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Originally Posted by IlovemyAKA
I'm looking to make a change in 2010 as well. I have a BS in Health Admin, but I was finding it tough to find a job in that field right after graduation. Everyone wanted more experience or nurses. I started working at a company that has nothing to do with health, and provides general business services. I've decided that I want to get my Nursing Home Administrator's License. It requires a 1000 hr Administrator-in-Training internship that I just don't have time for right now because I'm currently pursuing my MBA. If I had it to do over, I would've chosen to pursue the license instead of the MBA. Grad school just seemed like the next logical step, and I don't want to quit because I'll be finished next year. It just delays the internship by a year.
Lol--I said all of that just to say that I understand the OP wanting to change.
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I have list of professions to look into and Health Care Admin is one of them. I didn't know that it was a hard field to break into.
Anyway, to the OP, DO IT!! I am a certified teacher, (almost) licensed attorney, and I'm going to nursing school next year. And that's just the beginning! LOL! I know that people think I'm crazy (I think it too sometimes!!), but I love learning and I want to do something the benefits me in the long run. Just make a plan for yourself. Don't worry if people think you are nuts. It's YOUR life and you only have one to live.
I got this via email and I've already sent for more info on this as well. I don't know if you'd interested, but just in case....
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If you would like to apply to medical school but need to complete undergraduate science course requirements, we'd like to tell you about an outstanding program to help you achieve your goals.
The Columbia University Post-baccalaureate Pre-medical Program is the oldest and largest program of its kind in the United States.
With an internationally recognized faculty, Columbia's commitment to post-baccalaureate pre-medical and pre-health students is proven by a placement rate of above 90 percent of graduates in American medical schools.
Mission
For more than fifty years, Columbia University's faculty has been committed to a simple, but important idea - regardless of when you decide to pursue an education and career in the health sciences, you should have the same rigorous program in the sciences available to you that is available to all Columbia students.
Purpose
The program's purpose is to enable college graduates to complete the academic prerequisites for admission to schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine; advise them about the sorts of practical experiences they must acquire in clinics and laboratories; guide them through the medical school application process, and, through a written committee letter, provide institutional support of their medical school applications. Some 400 men and women are currently enrolled in the program; most of them had little or no exposure to science during their undergraduate studies.
The Postbac Student
Postbac students are both recent college graduates and/or experienced professionals with backgrounds unrelated to health care. Upon arriving on campus they have completed a rigorous undergraduate education and often extensive life and career experience, yet have taken little or no science coursework. Such students, if their determination is unwavering, tend to find their encounter with Columbia's intensive sciences curriculum and vibrant premedical community to be a rewarding and life-altering experience, as well as superb preparation for medical school.
Program Timetable: Traditional, Accelerated, or Part-Time
Students who begin the Postbac program in the fall term can expect to complete their coursework after two full academic years of study. In the third year, students apply to medical school while deepening their exposure to medicine through full-time research or volunteer work.
Students can expect to complete their coursework in 18 months if they are prepared academically to begin General Chemistry, Physics, and Calculus I and who begin their program in the spring semester.
The Postbac Program also affords great flexibility for part-time study. Many students begin by taking a single course while continuing to work a full-time job; this is especially the case for students who begin in the spring or summer terms in order to complete preparatory coursework before enrolling in the required science courses.
History
Columbia has long been a pioneer in medical education. Founded in 1767, Columbia's medical school was the first to award the M.D. degree in the American colonies. Beginning in the early years of last century, the University formally offered premedical preparation to students who were not matriculated for an undergraduate degree and, in 1955, established the Post-baccalaureate Premedical Program within Columbia University School of General Studies. The combination of Columbia's renowned premedical sciences curriculum and the wealth of clinical and research opportunities in New York City makes for a post-baccalaureate experience of unparalleled richness.
Location
Columbia's urban campus in New York City rivals the campus of any other Ivy League university. Designed by Mc Kim, Mead, and White, one of the nation's leading architectural firms at the time of construction, the Morningside Heights campus contains many buildings classified as historic landmarks.
Lincoln Center and midtown Manhattan are 10 to 20 minutes away by subway or bus; Wall Street is within a 30-minute subway ride.
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