Healthcare Careers

General Health Care
Physicians
Nurses and Physician Assistants
Dental Care

 

Eye Care
Medical Technology
Integrative and Alternative Health Care
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics
Rehabilitative Therapy


See also:
Vault Online Career Library (Squires Library Database)
Careers Index
The Center for Calling & Career (Lee University)

 


This guide lists starting points for locating information about careers in health care. For more resources, please consult the Library's homepage or consult a reference librarian for assistance (423) 614-8562.
 

General Health Care

Occupations and Wages

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Health Care
Medical and Health Services Managers
Medical Scientists
Search for additional health care occupations at http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm.

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Health Educators
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Search for additional health care occupational employment statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

National Institutes of Health Career Center

What Can I Do With This Major?
The Center for Calling & Career, Lee University

Job Banks

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Healthcare & Medical Fields - The Riley Guide

JobStar: Health Careers

Monster.com Healthcare

Organizations

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Christian Medical & Dental Associations

Christian Medical Missions Links (Heal the Nations)

International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA)

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
MEDICINE - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
particular area of health care - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

General Resources

Careers in Health Care. By Barbara Mardinly Swanson. McGraw-Hill, 2005.
NetLibrary eBook

Careers in the Health Insurance Industry. Chicago Institute for Career Research, 2005.
NetLibrary eBook

Career Opportunities in Health Care. By Shelly Field. Facts on File, 2002.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Introduction to the Health Professions. By Peggy Stanfield and Y. H. Hui. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 2002.
2002 ed. - Career Shelves (Reference Area) - R690 .S72 2002
1998 ed. - NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Allied Health Careers. By Alex Kacen. McGraw-Hill, 2005.
NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Health and Medical Careers. By Leo D'Orazio. VGM Career Books, 2004.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Opportunities in Paramedical Careers. By Alex Kacen and Terence J. Sacks. NTC Contemporary, 2000.
NetLibrary eBook

Job Search

Health Professions Admissions Guide: Strategy for Success. National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, 2004.
Career Shelves (Reference Area) - R690 .S76 2004

Resumes for Health and Medical Careers: With Sample Cover Letters. VGM Career Books, 2004
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Occupational Resources

Top 100 Health-Care Careers: Your Complete Guidebook to Training and Jobs in Allied Health, Nursing, Medicine, and More. By Aul Wischnizer. JIST Works, 2005.
NetLibrary eBook

Christian Perspectives

Being a Christian in Science. By Walter R. Hearn. InterVarsity Press, 1997.
Career Shelves (Reference Areas) BV4596.S35 H43 1997
 


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Physicians

 See also General Health Care above.

Occupations and Wages

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Physicians and Surgeons
For specializations, search: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Physicians and Surgeons
For specializations, search: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Job Search

NIH Career Center

Organizations

American Medical Association (AMA)

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Christian Medical & Dental Associations

Christian Medical Missions Links (Heal the Nations)

International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA)

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
MEDICINE - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

General

Opportunities in Osteopathic Medicine Careers. By Terence J. Sacks. NTC Contemporary, 2001.
NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Physician Careers. By Jan Sugar-Webb. McGraw-Hill, 2005.
NetLibrary eBook

Education

Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools. By Saul Wischnitzer and Edith Wischnitzer. Barron's, 2000.
NetLibrary eBook

Essays That Will Get You into Medical School. By Daniel Kaufman. Barron's Educational Series, 1998.
NetLibrary eBook

How to Get Into the Right Medical School. By Carla S. Rogers. NTC Contemporary, 1996.
NetLibrary eBook

 


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Nurses and Physician Assistants

See also General Health Care above.

Occupations and Wages

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Nursing
National Institutes of Health

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Physician Assistant
National Institutes of Health

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Physician Assistants
Registered Nurses

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Physician Assistants
Registered Nurses

The Riley Guide: Nursing

What Can I Do With This Major?
(The Center for Calling & Career, Lee University)

Job Search

NIH Career Center

Organizations

American Nurses Association

Christian Medical & Dental Associations

Christian Medical Missions Links (Heal the Nations)

International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA)

Nursing Links - Careers in Healthcare and Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Nursing Links - Occupational Outlook Handbook

Nurses Christian Fellowship

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
NURSING - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

General

Career as a Community Health Nurse, Public Health Nurse. Institute for Career Research, 2005.
NetLibrary eBook

Career as a Physician Assistant: High Level Professionals Working Directly with Doctors in Delivering Healthcare. Institute for Career Research, 2005.
NetLibrary eBook

Careers in Focus: Nursing. Furguson, 2003.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Careers in Nursing. By Terence J. Sacks. VGM Career Books, 2003.
2003 ed. - Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care
1998 ed. - NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Nursing Assistant Careers. By Joan Fox-Rose. NTC Contemporary, 2000.
NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Nursing Careers. By Keville Frederickson. VGM Career Books, 2003.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Opportunities in Physician Assistant Careers. By Terence J. Sacks. VGM Career Books, 2002.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Education

How to Get into the Right Nursing Program. By Carla S. Rogers. NTC Contemporary, 1998.
NetLibrary eBook

Christian Perspectives

Called to Care: A Christian Theology of Nursing. By Judith Allen Shelly. InterVarsity Press, 1999.
Circulating - RT85. 2. S538 1999
 


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Dental Care

Occupations and Wages

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Dentistry / Dental Research
Links from the National Institutes of Health

The Riley Guide: Dental Care

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Dentists
Search for additional health care occupations at http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm.

