Pre-Public Health
公共卫生工作者是卫生服务机构与社区之间的联络人,以促进获得服务的机会,提高服务的质量和文化能力. 它们还通过外联等一系列活动建立个人和社区卫生知识和自给自足, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy.
公共卫生专业人员在所有地理环境中工作, including rural, urban and metropolitan areas; however, they are most often found working in underprivileged and marginalized communities where people may have limited resources; lack access to quality health care; lack the means to pay for health care; do not speak English fluently; or have cultural beliefs, 价值观和行为不同于主导的西方医疗体系. In these communities, 公共卫生工作者在帮助系统在文化上更加适宜和与系统所服务的人群更加相关方面发挥着不可或缺的作用.
(source: 探索健康事业-社区卫生工作者)
Consider the U of I 社区健康教育 & 晋升程度重点 with the 教育、健康与人文科学学院.
建议拥有相关专业的硕士学位,以便在该领域获得更多的就业机会. Examples include
- 公共卫生管理局
- 卫生政策和管理
- 行为、社会和社区健康
- 国际公共卫生管理
- Environmental Health
- 公共卫生教育
- Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- 传染病管理和应急准备
- Human Genetics
Next Steps
- 加入健康职业预备课程,并要求加入 公共卫生前电子邮件列表
- Meet with the 学前健康专业顾问 每学期制定专业和学术发展计划,回顾自己的进步
- Choose a degree major that you enjoy and that provides a good “back-up plan” and career path in case you change your mind about public health; common majors include Exercise Science, >Biology, Food and Nutrition, Psychology, Human Development, 国际研究, and Environmental Science, 但是,如果学生完成了先决课程和个别硕士课程规定的其他入学标准,所有专业都将被考虑
- 仔细检查最感兴趣的研究生课程的入学要求,并参加必修课程
- 参加课外活动, leadership, 志愿者活动, 并获得信誉良好的认证
- 与教师建立牢固的关系, public health workers, 还有其他人会写推荐信
- 参加学前健康职业计划研讨会和网络 events
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