Health Science Career Cluster

 

Healthcare is the largest and fastest-growing industry in the United States. In the Health Science Career Cluster you can prepare for a career that promotes health, wellness and diagnosis, and treats injuries and diseases.

Some careers involve working directly with people, while others involve research into diseases or collecting and formatting data and information. You could work in hospitals, medical or dental offices, laboratories, communities, medivac units, sports arenas or cruise ships.

 

 

This career cluster is organized into five career pathways:

1. Therapeutic Services
2. Diagnostic Services
3. Health Informatics
4. Support Services
5. Biotechnology Research and Development

 

Careers

Students in health science learn and practice skills that prepare them for diverse post-high school education and training opportunities, from apprenticeships and two-year college programs to four-year college and graduate programs. more

This cluster will introduce you to a variety of interesting careers including:

Physician Surgeon Nurse Dentist Scientist Hospital administrator Health unit coordinator Nutritionist or dietician

Medical or public health researcher Medical lab technician Physician's or medical assistant Nursing assistant Dental assistant Transcriptionist Physical therapist Pharmacist

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Employment Statistics

1. Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations
2. Healthcare Support Occupations
3. Career Guide to Health Care

 

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Education Pays - In Higher Earnings and Lower Unemployment Rate

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Your Dream Job: Getting There Through Career and Technical Education (CTE)

No matter what your dream, you can pursue it through Career and Technical Education (CTE), a program for middle and high school students in Washington's public schools.  more

Through Career and Technical Education, you can explore career opportunities and learn how core school subjects like math, science and writing are used in real-life by:

1. Engineers
2. Architects
3. Green technology experts
4. Doctors, nurses and other health providers
5. Construction workers
6. Transportation experts
7. And many other professionals
   
   

Check out the hundreds of career options available to you on their Career Clusters pages.

 

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Preparing for Your Future

Nearly 90 percent of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S. require some form of education beyond high school. Almost 80 percent of all jobs in the foreseeable future will require some type of certification, credential, postsecondary degree or long-term training, though only 40 percent of these jobs require a four-year college degree.

That means that every student needs to plan and prepare for education after high school, how to pay for that education, and how to thrive in and graduate from high school itself. (Figures provided by the Institute for a Competitive Workforce's The Skills Imperative.)  more

This page will provide information on how CTE can strengthen your education and help you prepare for your future:

1. Career counseling and exploration
2. CTE classes
3. Navigation 101
4. Skill Center
5. Meeting credit and graduation requirements
6. Tech Prep
7. Running Start for the Trades
8. Work experience opportunities
9. Student leadership organizations
10. Education after high school

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Washington Health Opportunities for Today & Tomorrow
A Free Premiere Health Care Career Website

Health care offers so many different opportunities; the toughest part may be choosing where to start. That's easy now, all you have to do is visit WAHOTT!

This is a FREE web site where you can create your own HOTT account and begin to explore the many exciting careers in the health care field.

If you are a career-seeking student who wants to gather information, compare different health careers, visualize educational / training requirements, and plan for a career in health / health care then this FREE premiere career exploration web site is the one for you!

Visit: www.wahott.com

 

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CampusRN Scholarship Fund

Apply for the CampusRN - Washington Nursing Scholarship

Visit CampusRN to apply for the $2500.00 regional scholarship.

 

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Nano for Kids

One of the nation's formidable problems is a looming shortage of scientific and engineering personnel. Semiconductor companies worldwide are facing a critical shortage of technically trained employees. This shortage is expected to continue for the foreseeable future despite the cyclical history of the industry.

In response, CNSE conducts multi-level programs that encourage science awareness in grades K-12 to help ensure the U.S. science and technology workforce of the future. more

Nano Games

Try your hand at one of these exciting "nano games," courtesy of PlayGen's NanoMissiontm--the world's first scientifically accurate interactive 3D learning game based on understanding nanosciences and nanotechnology! more

 

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