Valuable Website Resources

Job Searching and Resume Writing

Accent Resume Writing
accent-resume-writing.com
Provides resume writing tips, critiques, and examples.

Career Lab
careerlab.com
Provides tips and resources to aid in a job search as well as examples of cover letters.

Professional Search
criprosearch.com
A healthcare professional search firm serving hospitals, HMOs, PPOs, and other healthcare providers nationwide.

Health Direction
healthdirection.com
Lists allied healthcare job posting from employers around the nation, allowing you to search by state or by the entire U.S.

Healthcare Job Store
alliedhealthemployment.com
List of allied healthcare job postings.

Job Web
jobweb.com
Provides tips on how to write a resume and links to more sites about resume writing.

Health, Medicine, and Education

Alzheimer's Association

American Association of Medical Assistants

American Cancer Society

American Dietetic Association

American Heart Association

American Medical Association

American Medical Technologists

Arthritis Foundation

Association for Records Managers and Administrators

CBS HealthWatch

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Center for Phlebotomy Education

Galaxy Einet Medicine Index

Healtheon/WebMD
Provides links to health news and resources to help improve clinical and administrative aspects of patient care. The "Health Teacher" part of the site provides K-12 teaching plans.

Heathfinder
Provides accessible information to assist with patient teaching.

Internal Revenue Service

Lupus Foundation of America

MedicineNet, Inc.
Medical dictionary and detailed information on medications.

PubMed
Provides access to MEDLINE and other medical journals.

MedlinePlus
Includes a guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications, a medical term dictionary, and more.

Merck & Co.
Diagnosis and therapy for all but the most obscure disorders. Written for health professionals so the vocabulary is quite specialized and specific.

National Aging Information Center

National Bioethics Advisory Commission

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

National Consortium on Health Science & Technology Education
This is the sponsoring organization for the National Health Care Skill Standards Project.

National Library of Medicine

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National School-to-Work Site

National Skill Standards Board

Nursing Net

Presidential Commision for the Study of Bioethical Issues

Quackwatch
Crusading against fraud and pseudoscience.

Status of Healthcare Informatics Standards

University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter
The Wellness Letter provides health and wellness information.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Yahoo Health and Medicine Index