CAREER EXPLORATION AND RESOURCES
ExploreHealthCareers.org is a free, interactive health careers website designed to explain the array of health professions and provide easy access to students seeking information about health careers.
Is a Career in health right for you?
You’re inspired to care for and help others, but is a health career right for you? Here are a few questions to ask yourself to help you determine if you should enter this promising field.
- Are You Excited by the Idea of Lifelong Learning?
- Are You Comfortable in a Fast-paced Health Care Setting?
- Are You a Team Player?
- What Lifestyle Do You Envision?
Take a look at the Career Explorer to see what kind of positions compliment your interests.
WANT TO HEAR FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONS THEMSELVES?
--> CHECK OUT THESE VIDEOS FROM A VARIETY OF HEALTHCARE REPRESENTATIVES!
LINKS TO ACA WORKFORCE VIDEOS:
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ACA Workforce: Primary Care - ALAN VALENZUELA, PA Alan Valenzuela loves his career as a Physician’s Assistant in rural Pixley, California. The Advanced Practice Healthcare Loan Repayment from the Health Prof... |
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ACA Workforce: Community Health Worker - CLARA NUNEZ Clara Luz Nunez is a Community Health Worker in urban Los Angeles. When her parents, who she brought here from Mexico, passed away from Alzheimer’s Disease a... |
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ACA Workforce: Primary Care - KIM DIXON, MD Dr. Kimberly Dixon once thought she should major in nursing because growing up she had never seen a doctor that looked like her. Now as a pediatrician living... |
CHW - Monisha Gutierrez: https://youtu.be/i3CmpKjIMKM
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ACA Workforce: Community Health Worker - MONISHA GUTIERREZ Just two years ago, Monisha Gutierrez was shot at close range by a young woman undergoing a gang initiation. Initially told she’d never walk again, she rehab... |
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NP - Shannon Fernando: https://youtu.be/9j-4fHKuIXc
https://careerhub.santarosa.edu/career-development