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Dentists
Search for additional health care occupational employment statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

Organizations

American Dental Association

American Dental Education Association

American Dental Hygienist Association

Christian Medical & Dental Associations

Christian Medical Missions Links (Heal the Nations)

International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA)

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
DENTISTRY - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

General

Careers as a Dentist: Increasing Demand Reported for These High Prestige, High Earning Healthcare Professionals. Institute for Career Research.
NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Dental Careers. By Bonnie L. Kendall. VGM Career Horizons, 2001.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Education

Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools. By Saul Wischnitzer and Edith Wischnitzer. Barron's, 2000.
NetLibrary eBook

 


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Eye Care

Occupations and Wages

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Ophthamology / Optometry
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Optometrists
Search for additional health care occupations at http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm.

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Optometrists
Search for additional health care occupational employment statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

Organizations

American Optometric Association

American Board of Ophthalmology

Fellowship of Christian Optometrists International
Missions Links

Ophthamology and Optometry Links - Careers in Healthcare and Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
OPHTHALMOLOGY
OPTOMETRY

General

Ophthalmic Medical Assisting: A Career Overview for Students. JCAHPO, 1998.
Videorecording - VHS (8 min)
Circulating - Media RE72.5 .O6 1998

Opportunities in Eye Care Careers. VGM Career Books, 2004.
2004 ed. - Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care
1998 ed. - NetLibrary eBook

 


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Integrative and Alternative Health Care

Occupations and Wages

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor

The Riley Guide: Chiropractics

Organizations

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Osteopathic Medicine
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
CHIROPRACTIC
HERBS - THERAPEUTIC USE
HOLISTIC MEDICINE
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

General

Careers in Alternative Medicine. By Alan Steinfeld. Rosen Publishing Group, 1997.
NetLibrary eBook

Careers in Focus: Alternative Health Care. Ferguson, 2004.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Opportunities in Chiropractic Careers. By Bart N. Green. VGM Career Books, 2004.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Opportunities in Holistic Health Care Careers. By Gillian Tierney. VGM Career Horizons, 1999.
NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Osteopathic Medicine Careers. By Terence J. Sacks. NTC Contemporary, 2001.
NetLibrary eBook

Education

Planning Your Career in Alternative Medicine: A Guide to Degree and Certificate Programs in Alternative Health Care. By Dianne J. Boulerice Lyons. Avery Pub. Group, 1997.
Career Shelves (Ref. Area) - R733 .L96 1997
 


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Medical Technology

Occupations and Wages

Clinic Laboratory Science Career Information
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
Search for additional health care occupations at http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm.

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
Search for additional health care occupational employment statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

Organizations

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Medical Assistants / Technicians / Lab Personnel
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Careers in Focus: Medical Technicians. Ferguson, 2004.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care
 


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Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics

Occupations and Wages

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Pharmacists
Search for additional health care occupations at http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm.

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Pharmacists
Search for additional health care occupational employment statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

Pharmacy and Pharmacology Career Resources
By HealthWeb.org.

The Riley Guide: Pharmacology & Pharmaceutic

Organizations

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Pharmacy / Pharmacology
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
DENTISTRY - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

Opportunities in Pharmacy Careers. By Gred B. Gable. VGM Career Books, 2004.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care
 


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Rehabilitative Therapy

Occupations and Wages

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Occupational Therapist Assistants and Aides
Occupational Therapists
Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
Physical Therapists
Search for additional health care occupations at http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm.

Occupational Employment and Wages - U.S. Dept. of Labor:
Occupational Therapist Assistants
Occupational Therapists
Physical Therapist Assistants
Physical Therapists
Search for additional health care occupational employment statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm.

The Riley Guide: Rehabilitative Therapies

Organizations

Careers in Healthcare and Medicine: Physical and Occupational Therapy / Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Links from the National Institutes of Health

Print Books and E-Books

Listed below are selected print books and e-books.

For more resources, conduct a basic subject search in the online catalog for:
DENTISTRY - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

Careers in Focus: Therapists. Ferguson, 2003.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care

Opportunities in Occupational Therapy Careers. By Marguerite Abbott. VGM Career Horizons, 2000.
Center for Calling & Career (reference only) - Health Care
NetLibrary eBook

Opportunities in Physical Therapy Careers. By Bernice Krumhansl and Kathy Siebel. NTC Contemporary, 2000.
NetLibrary eBook

 


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