Career Exploration

Health Career Videos

Check out the links below to a series of videos that describe a variety of health professions.

America’s Career InfoNet:
This site includes short videos showing the types of work people do in over 500 careers. Videos are organized into 16 clusters. Check out the health science and human services clusters!

Diagnostic Detectives:
Meet many of the “diagnostic detectives” that work in the field of medical laboratory technology. This site includes some fast paced, lively videos on occupations in the fields of clinical pathology, anatomical pathology and genetic/molecular pathology.The Diagnostic Detectives web site is maintained by the Medical Technology Program of Michigan State University.

Other Health Career Exploration Sites

The web sites below are worth exploring for the comprehensive information they cover about health careers and the health care field.

Explore Health Careers:
This site contains health care career descriptions which include an overview of the profession, a description of the working conditions, academic requirements, salary information and professional associations. You will also find links to health-related education/training programs, financial aid resources, specialized learning opportunities and current issues in health care.

Health Careers in Connecticut:
Sponsored by the Connecticut AHEC program, this site is a guide to health and biotechnology careers.

H.O.T. Jobs:
The Health Opportunities in Texas (H.O.T.) Jobs site includes career descriptions, career pathways information and career lesson plans for teachers.

Lifeworks: Explore health and medical science careers:
Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education, this site includes a description of over 100 careers including information on education, salary, as well as skills and abilities. This site also includes an extensive list of interviews of health professionals.

This page was last updated by Janice Troyer on January 25, 2012