Healthcare, Nutrition and Wellbeing
Are you interested in helping people live healthy lives and address their health concerns?
Are you looking for a career in a growing field with a lot of different opportunities from dental hygienists to paramedics and from physical therapists to pharmacists?
Do you enjoy working with other people to improve their diet, physical health, and lifestyle?
Careers in this pathway involve understanding how the human body working with people to improve their level of health. Careers like physical therapy, dietician, nurses, midwives and medical technicians work in a variety of different spaces, and all demand interdisciplinary skills, People will thrive in this industry if they are able to understand and study physical health and be able talk to diverse communities about healthcare.
Career Examples:
Pharmacy; Dentistry; Optometry; Nursing (practitioners, registered, licensed practical, vocational, anesthetists, midwives); Physician assistants; Clinical laboratory technology, medical records, health information technology; EMTs and paramedics; Physical therapy, athletic trainers, exercise physiologists; Dietitians and nutritionists.
IS3D Disciplines to Consider:
Anthropology
Biology
Communication
Gerontology
Kinesiology
Psychology
Public Health
Social Work
