The Dr. Dennis J. Patterson
Center for the Health Professions

Careers in Health Care

Health care professions are today's hottest—and best-paying—careers. In fact, eight of today's 10 fastest growing professions are in health care, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the Patterson Center for the Health Professions, we'll help you choose a career path, and then prepare you for it.

Below are just a few of today's exciting health professions. To find out more about careers in health care, see Web Resources.

• Athletic training
• Audiology
• Chiropractic medicine
• Clinical lab science
• Dentistry
• Diagnostic medical sonography
• Exercise science 
• Genetic counseling
• Histotechnology
• Medical illustration
• Medical laboratory work
• Medicine
• Music therapy
• Nursing
• Nutrition
• Nuclear medicine technology
• Occupational therapy
• Optometry
• Orthopedics
• Pathology
• Pharmacy
• Physical therapy
• Physician assistant 
• Podiatry
• Public health administration
• Radiation therapy
• Recreational therapy
• Respiratory therapy
• Social work
• Speech-language pathology
• Therapeutic recreation specialist
• Veterinary medicine