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ohiomom
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 Mon, Nov 04 2024, 7:20 pm
Hi! My daughter is interested in a career with some clinical exposure but not SLP, OT, PT or nursing. So, something else in Allied Health. She's trying to decide what to take in college to keep the most doors open. She's not interested in nursing, but would be a great health educator; wants to understand science and coach / teach / work 1:1 or maybe small groups...Some sort of patient liaison or trainer? What masters' programs have been unexpectedly (or expectedly) helpul?
What careers are out there?
Thank you!
Hope this is a fun thread for someone:)
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amother
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Mon, Nov 04 2024, 7:38 pm
Generally patient educators are nurses. You can look on indeed to see how many jobs there are in your area under the title "nurse educator"
Can also be a masters level geneticist.
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chestnut
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Mon, Nov 04 2024, 7:46 pm
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Maybe get a bachelor's in nursing and then master's in public health or administration?
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Just One
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Mon, Nov 04 2024, 8:18 pm
Genetic Counselor would fit the bill.
Also, she might want to reconsider nursing. So many options for nurses in education, schools, research, mh support. It's really the most open ended allied health major.
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amother
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Mon, Nov 04 2024, 9:50 pm
Dietician
Nutritionist
Medical Liaison
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amother
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Mon, Nov 04 2024, 10:01 pm
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Mon, Nov 04 2024, 11:01 pm
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jd1212
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 12:07 am
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Don’t go the dietitian route. Woefully underpaid. Nursing can be completely education
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amother
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 1:08 am
Child life specialist?
The thing is - if she gets a nursing degree - she still has to do so much nursing stuff and if she doesn’t like that…
Is there another route to a masters in public health?
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ohiomom
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 8:55 am
| amother RosePink wrote: | Child life specialist?
The thing is - if she gets a nursing degree - she still has to do so much nursing stuff and if she doesn’t like that…
Is there another route to a masters in public health? |
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Thank you all!
I think she might enjoy an MPH, but do people with masters in public health have a route to working with individuals rather than policies?
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Petra
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 8:57 am
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Look into sonography. Sonographers generally require a 4 yr degree and are paid well but I believe there are some programs that are 2 yr.
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amother
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 9:02 am
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My friend had a great job on a teenage cancer unit, working as a liason between parents and teenage patients, and medical staff. She wasn't working as a nurse, but she needed the knowledge and experience she gained from training as a nurse in order to be able to do it.
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amother
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 9:03 am
Respiratory therapy
Child life specialist
Radiation Tech
Perfusionist
Genetic counsellor
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amother
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 9:53 am
| ohiomom wrote: | ----------------------------------
Thank you all!
I think she might enjoy an MPH, but do people with masters in public health have a route to working with individuals rather than policies? |
Public health is for people who are interested in high level positions in which they set policy and/or run organizations involved in public health.
You would serve patients' needs but not on a one on one basis.
What are her end goals? In general working individually with patients or clients is not very lucrative with certain exceptions and generally that would require time to build up a private client base.
My friend has a PHD in public health and runs a large health organization on an executive level. It is instrumental in setting important health policies for a large number of people. It also pays well and is emotionally satisfying.
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chestnut
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 11:10 am
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Would she be interested in being an NP? That's nursing plus an NP program (1.5 y, I think)
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chestnut
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 11:11 am
| Petra wrote: | | Look into sonography. Sonographers generally require a 4 yr degree and are paid well but I believe there are some programs that are 2 yr. |
Haven't heard of 4y programs, only 2 y ones.
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Petra
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 11:40 am
| chestnut wrote: | | Haven't heard of 4y programs, only 2 y ones. |
In my neck of the woods, most of the programs are through 4 yr bachelor programs but there is one that is associates but its not accredited.
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amother
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Tue, Nov 05 2024, 5:32 pm
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PharmD + MPH would yield many open doors. Touro has a dual program.
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