Explore Health Careers: Search engine categorized by specific health career

Health Care Careers & Jobs: This site provides insights on the healthcare job market and lists the fastest growing jobs in this market.

Occupational Outlook Handbook:  Health: Many health-related careers are described; from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Washington Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (WAHOTT): Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow is an interactive site full of information about healthcare careers. Hosted by Yakima Valley Community College’s Allied Health Center of Excellence.

Washington Healthcare Careers: Search for schools by city or by degree program; search for jobs by city or job category.

Workforce Explorer Washington: Labor market information, job searches, and labor force statistics.

All Nursing Schools: This site is a valuable resource for anyone interested in a nursing career. It provides information on nursing programs at the undergraduate level and on continuing education for nurses.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing: The AACN is an organization that represents undergraduate and graduate nursing programs and maintains educational standards for these programs. Students can learn about nursing schools across the US as well as the nursing profession in general.

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine: The AACOM provides details about osteopathic medical schools, how osteopathic doctors differ from other doctors, and career paths for osteopathic doctors

Association of American Medical Colleges: The AAMC is a non-profit organization founded to reform medical education. Read about medical schools, the MCAT, how to apply to medical school, various medical careers, and financing a medical education.

Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions: The ASAHP is an informative site that features specifics about a variety of health-related careers.

CollegeView: Explore your educational options using CollegeView’s powerful search engine, which allows you to search for schools using criteria such as areas of study, location and school size.

Discover Nursing: Great website with wonderful nurse career information. Free nurse promotional materials: brochures, posters, pins, coloring books (in English and Spanish). Good information on nurse scholarships, nursing schools with slots available, and the variety of nurse specialty careers.

Electronic Campus: A good site for researching the right school for you; many courses are available online, although the site has been tailored to support colleges and universities in the southern United States.

Employment and Wage Data: National and by state, includes health professions.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center:

The Seattle-based biomedical research institution hosts educational programs for high school students and for educators. Their summer internship program accommodates six to eight students each year, depending on funds.

Health Care Careers & Jobs: This site provides insights on the healthcare job market and lists the fastest growing jobs in this market.

JobStar Central: JobStar.org is a valuable resource for information on health, medicine, and nursing salaries and job projections.

Kaplan: Kaplan is a national testing center that provides test preparation materials for everything from the ACT and SAT to the MCAT and GRE. The site offers tips on how to prepare for these tests, as well as various articles about the tests themselves.

Medical Mysteries: Interactive video game for youth, complete with teachers’ guide. From the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, Rice University.

National Consortium on Health Science Education: Great website for the national health skill standards and national activities. Go to ”Educational Links” for health science curriculum utilized in other states.

National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education: NIH curriculum supplements, free to K-12 science teachers and school administrators. Includes Lifeworks Career Database, “Women Are Scientists” video and poster series, and “Careers in Science: Women in Research.”

Northwest Association for Biomedical Research: The NWABR has developed a number of science outreach programs, including curriculum on science ethics for K-12. In addition to week-long summer workshops for secondary science teachers, NWABR offers lesson plans that tie in with content issues in all science disciplines and align with the state’s EALRs.

Occupational Outlook Handbook:  Health: Many health-related careers are described; from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Outbreak at Watersedge:

The University of Minnesota’s Midwest Center for Life-Long-Learning in Public Health has developed a computer game that’s designed to introduce high school students to the field of public health. A teacher’s guide and resources list are available, and the game is also available in a CD format.

SAT Vocabulary Preparation: Over 3,000 multiple choice questions to help high school students prepare for the vocabulary section of the new SAT exam. Also free access to a database browser to review and print the questions and correct answers.

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI): BioQuest science education program.

Snapshots of Science and Medicine: Health-related information and articles for K-12 students, their teachers, parents, and anybody interested in medicine and health; from the Office of Science and Education and the National Institutes of Health.

SparkAction: College prep information that is kid-friendly. Some scholarship/financial aid information is available.

Technological Horizons in Education: Good online journal on distance education.

Washington Center for Nursing: Licensing and career information specific to Washington State.

Washington Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (WAHOTT): Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow is an interactive site full of information about healthcare careers. Hosted by Yakima Valley Community College’s Allied Health Center of Excellence.

Washington Healthcare Careers: Search for schools by city or by degree program; search for jobs by city or job category.

Workforce College: Offers unique services for Washington’s community and technical colleges and employers, including searches for schools by degree program.

Workforce Explorer Washington: Labor market information, job searches, and labor force statistics.

Directory of Family Practice Residency Programs: Complete listing of Directors, addresses.

HealthLinks: Brings the library services of the University of Washington to your computer. “Toolkits” are available for care providers, grant seekers, instructors, students and social workers, and for the fields of bioresearch and public health.

National Student Nurses’ Association: This organization is organized by student nurses who advocate for student and patient rights and collaborate on national and regional nursing issues. The site provides valuable information on the types of nursing careers available and explains the process of becoming a nurse. Includes scholarship resources as well as applications for members.

Preceptor Information: Our volunteer preceptors are exemplary community physicians with a strong interest in introducing students to the joys and challenges of providing care to rural and urban-underserved populations.

Protecting Confidentiality in Healthcare Education Programs: Addresses protected patient information regulations (known as HIPPA) and the impact on student education.

University of Washington School of Family Medicine: UW-based residency program in family practice and 15 affiliated residency programs throughout the WWAMI region.

University of Washington School of Family Medicine Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program: The UW School of Medicine has published a wonderful website with a program overview, an FAQ page, and a current application.

Want to Be a Successful Preceptor? Get Organized!: Good tips for preceptors.

