{"id":100796,"date":"2021-02-03T09:38:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=100796"},"modified":"2021-02-03T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T15:01:26","slug":"high-school-and-college-students-can-explore-health-care-careers-during-virtual-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/03\/high-school-and-college-students-can-explore-health-care-careers-during-virtual-event\/","title":{"rendered":"High school and college students can explore health care careers during virtual event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_100812\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/03\/high-school-and-college-students-can-explore-health-care-careers-during-virtual-event\/path-to-health-professions-10734-110-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100812\" class=\"size-large wp-image-100812\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2021\/02\/Path-to-Health-Professions-10734-110-508x324.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year&#8217;s Path to Health Professions Day will be held online on Monday, Feb. 15, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. (File photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>High school and college students can learn more about careers in health care on President&#8217;s Day during Wright State University&#8217;s annual Path to Health Professions Day.<\/p>\n<p>The event features informational sessions with subject matter experts who will provide students with an overview of their journey to health professional school while giving students insight into the practitioners&#8217; daily life.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/science-math.wright.edu\/pre-health-program\/path-to-health-professions-day\">Path to Health Professions Day<\/a> will be held online on Monday, Feb. 15, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Participants will receive details about how to login to the program after they register.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wrightstate.secure.force.com\/EventListing?eventId=7011S000000QY1vQAG\">Register for the event online<\/a>. The deadline to RSVP is Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<p>The event will appeal to high school, local college students and Wright State students interested in helping others through a career in health care, as well as members of their families or friends. Students attending other colleges can also learn more about transferring to Wright State.<\/p>\n<p>Also encouraged to participate are teachers and counselors who want to learn more about Wright State&#8217;s pre-med and pre-health programs.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gain a better understanding of career opportunities in health care, including medicine, athletic training, chiropractic, mental health counseling, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, public health and veterinary medicine<\/li>\n<li>Discover what it takes to get into the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine and other professional programs<\/li>\n<li>Find out how degrees from Wright State can open doors to the nation&#8217;s top professional schools<\/li>\n<li>Learn what classes and activities they should choose now to prepare for their future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Path to Health Professions Day will feature sessions on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chiropractic Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Optometry<\/li>\n<li>Osteopathic Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Physician Assistant<\/li>\n<li>Sports Science<\/li>\n<li>Medical Lab Science<\/li>\n<li>Professional Psychology and Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li>Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Rehabilitation Services<\/li>\n<li>Veterinary Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Allopathic Medicine (M.D.) and the Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Dentistry<\/li>\n<li>Nursing and Nurse Practitioner<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Medical students in the Boonshoft School of Medicine will also answer questions about medical school.<\/p>\n<p>The event is hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/science-math.wright.edu\/pre-health-program\/pre-professional-health-programs\">Pre-Professional Health Program<\/a> in the College of Science and Mathematics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Path to Health Professions Day will be held online on Monday, Feb. 15, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/03\/high-school-and-college-students-can-explore-health-care-careers-during-virtual-event\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":100812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,2017,725,715,2109,2407,746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-nursing-health","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news","category-pre-health","category-professional-psychology","category-science-mathematics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100796"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100824,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100796\/revisions\/100824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}