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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

For Students 9th - 10th
Occupational health and safety specialists inspect workplaces to be sure all safety standards are followed. This is particularly important in dangerous jobs such as coal miners, but potential hazards can be found in all occupations. This...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Industrial Safety and Health Engineer

For Students 9th - 10th
On the job safety is an important goal for industry. The industrial safety and health engineer is the one responsible for recognizing risks, and developing strategies to address them. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Health Educator

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the career of health educator in this Science Buddies career profile. You can find out who hires health educators and what their on the job work is like as well as the educational requirements to become one. If you enjoy...
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Learning Information Service: Public Health Inspector

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete description of the career of a public health inspector including duties, working conditions, skills, education and training, and employment outlook and wages.
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Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Massage Therapist

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides detailed information on the career of a massage therapist. Read about the tasks and duties, personal requirements, education, working conditions, and much more.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Physicians and Surgeons

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains information about medical careers, like physicians and surgeons.
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Health and Safety Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a resource for professional safety, health instruction and accreditation for health professionals. Includes a career center, training programs, and much more.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Registered Nurses

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about the nursing career as well as information on many other careers. The search engine can be used to find any career listed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Ohio Health Information Management Association: Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
General Health Information Management information at the OHIMA home.
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American Psychological Association

Apa: Interesting Careers in Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
Focus on non-academic careers for scientific psychologists. Provides links to several scientific psychologists who explain how they secured a job in a nontraditional setting outside the "lab" or "university setting."
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Medical Records and Health Information Tech

For Students 9th - 10th
Career trends and employment projections are detailed in this Department of Labor site. General information on the Medical Records and Health Information Technician profession is also provided.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists and Techs

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides everything you need to know on the career of an occupational health and safety specialist and technician.
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Other

Hospital Jobs Online: Healthcare Job Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
Locate a variety of healthcare jobs for Nurses, Physicians, Pharmacists, Physical Therapists, Radiology, Administrators, other healthcare professionals.
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Nursing Jobs Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in exploring career opportunitiesin nursing. Nursing Jobs Online provides a variety of information on nursing opportunties.
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University of California

Univ. Of California: Career Exploration Link

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in exploring a career? The occupational career exploration links allow you you to select a professional area and display potential job paths within that field.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Kids Work! Real People: Dietitian

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with a dietitian in which she answers questions about her work, qualifications, and other career-related issues.
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American Association of Colleges of Nursing

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page of an association of college nursing education programs. Their mission is to improve and monitor the educational programs for nurses across the nation. Professional, educational, and research resources are included, as well as...
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American Dental Association: Be a Dentist

For Students 9th - 10th
From the American Dental Association, this page informs those with an interest in a career in dentistry. It includes information about professional associations, "day in the life" profiles of dentists, a list of ten reasons dentists...
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Counselors

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about counseling careers. Also includes duties, training, salaries, work situations, and job outlook.
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American Medical Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is the homepage of the association responsible for licensing all medical education programs in the US, and setting the standards for medical education, practice, and research. Contains professional and educational resources.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Physician Assistants

For Students 9th - 10th
Published by the U.S. Department of Labor, this site offers a great deal of information about the Physician Assistant career.
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Psych Net Uk

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of psychology! Investigate association/societies, jobs, training, colleges, and industry profiles.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Choosing a Career in Health

For Teachers 9th - 10th
There are two lessons in this lesson plan site. The first gives the students an appreciation of the need for hand washing to prevent disease and the second allows the students to explore the health field and to describe a career that...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Deep Knee Bends: Measuring Knee Stress With a Mechanical Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Prosthetic limbs and artificial joints can help people with disease or injury lead a normal life. Sports medicine or physical therapy is also an area that relates to this experiment. Either way, this project serves as a good match if any...