Health field people in my experience are generally on the health boards.
My account on the student doctor network has over 7k posts. I'm in the health field myself, almost half way done with my Pharm.D going on clinical rotations next year.
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Health field people in my experience are generally on the health boards.
My account on the student doctor network has over 7k posts. I'm in the health field myself, almost half way done with my Pharm.D going on clinical rotations next year.
Glad you enjoy patient care! I have a PhD in clinical psych but hated clinical practice, so I went into the corporate world and work in a role at a large insurance organization, my responsibilities include strategy, product innovation, analytics. While I don't do anything clinical I do still maintain my psychologist license just in case.
bachelor in Social Work. Did close to three years of child protection and hated every minute of it. Eventually landed my dream job as an addictions counselor. I looked at moving out of the woods, however my profession is the highest paying right where I am to and living is cheap so I am here for now. Wanted to do law, debating finishing my almost done BA in philosophy when I get bored. Masters here means not a big pay increase and not a lot of jobs that require it.
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B.S. in Biological Sciences and Psychology with a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience and a minor in Chemistry. Currently in my 3rd of medical school and planning on going into Psychiatry or Neurology, so, I will be working in my field.
I'm a Addiction's Counselor as well, but in NYC. My BA is in Forensic Psychology. I'm currently studying for my MPA. I'm not sure if the degree will make a big difference in salary, but it's interesting.
Here in NL, you cannot practice addictions unless you have your bachelor in Social Work (which I have) or actually you cannot practice any social work job without a BSW. Outside of here in the rest of Canada, a lot of places will take a college diploma so it keeps our salary higher then the rest of the country. If I get my BA in philosophy, it would not do much, same as if I got my masters.
Interesting! I'm getting a MSW and have been finding a ton of job asking for LMSW as minimum qualification and LISW as preferred. I'm in CPS but not sure I wanna do it forever.
What's LMSW ? That confuses me. Here we have bachelor, masters and doctorate. You cannot even start your Masters at the local university unless you have 2 years in field experience. You can get it distance as soon as you want with other univerisities but ours is so cheap. A semester of university here is 1,300 or so for tuition which from what I understand is not bad.
Cp here was under the health board until about a year ago when the government took it back over. I jumped ship. Everyone who stayed got the shaft in regards to senority and stuff. They started back at day one and I got to take it all with me. I applaud anyone who can do that job. I was severely burned out by the time I left. I am glad I got the job I got now or I would have been to walmart somewhere working because I just would have up and quit.
LMSW is what you get here after you get your masters and pass your licensing exam, LISW is what you get after you have collected a ton of hours of clinical supervision and maybe another exam. You can also get licensed at the bachelor's level here but my bachelor's is in sociology.
Your system is so different! My school took me with a BA in sociology and completely irrelevant work experience. But a lot of the people I work with (well, it's my field placement now, but I will be back there for a job as part of my financial aid package after graduation and licensure) are either LBSW or have their bachelor's in something else and are going part time towards their master's degrees. That sounds like a really sucky situation at your old job - so glad you are doing something you like now! (And it makes my Canadian coworker's degrees from her Canadian universities look all the more impressive knowing how much more they expect!)
Your system is so different! My school took me with a BA in sociology and completely irrelevant work experience. But a lot of the people I work with (well, it's my field placement now, but I will be back there for a job as part of my financial aid package after graduation and licensure) are either LBSW or have their bachelor's in something else and are going part time towards their master's degrees. That sounds like a really sucky situation at your old job - so glad you are doing something you like now! (And it makes my Canadian coworker's degrees from her Canadian universities look all the more impressive knowing how much more they expect!)
Hats off to both of you! Before I got in to this field, I seriously thought about getting my MSW, but after working with a certain population, I was thoroughly convinced that Social Work was NOT for me.
Burn out is real and the income really isn;t comparable to other graduate programs. You have to be a special person to be a social worker
That's the thing about here, it is worth it. The money is really good and the cost of living here is cheap, I just hate living here in the woods.
I graduated '10 with a BS in Chemistry. Now I'm working at a biotech company, but most of my job does not require any chemistry skills whatsoever (more like statistics, Excel, and Minitab). I realized that employers look at technical skills/experience more than what degree you graduated with.
Hi, what you did, you came to the interview with your writing and research skills samples, or they just made a writing and research test there? Just curious because its so hard to find a job with no experience and I even have a Marketing degree.