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Get Ready for a career in Health Science
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the books: Education programs in Virginia
CTE
Programs in high schools, technical centers, and community colleges
This page helps you find CTE Programs. You can search by keyword
(like health or medical) or find programs offered at your local
high schools, technical centers or community college.
Programs
at Four-Year Colleges
There’s a ton of information at www.ExploreVirginiaColleges.com.
The link above takes you to a page where you can look for health
sciences programs offered at any college in the state. We suggest
looking under Broad Program Area and selecting Health Professions
and Related Sciences.
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Experience: Internships and apprenticeships
Apprenticeships
through the Community College System
Apprenticeships can be your gateway to a great career. Click here
to find the apprenticeship coordinator in your region.
Registered
Apprenticeships
This area of the www.CareerVoyages.gov site explores registered
apprenticeship opportunities in several fields.
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Working directly with patients to improve their health
over time.
The things you could do:
- Clean teeth and teach good oral hygiene as a dental
hygienist.
- Treat people in emergencies as a paramedic.
- Provide medications as a pharmacist.
- Provide care as a nurse.
Using tests and evaluations to find diseases and decide
on treatment of a patient.
The things you could do:
- Draw blood from patients as a phlebotomist.
- Review lab results and report findings.
- Study DNA and conduct genetic research.
- Take x-rays.
Many levels of administrative duties—all healthcare-related.
Everything from hospital managers to clerks.
The things you could do:
- Admit patients to a hospital.
- Transcribe doctors notes into patient files.
- Manage a doctor’s office or a hospital.
- Handle billing for medical visits.
Making the proper environment for health care services.
The things you could do:
- Provide meals with the proper nutrition for patients.
- Maintain sterile working environments for surgery.
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Studying biology and technology as they relate to humans.
The things you could do:
- Study the results of research of human health.
- Develop new drugs for a pharmaceutical company.
- Study the growth of viruses in a laboratory.
- Assist a director of a major research project.
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