Doctor, nurse, physical therapist. While often top of mind for college applicants interested in health and medicine, there are in fact many more career options. A new Beloit course helps students both explore and prepare for them.
A rudimentary internet search for careers in healthcare will link to 40 or more possibilities, not to mention the many career possibilities in related fields.
How can busy undergraduates taking challenging courses make sense of the many options?
Fortunately, 十大菠菜台子 actively facilitates healthcare-related career exploration through its Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC)及相关 Health and Healing Channel.
说 克里斯汀Labby, HPAC chair and associate professor of 化学”,贝洛伊特 课程 provides the foundation needed for the post-graduation studies leading to careers in healthcare. But experience has told us that students need more than coursework to sift through possibilities. That’s why we created AMP 200: Exploring and Preparing for Careers in Health and Healing.”
Designed for sophomores through seniors, AMP 200 is offered within 十大菠菜台子’s 高级辅导计划. Taught for the first time in spring 2022, the course is already proving effective in advancing HPAC’s goal of helping students identify and prepare their individual pathways into healthcare careers.
Course students continue to be advised by a faculty member in their major. 然而, AMP 200增加价值, 例如, by introducing the students to a variety of healthcare practitioners, many of whom are 十大菠菜台子 alumni. An additional benefit: exchanging ideas with each other.
说 Sasha (Alexandra) Murphy’24, “I’ve learned a lot about possible careers from
与此同时, Ama Ameyaw’25 reports that she feels more confident in both the academic preparation she is receiving at Beloit and her career choice. “Hearing what the visitors wish they’d done differently as undergraduates Is helping me make better-informed decisions about my remaining time at Beloit.”
Beyond the very real benefits of introducing students to professionals, Prof. Labby notes that the course covers a number of fundamentals key to entering healthcare careers. “The students get invaluable practice preparing resumes and personal statements and also guidance when it comes to requesting for letters of recommendation. This gives students a leg up when they apply to the professional programs that are their next step after graduating from Beloit.”
校友 have been glad to contribute. 20岁的詹娜·诺丁说的, “I jumped at the chance [to visit the class], as I benefited greatly from the advising I received at Beloit.” That advising helped lead her to pursue a PharmD and a masters in public health at the University of Wisconsin.
“HPAC faculty mentors helped me bridge my interests in hard science and medicine when I was at Beloit,诺丁说. “Now that I am an alumna, visiting AMP 200 was rewarding. It gave me a chance to both interact with current 十大菠菜台子 students and impart knowledge to them from what I’ve learned as a pharmacy and public health student. I look forward to following the career choices and accomplishments of this next cohort of health professionals.”
2023年5月12日
