Health Careers Resources

There are several great resources in print and online to help you find out more about pursuing a future in a health-related field. We have gathered useful links for staying on track for graduation, researching careers and more.

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Health career exploration links

Researching your future

The internet is a great tool to help you find out more information about health careers. But sometimes it can be hard to find good, reliable links to help in your research. Below is a list of website that we recommend you check out.

Explore Health Careers - information about various healthcare careers including job outlook and academic requirements

About Health Careers - general information about a wide variety of health career topics

Wisconsin Health Careers (AHEC) - information on healthcare careers and the Wisconsin educational institutions that offer the various programs

Standardized testing information

So many acronyms, so little time

You may recognize some of the acronyms below as tests you could have to take in order to get in to a professional school. Below you can see what type of test it is, information about style of the test and how it is scored. 

Entrance Exam Preparatory Resources

Links to the tests and their fee waiver programs:

• Dental Admissions Test (DAT)
  • DAT Fee Waivers (Reduction in exam cost only, no preparatory materials.)  
  • Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) – Most other graduate-level programs  
    • GRE Fee Reduction Program (Reduction in exam cost only, no preparatory materials.)  
  • Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) – Also used by schools of podiatry  
    • AAMC Fee Assistance Program (If you are eligible, you receive test prep resources in addition to a reduction in the cost of the exam.)  
  • Optometry Admissions Test (OAT)  
    • OAT Partial Fee Waiver (on page 12) (Reduction in exam cost only, no preparatory materials.)
  • Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT)
    • No fee waiver program.

Test prep companies: Check their websites for free resources!*

• Altius Test Prep (MCAT only) 
• BlueprintPrep (MCAT only)
• Barron's (GRE only)
• Bootcamp (DAT & OAT)
• CrackDAT
• CrackOAT
• CurveSetter (MCAT only)
• DAT Booster
• Examkrackers
• Kaplan
• The Gold Standard
• OAT Booster
• Peterson's
• Princeton Review
• Varsity Tutors
• UWorld (MCAT only)

*The Health Careers Center is not endorsing any of these programs - only providing a list of resources available.

Centralized Application Services and Instructions for Applying

• ADEA AADSAS – ADEA Associated American Dental Schools Application Service
• AMCAS – American Medical College Application Service
• AACOMAS – American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service
• AACPMAS – American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine Application Service
• CASPA – Central Application Service for Physician Assistants
• NAAHP-The National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
• NDCAS – Naturopathic Doctor Centralized Application Service
• OMSAS - Ontario Medical School Application Service
• OptomCAS – Optometry Centralized Application Service
• OTCAS – Occupational Therapy Application Service
• PharmCAS – Pharmacy College Application Service
• PTCAS – Physical Therapy Centralized Application Service
• SOPHAS - Schools of Public Health Application Service
• TMDSAS - Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service
• VMCAS – Veterinary Medical College Application Service

A wealth of knowledge at your disposal

Before you go out and buy that expensive book on how to study for a certain exam, check out what we have to offer in the Health Careers Center. We are always growing our collection of materials for you to study and learn from. Plus, many of our items are available for check-out. View the list of print resources we have in the center and stop by to see what we've added to our collection recently.

Types of print resources available

Program guides, application resources, and exam preparation materials.

Please email hcc@uwec.edu if you would like more information on our materials or are interested in borrowing them.