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	Check Out Our Health Professions Salary Chart The American Medical Association's handy chart of salary ranges has been updated. See how your field (or the field you'd like to enter) compares to others. More >> Friday, August 13, 2010
	Health Science Students End the Year with Significant Progress Thousands of schools and students across the nation participated in the national health science assessment program. At the close of this testing year, 13,370 National Healthcare Foundation Skills Assessment post-tests were administered nationwide. More >> Wednesday, August 11, 2010
	Charting the Projections: 2008-18 (U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Winter 2009–10; A Special Issue) In almost anything you do, you’re more likely to succeed if you have a plan. Deciding on a career is no exception. If you’re making a decision about education, training, or a career—or if you are helping someone else who is making such decisions—you need to know how the labor market is expected to unfold in the future. How many jobs are likely to be available in the career you want? How much will they pay? What kind of training will you need? Projections and related information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provide the answers to these questions. In a changing economy, these projections help you to glimpse the future—and to plan for it. More >> Thursday, June 17, 2010
	How Should We Prepare Students for Health Care Careers? In the June issue of the Health Care Careers e-Letter , we asked, "To help college freshmen get a jump on their health care education, what should the model curriculum of a high school health science look like? What content should be included? What are the current gaps in learning that need to be addressed?" (These questions were also disseminated to members of the listserve of the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions [NAAHP].) More >> Friday, May 21, 2010
	New CD NCHSE has a new CD. Partnerships: Classroom, Healthcare and Community A health science career cluster must include both education and partners working together to provide quality learning experiences for students. This new CD will help develop and design workplace learning experiences for students. Content is in 3 sections (1) Workplace Learning Preparation and Guidelines (2) Career Exploration and Assessment and (3) Service Learning. All forms can be customized by the users. More >> Tuesday, January 05, 2010
	Partnership Launches Health Science Instructional Supplements Investment in Health Science Education At a time when funding and resources are compromised, the National Consortium for Health Science Education (NCHSE) is committed to pushing forward to support and strengthen health science education nationwide. In partnership with CreativEd Services, the National Consortium for Health Science Education is pleased to announce the launch of Health Science Instructional Supplements to support health science teachers in the alignment of classroom instruction to the National Healthcare Foundation Standards. More >> Tuesday, July 21, 2009
	A Slightly New Name for an Energetic Organization It took a two-day strategic planning session, followed by committee and board discussions, and a minimum of six weeks of conference calls, to work through the list of possible name changes for the National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education (NCHSTE)! In January 2009 at the NCHSTE annual meeting, the board voted to drop “and” from the consortium’s official name. In April 2009, the culminating event occurred with a unanimous electronic vote of the board membership to change the name of this organization to the National Consortium for Health Science Education (NCHSE). (PDF) More >> Tuesday, January 20, 2009