NAHEC Career Compass Curriculum: A Tool for Exploring Health Occupations or Creating a Mentorship Program

A Health Career Curriculum designed and tested for the Northern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (NAHEC) by the St. Croix Regional Medical Center in St. Croix Falls, WI, is being offered for purchase. It includes all materials used in a successful mentorship program. Most documents are in MS Word and can be customized by the purchasing agency. Some documents are in pdf format and must be replicated by the purchaser. After payment, the curriculum is emailed. Sample Letters, Brochures, Forms, Agendas, Posters, and Events are included. Click on the image above for a list of the documents in a larger font. It is an excellent resource for schools, health projects, and organizations involved in exploring health careers and mentoring activities. Cost: $50.00. Credit to NAHEC and St. Croix Regional Medical Center for the original curriculum development must be given on your tailored product. This curriculum may be purchased at the NAHEC product website. Health Careers Bookmarks (www.healthcareers.org) and Healthy Wisconsin People (www.healthywisconsin.org) are also available at the site.

Statewide Educational Offerings in Health and Medicine

The Northern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center has developed a statewide listings of educational offerings in health/medical topics and other courses of interest to health professionals. Searching is possible by date, topic, and location. There is also an online course section.

Choosing Environmental Health As A Career?

Environmental Health is a field providing a wide variety of employement oportunities. Trained professionals in this career provide research, technical information, inspection and consultation services for many industries and agencies. Environmental health specialists may be employed in local, state, or federal health-releated agencies. Others may work in food processing, occupational health, environmental monitoring firms, and insurance companies.

To learn more about what careers are available in Environmental Health, downlad the Environmental Health Careers brochure. To obtain copies of the Environmental Health Careers brochure, contact Nancy Eggleston at (715) 421-8940 or neggleston@co.wood.wi.us. If you have further questions about a career in Environmental Health, visit the Wisconsin Environmental Health website.

Great Health Career Websites

NAHEC would like to recommend the following sites. We use them for our health career workshops. They are: Wisconsin AHEC Health Careers,My First Day, Resume Doctor (Free Evaluation),The Occupational Information Network (O*NET), LifeWorks, Careers 4 Wisconsin, and The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).

SDS Career Assessment

A career assessment is a great way to see if a health career is right for you. The Self-Directed Search (SDS) career skills assessment helps both adults and high school students to evaluate their career options. The SDS allows each participant to choose careers and fields of study that best match their self-reported interest and skills. You may take the the Self-Directed Search (SDS) on your own Online Self-Directed Search for a cost of $9.95 or purchase volume accounts.

Wisconsin Regional Healthcare Alliances

For regional information about the Wisconsin Healthcare Regional Alliances and Their Development Efforts, please visit their website.

Discover Nursing

Who are today's nurses? What kinds of jobs can nurses do? Why should I consider a career in Nursing? How do I become a nurse? Find out the answers to these questions at Discover Nursing. This site is published by Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc., Piscataway, NJ.

A Free Online Health Careers Resource

ExploreHealthCareers.org is funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation through a grant to the Association of Academic Health Centers.

Medical Careers: Behind the Scenes

At the recent 4H & Youth Conference, participants had a chance to learn about careers in health care. Students from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health gave presentations on education for careers in health care, how the body works, physcial examination skills, suturing, and a final tour of MedFlight, UW Hospital's helicopter. The turnout was fantastic and the reviews were great; we look forward to running the same workshop for next year's conference. The program is sponsored by both the UWSMPH Department of Family Medicine and the Wisconsin Medical Society.

Building a Health Care Workforce for Wisconsin's Future

For this publication and other healthcare workforce information, please visit the Wisconsin Hospital Association website.

Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)

HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) provides opportunities for high school and post-secondary students to plan and participate in educational experiences that prepare them for careers in the health care professions. For information on the Wisconsin HOSA program, please visit their website.

DWD Healthcare Workforce Development

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is the state agency charged with building and strengthening Wisconsin's workforce. Ongoing initiatives include Healthcare Workforce Development.

Wisconsin Medical Society Grants and Scholarships

Their postings of foundation grants and scholarships can be found at their website.