by Claire Carter
Editorial Assistant, Carnegie Communications
Midwives are known for offering a more personal approach to women's health care. They support and guide their patients before, during, and after childbirth.
read more
by Catherine Seraphin
Former Assistant Editor, Online Specialist, Carnegie Communications
Optometrists help the world see as perfectly as possible. But what exactly do optometrists do, and how to they learn to do it?
read more
by Jessica Tomer
Editor, Carnegie Communications
Nurses and doctors, the general practitioners as you may know them, are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to health care professionals. There is a wealth of health careers out there in what are known as the allied health fields.
read more
by John Bray
Director of Public Relations, D'Youville College
The demand for qualified nurses has never been higher. If you want a health care career with direct patient interaction, a fast-paced and ever-changing workday, and the opportunity to work in almost any setting, then nursing is for you!
read more
by Steven M. Levsen
Director, Chemistry Program, Mount Mary College
Perhaps you feel it--the call to become a physician. The path to medical school and the subsequent practice of medicine is notoriously rigorous and very competitive. Yet, some say the hardest part of the journey is the admission process.
read more
by Gregory M. Andraso
Director of the Pre-medical and Related Health Professional Programs, Gannon University
What makes someone an ideal med school applicant? What do admission counselors look for? How should students, both pre-med and not, prepare?
read more
by Jason Barone
Assistant Director of Marketing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case We
How can you make a difference and improve the lives of others? Become a nurse.
read more
by Gina Garrison, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
One of the most trusted and accessible health care professionals, pharmacists are the medication experts. But few understand the educational background and diverse opportunities available in pharmacy, or how the profession is evolving in many exciting ways.
read more
by Marty Witrak, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Dean, School of Nursing at the College of St. Scholastica
Changes within health care, highlighted by the passage of the federal health reform in the spring of 2010, afford tremendous opportunities and challenges for nurses.
read more
by Meghan Kutz
The residency is one of the last steps toward becoming a full-fledged doctor. It's an exciting, stressful, amazing learning experience, and I am right in the middle of it as a resident at the Duluth Family Practice Center in Minnesota.
read more
