If you haven't yet decided exactly what direction a career might take you, there are several online tools that may help direct you toward (or away from) a particular career path. The following links allow you to match your interests to possible occupations by using an online tool which is designed to assist you in your decision making process. It's a fun experience! You might find it interesting to use each of the tools offered below and to compare all of the results.

Younger kids will want to check out a couple of special interactive sites in which they can discover the workings of their "gross and cool" bodies, or dissect a frog online! Who knows? You may discover a budding biologist, a neophyte nurse or a soon-to-be surgeon!

Outside Links:

• Link to interest inventory
• http://www.myfuture.com
• advisorteam – Personality assessment tool.
• webcoin – Personality assessment tool.
• ncsu – Offers an online assessment for career planning and decision making.
• http://www.what2be.net
• http://www.cellsalive.com – Graphics and animations on the anatomy of a cell, making antibodies and more. Includes ideas for projects.
• http://www.grossology.org/yuckier.shtml – A source for everything gross, including "gross recipes for the lab," research resources, and a "Gross 101" test.
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html – Links to data from the Visible Human Project, the creation of complete, three dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies.
• http://www.minoritynurse.com
• http://www.virtualjobshadow.com – Job shadow online without leaving your computer screen!
• http://www.healthecareers.com
• http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2/ – Middle and high school students can dissect a frog ... online!
• http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/ – Older elementary kids will love this site designed to teach them about their "gross and cool" bodies.
• http://www.aarc.org – American Association for Respiratory Care.
• http://www.ada.org – American Dental Association.
• http://www.adha.org – American Dental Hygienists' Association.
• http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2320.html – "Becoming an MD," American Medical Association.
• http://www.aphanet.org – American Pharmacists Association.
• http://www.apta.org – American Physical Therapy Association.
• http://www.ashp.org – American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• http://www.asrt.org/asrt.htm – American Society of Radiologic Technologists (information about radiation therapists).
• http://www.asha.org – American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
• http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10481.html – Careers in Allied Health.
• http://www.nacds.org – National Association of Chain Drug Stores (click on "Pharmacy," then "Current & Future Pharmacy Students").
• http://www.nata.org – National Athletic Trainers' Association.
• http://www.nsna.org – National Student Nurses' Association.
• http://www.medsite.com – Medical search engine.

To check out health care career opportunities available right now, go to: http://www.okhealthjobs.com.

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