Washington Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (WAHOTT): Health Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow is an interactive site full of information about healthcare careers. Hosted by Yakima Valley Community College’s Allied Health Center of Excellence.

Washington State Health Professional Loan Repayment and Scholarship: Loan repayment assistance to licensed primary care health professionals and scholarships to students training to become primary care health professionals.

WWAMI SPARX Program: Multi-disciplinary student exchange program.

American Association of University Women: For women graduate students

American Indian College Fund: For American Indian graduate and undergraduate students

American Indian Endowed Scholarship: For American Indian and Alaskan Native graduate and undergraduate students

American Indian Graduate Center: For American Indian and Alaskan Native graduate and undergraduate students

Best Buy Scholarships: Grades 9-12 eligible to apply

Collegeboard: Undergraduate scholarship search engine

Council of Graduate Schools: Fellowship opportunities for graduate students

Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarships: For women graduate and undergraduate students

Edmund F. Maxwell Foundation: For incoming Freshman undergraduate students

Explore Health Careers: Search engine categorized by specific health career

Fastweb: Search engine for national undergraduate scholarships

Gates Millenium Scholars Program: For undergraduate students

Grays Harbor Community Foundation Scholarship: For local students attending undergraduate or graduate programs

Greater Seattle Businesses Association LGBTA Scholarship: For undergraduate LGBTA students

Harvard Financial Aid Initiative: For undergraduate students accepted to Harvard University

Health Workforce Information Center: Search engine for fellowships, awards, and scholarships in health professions

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities: For Hispanic undergraduate and graduate students

Hispanic College Fund: For Hispanic students

Hispanic Scholarship Fund: For Hispanic undergraduate and community college students

HRSA Loan and Scholarship Information: Loan, loan repayment, and scholarship resources for health professionals.

Indian Health Service: For American Indians and Alaskan Natives

National Health Service Corps: The National Health Service Corps is committed to improving the health of the Nation’s underserved. They unite communities in need with caring health professionals and support their efforts to build better systems of care. It helps medically underserved communities recruit and retain primary care clinicians, including dental and mental and behavioral health professionals, to serve in their community.

National Institute of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program: For undergraduate students interested in careers in research

Native American Scholarship Fund: For American Indian undergraduate and graduate students

Pride Foundation: For community college, certificate, undergraduate, and graduate students

Red Cross Youth Scholarship: High school seniors eligible to apply

Seattle Central CC Foundation Scholarships: For SCCC students

South Seattle CC Scholarship Page: For SSCC students

The Washboard: Washington State scholarship search engine

Tylenol Scholarships: For students pursuing a health profession

University of Washington Husky Promise: For state need and Pell grant students attending the University of Washington

Washington Award for Vocational Excellence: For high school/skill center and community/technical college students

Washington College Bound Scholarship: For middle school students planning to attend college

Washington State Health Professional Loan Repayment and Scholarship: Loan repayment assistance to licensed primary care health professionals and scholarships to students training to become primary care health professionals.

Washington State Need Program: Grants for low-income undergraduate students

American Association of Medical Assistants: For students enrolled in medical assisting programs

Association of Schools of Allied Health: For allied health students enrolled in member schools

Washington State Allied Health Center of Excellence: A resource hub for industry trends, best practices, innovative curriculum and professional development located at Yakima Valley Community College

American Dental Education Association: For all dental professions

American Dental Hygienists Association: Scholarships: For dental hygiene students

Chinese-American Medical Society: For Chinese-American medical and dental school students and scientists

Colgate Professional Scholarships: For dental students and researchers

National Arab-American Medical Association: For Arab-American medical and dental students

American Assembly for Men in Nursing: For male pre-RN students

American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarship Page: For nursing students of all levels

American Association of Critical Care Nurses: For nursing students

BestNursingDegree.com: For nursing students of all levels

Braintrack: For nursing students of all levels

Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity: For doctoral students and researchers with a focus in geriatric nursing

Discover Nursing Scholarship Search Engine: Nursing scholarship search engine for all levels

ExceptionalNurse.com: For disabled nursing students

Foundation of National Student Nurses Association: For graduate-level nursing students

King County Nurses Association: For nursing students of RN level or higher

March of Dimes: For graduate-level nursing students

Minority Nurse: Nursing scholarship search engine for students of all levels

National Alaskan Native American Indian Nurses Association: For Alaskan Native nursing students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs

National Association of Hispanic Nurses: For Hispanic nursing students

National Black Nurses Association: For National Black Nurses Association members

Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation: For Nurse Practitioner graduate students

Nurses Educational Funds: For bachelor-level nurses pursuing graduate study

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation (Bachelor’s): For Bachelor’s in Nursing students

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation (Master’s): For Master’s in Nursing students

Online Nursing Programs: For any student in the nursing field

Tafford Uniforms: For nursing students of all levels

University of Washington - Tacoma: Nursing: For UW-Tacoma students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs

Washington Center for Nursing: Licensing and career information specific to Washington State.

Washington State Nurses Foundation: For nursing students of all levels

American Medical Association Scholarships: Scholarships for medical students and research grants

American Medical Women’s Association: For women enrolled in medical school

Chinese-American Medical Society: For Chinese-American medical and dental school students and scientists

Mayo Clinic Visiting Medical Student Clerkship Program: To fund visiting student clerkships at the Mayo Clinic

National Arab-American Medical Association: For Arab-American medical and dental students

National Medical Fellowships: For racially-underrepresented minorities entering medical professions

University of Washington School of Medicine: For UW medical and physician’s assisting students