United States that offer the sort of program you are looking for.

3. The National Library of Medicine’s website is a well done and up-to-date resource for finding links to sites that have information about medical education and careers: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/medicaled.html.

4. The following books are also excellent resources. They are found in most high schools, public libraries, college libraries, and bookstores. You can locate specific schools in these books by searching the index for careers, programs, or degrees that interest you.

* The Best 168 Medical Schools, 2012. Princeton Review
* Exploring Health Care Careers 3rd ed, 2006 (2 vols) by Ferguson and Ferguson
* Foreign Medical Schools Directory, 2004 by Henry Rose
* Graduate Medical Education Directory, 2010-2011. American Medical Association
* Health Care Careers Directory, 2010-2011. American Medical Association
* How to Study in Medical School (2011) by Armin Kamyab
* How to Succeed in Medical School (2009) by Dason Evans and Jo Brown
* How to Survive and Maybe Even Love Nursing School! 3rd ed (2008). by Kelli Dunham
* Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology: 2012/2013
* Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2012-2013
* Med School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Medical School Experience (2006) by Robert Miller & Dan Bissell
* Med School Rx: Getting In, Getting Through and Getting on with Doctoring (2011) by Walter Hartwig
* How to Succeed at the Medical Interview (2008) by Chris Smith and Darryl Meeking
* National League for Nursing
-A Guide to State-Approved Schools of Nursing LPN/LVN, 2006
-A Guide to State-Approved Schools of Nursing RN, 2006
* Peterson’s College Guide Books
-Peterson’s Two-Year Colleges, 2012
-Peterson’s Four-Year Colleges, 2012
-Peterson’s Graduate Programs in Business, Education, Health, Information Studies, Law & Social Work, 2010
* Top 100 Health Care Careers: Your Complete Guidebook to Training and Jobs in Allied Health, Nursing, Medicine, and More (2010) by Saul Wischnitzer
* Health Care Job Explosion! High Growth Health Care Careers and Job Locator (2006) by Dennis Damp

Preparation for MCAT, NCLEX and lots more!
If you live in Alaska, you have free access to the Testing & Education Reference Center, a convenient place to prepare online for popular academic and occupational entrance tests as well as find information on college or graduate school programs. This resource includes full-text instructional books and self-scoring sample examinations for many different tests, including ACT, GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, MCAT and NCLEX.
Access at http://sled.alaska.edu/databases/home.html under the Education category.
To request a password in Alaska, call 1-800-440-2919 anytime.

This page was last updated by Janice Troyer on February 08, 2012