Additional Resources
This page contains general information resources on the healthcare industry and healthcare careers that is not included in the other sections of the Web site.
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Careers
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"Help Wanted: Making a Difference in Health Care (Part 1)" "Help Wanted: Making a Difference in Health Care (Part 2)" (These articles discuss the differences between the occupations on select career ladders, reasons individuals enter healthcare careers, and the implications of healthcare shortages) "Opportunities in Health Services" EDD, California Community Colleges, and California Department of Education collaborative report on in-demand healthcare careers and training programs) "Make It In Scrubs" - The California Wellness Foundation This site
contains information on career opportunities in the healthcare industry,
educational requirements, and contains profiles of individuals working
in the health professions. (EDD overview of a variety of healthcare occupations, including niche market and developing occupations). (EDD-LMID search tool offering county-specific snapshots of select healthcare careers) Bureau of Health Professions Career Information (Overview of the healthcare industry and professions, healthcare workforce statistics, and links to additional resources) (General overview of national healthcare careers) (A tool to help match individual interest with a career in healthcare) (Information on healthcare careers targeted to individuals nearing retirement age) (Aspects of the national healthcare industry are highlighted in this brief report) (Search for career information, educational programs, financial aid, and information on professional associations) California Health Occupations Student Association (Association focused on promoting health careers among youth and creating a community of future health workers) (Snapshots of health careers presented in youth-friendly format) California Healthcare Industry California Hospital Association (Information on issues driving the California healthcare industry and California health policy news) The Northern and Central California Hospital Council (Check this site for information on local health policy issues as well as job seeker resources) California Workforce Initiative (Visit the link above to learn how the CWI is working with California organizations to improve access to training programs and to investigate healthcare employer needs) The Center for the Health Professions (An excellent resource for Bay Area and West-Coast healthcare workforce information as well as reports on shortage areas and demand occupations) California Wellness Foundation (Contains reports on California health policy issues and population health needs. Also contains health scholarship opportunities and information about healthcare workforce needs.) (Use the site search tool for Endowment press releases on healthcare workforce development needs) The California Healthcare Foundation (Information on California health policy and industry research projects pertaining to workforce development) (California Health Policy and collaborative reports on healthcare workforce development) (Kaiser Family Foundation statistics searchable by State as well as information on workforce development issues) Regional Health Occupations Resource Center (RHORC has partnered with various health organizations and the California Community College System to assist in alleviating healthcare workforce shortages) California Center for Student Success Healthcare Careers Tools (CSS studies the reasons why students struggle in healthcare training programs; presents strategies for increasing minority enrollment, and sample career ladders in healthcare. You can view the CSS research study summaries on the site) California Community College Career Ladders report (Report from the CCC Chancellor's office on proposed career ladder programs) |