PRE-ALLIED HEALTH at the COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
NOTE: A new website for health
professions is being developed at
http://www.cofc.edu/~healthprof
For up-to-date advice on pursuing an education and career in
Allied Health, please contact Health Professions Advisor Karen Eippert.
Health Professions Advisor: Ms. Karen Eippert
Office: Science Building, Room 139
Phone: 953-6460
Email: eippertk@cofc.edu
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Susan Morrison
For reference, the 2004
edition of the handbook is available
for download
as a MSWord.doc.
DOWNLOAD THE 2004 PRE-ELLIED HEALTH
HANDBOOK
The NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL, INC. http://www.nhcouncil.org/
1730 M Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 785-3910
call for price list & order form [publisher of "270 Ways to Put Your Talent to Work in the Health Field" and good source of much more information]
ALLIANCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR PROFESSIONALS http://acp-online.org
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS’ ASSISTANTS http://www.anesthetist.org
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS http://www.aapa.org
950 N. Washington St.; Alexandria, VA 22314-1534
AMERICAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION http://www.arttherapy.org
1202 Allanson Rd; Mundelein, IL 60060
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL CHEMISTRY http://www.aacc.org
2029 "K" Street, N.W.; Washington, DC 2006
AMERICAN ASSOCIATON FOR RESPIRATORY CARE http://www.aarc.org
AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION http://www.counseling.org
AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION http://www.namt.com
P.O. Box 80012; Valley Forge, PA 19484
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESPIRATORY THERAPY http://www.aarc.org
11030 Ables Lane, Dallas, TX 75229
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BIOANALYSTS http://www.aab.org
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS http://www.aabb.org
8101 Glenbrook Rd; Bethesda, MD 20814
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS http://www.aama-ntl.org
20 N. Wacker Dr, Suite 1575; Chicago, IL 60606-2903
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PATHOLOGISTS’ ASSISTANTS http://www.pathologistsassistants.org
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACY TECHNICIANS http://www.ashp.org
AMERICAN BOARD OF GENETIC COUNSELING http://www.faseb.org/genetics
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS http://www.achca.org
325 S. Patrick St; Alexandria, VA 22314
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVES http://www.ache.org
840 N. Lake Shore Dr., Suite 1103 W; Chicago, IL 60611
AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION http://www.counseling.org
AMERICAN DANCE THERAPY ASSOCIATION http://www.adta.org
2000 Century Plaza; Columbia, MD 21044
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATON http://www.dentalassistant.org
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION http://www.ada.org
AMERICAN DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ ASSOCIATION http://www.adha.org
AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION http://www.eatright.org
216 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 800; Chicago, IL 60606-6995
AMERICAN HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOC. http://www.ahima.org
919 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION http://www.aiha.org
345 White Pond Drive, Akron, OH 44320
AMERICAN KINESIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION http://www.akta.org
AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS http://www.amt1.com
710 Higgins Rd, Park Ridge, IL 60068
AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATOIN http://www.musictherapy.org
AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION http://www.aota.org
1383 Piccard Dr., Rockville, MD 20849-1725
AMERICAN ORTHOPTIC COUNCIL http://www.orthoptics.org
AMERICAN ORTHOTIC & PROSTHETIC ASSOCIATON http://www.aopanet.org
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION http://www.apta.org
1111 N. Fairfax St, Alexandria, VA 22314
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY http://www.asmusa.org
1752 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-2804
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CYTOTECHNOLOGY http://www.asct.com
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY http://ascp.org
(for blood banking, medical technology, clinical lab sciences)
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CYTOPATHOLOGY http://www.cytopathology.org
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY http://www.asecho.org
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EXTRACORPOREAL TECHNOLOGISTS http://www.amsect.org
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS http://www.asrt.org
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION http://www.asha.org
10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION & REHABILITATION OF
THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED http://www.aerbvi.org
ASSOCIATION OF GENETIC TECHNOLOGISTS http://www.agt-info.org
ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATORS http://www.medical-illustrators.org
1819 Peachtree St, NE, Suite 560; Atlanta, GA 30309
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH http://www.asph.org
1015-15th St, N.W., Suite 404, Washington, DC 20005
ASSOCIATION OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS http://www.ast.org
7108-C South Alton Way; Englewood, CO 80112
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE http://www.atpm.org
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
1911 N. Fort Myer Drive; Arlington, VA 22209 http://www.aupha.org
COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS http://www.caahep.org
HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION http://www.hfma.org
2 Westbrook Corporation Center; Westchester, IL 60154
HEALTH SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION http://www.hesca.org
6105 Lindell Blvd; St. Louis, MO 63112
INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS http://www.ift.org
221 N. LaSalle St; Chicago, IL 60601
JOINT COMMISSION ON ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL IN OPHTHALMOLOGY http://www.jcahpo.org
1812 N. St. Paul Rd., St. Paul, MN 55109
MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION http://www.mlahq.org
6 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 300; Chicago, IL 60602
NATIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES http://www.naacls.org
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL LABORATORIES http://www.nadl.org
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS http://www.naemt.org
NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION http://www.nata.org
P.O Box 1726; Greenville, NC 27835
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION http://www.neha.org
720 S. Colorado Blvd, Suite 970, South Tower, Denver, CO 80222
National League for Nursing http://www.nln.org/
NATIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELING ASSOCIATION http://www.nrca-net.org
1910 Association Drive, Suite 206; Reston, VA 22091
NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HISTOTECHNOLOGY http://www.nsh.org
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF GENETIC COUNSELORS, INC. http://www.nsgc.org
233 Canterbury Drive; Wallingford, PA 19086
National Student Nurses’ Association http://www.nsna.org
NATIONAL THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SOCIETY http://www.nrpa.org/branches/ntrs.htm
OPTICAL LABORATORIES ASSOCIATION http://www,ola-labs.org
OPTICIANS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA http://www.opticians.org
SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION http://www.sne.org
2001 Killebrew Dr, Suite 340; Minneapolis, MN 55425-1882
SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION http://www.sophe.org
2001 Addison St; Berkeley, CA 94704
SOCIETY OF DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHERS http://www.sdms.org
SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE http://www.snm.org
136 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016
SOCIETY OF VASCULAR TECHNOLOGISTS http://www.svtnet.org
Additional Web Sites
Medical University of South Carolina Student Information http://www.musc.edu/students.shtml
US News & World Report issue on Graduate Schools (including Allied Health) http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/
College of Charleston Office of Career Services http://www.cofc.edu/~career/
Occupational Outlook Handbook (for professional & technical professions, including many in health care) http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm
MUSC College of Nursing Academic Programs http://www.musc.edu/nursing/academic/academic.htm
Peterson’s Guide to Graduate Programs http://www.petersons.com
Peterson’s Guide to Nursing Programs http://iiswinprd03.petersons.com/nursing/code/search.asp