Colorado Health Career Guide
The Colorado Health Career Guide was first developed as a booklet in 1998 by the Colorado Area Health Education Center. The on-line version of the updated book became available in 2001 and was hosted by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. This is now the fourth edition of the career guide with special attention paid to adding information about on-line programs.
Much effort has been put into this on-line Health Career Guide to make it up to date. But, the information is always changing. Schools come and go (we added 6 schools and dropped 3). The names of careers change. And on-line programs growing at an astonishing rate.
If you know of changes please contact Meredith Lopez at meredith_lopez@coloradohealthcareers.org so we can update the information.
2009 Summer Health Careers Institute
This six-day program accepts students from all over the state who will come together to explore various medical health professions as well as have the opportunity to tour health care facilities; discuss career options with professors and health practitioners; and shadow a health professional during the trip to the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus "job shadow day" in Aurora. Learn more.
Contributions
Providing us with information to keep this Colorado Health Career Guide up to date is very important. It is also important to think about contributing financially to the Guide.
If you have found the Colorado Health Career Guide useful (if it helped launch in a new exciting career) please feel free to send a donation to the great people at Central Colorado AHEC. their dedication to this project has made it all possible. Donations can be sent to:
Central Colorado AHEC
PO Box 6267
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Youth Section
A special section for youth has been added to the site. Currently there is information regarding:
How to Use this Site
The site can be navigated by using the Careers page. This will allow you to search for different health careers. Each health career includes information on its salary, educational requirements, high school preparation and schools or training facilities offering degrees or certificates. The careers are grouped by discipline though there is also an alphabetical career list of all 82 careers.
The Schools link shows a list of the Colorado schools/agencies that offer some sort of program related to health careers. It should be noted that the schools list also includes agencies that offer training specific to health careers. Agencies might include a hospital that offers training in Radiation Technology. There are currently 106 schools/agencies in our database. If you know of a school that is not in our listing please use the form at Suggestions. Also note that each school may offer more than one opportunity for a health career; as such, we have 106 schools/agencies offering 465 programs/degrees.
The Organizations link provides a list of professional organizations that support different health careers. As you explore a health career it can be invaluable to visit the professional organizations associated with that career to learn more.
The Suggestions link allows you, as the user of this site, to get involved in keeping the Colorado Health Career guide up to date. Users can suggest careers (6 have been added in this edition). professional organizations and school/agencies. The suggestion is submitted to staff at Central Colorado AHEC who then determine its appropriateness for the site.
There is also a page of Frequently Asked Questions (or FAQ's) that puts the guide into context. Additionally, questions can be asked related to health careers.
The Financial Aid link takes the user to a series of information pages related financial aid from federal, state and other sources. The financial aid pages are not meant to include all the information there could be and the user is encouraged to contact the school for the most up-to-date information,
The on-line guide will attempt to keep the guide up to date with current data. If you have any updates, questions or concerns please e-mail meredith_lopez@coloradohealthcareers.org.