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HRSA: Health Professions

The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has a special program that focuses on health profession workforce development that is designed to ensure that "the U.S. has the right clinicians, with the right skills, working where they are needed." The "About" tab offers more about health professions and offers visitors a downloadable copy of the...

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/
Office of Science Education - LifeWorks

The Office of Science Education has created a website entitled LifeWorks, which provides interactive health and medical science career exploration for middle and high school students. There are multiple ways to look at the different careers in health and medicine via the browse tool on the homepage. Visitors can view an alphabetical list, see what education is required for a job, check out the...

https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2011/09/lifeworks
Office of Science Education: Life Works

What does a respiratory therapist do? It's a good question and it is one that is answered in great detail on the National Institutes of Health's Office of Science Education "Life Works" homepage. The site was designed to help young people learn about different careers in the life and medical sciences. Visitors can browse for information on more than 100 careers by title, education required,...

https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/pdf/MLP_Summer_2011.pdf
Office of Science Education: LifeWorks: Explore Health and Medical Science Careers

The National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education presents LifeWorks, an online guide to exploring careers in the health and medical sciences. LifeWorks offers a number of features such as Career Finder -- a searchable database of over 100 career descriptions. Details include required education and average salary. The site also features interviews with people working in the health and...

http://nihlifeworks.org/feature/index.htm