There are more than 200 health career occupations, not just the familier nursing and physican professions. Each is important in providing health care in a many different work settings, such as homes, hospitals, clinics, offices and laboratories. With such a wide variety of possiblities it may be difficult to choose the right health career for you.
Health professions tend to focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases.
Ask yourself if one of these areas interests you more than others. Spending a few hours in a local library, school career center, researching on the Internet, or best of all, talking to others who work in the career field is a very important part of choosing a career. The El Centro College Allied Health Admissions personnel and individual program coordinators are also a good source of information to help guide your career choice. Contact information for these individuals is found on each program's individual web page. Ask yourself some questions to find out your personal preferences.