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 New Diversity: Allied Health Careers Magazine to Debut This Summer
It's no secret that the nursing profession is experiencing a severe work force shortage. But did you know that many other health care professions are in a similar bind? According to a survey conducted last summer by the American Hospital Association, hospitals reported vacancy rates of 21% for pharmacists, 18% for radiological technologists and 12% for laboratory technologists. Not surprisingly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics lists pharmacy technicians, laboratory technologists, physician assistants, physical therapists and occupational therapists as some of the fastest-growing occupations for the period 2000 to 2010. Clearly, there has never been a better time for college students to consider a career in the health care profession. To help them discover the latest job opportunities in allied health care and acquire the know-how to land those jobs, Career Recruitment Media, Inc., the publisher of Minority Nurse, will launch a new magazine in July 2002: Diversity: Allied Health Careers. Like its sister publication, Diversity: Career Opportunities & Insights, the new magazine will offer career and educational advice to allied health students and professionals, with special attention given to minorities, persons with disabilities and the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) community. As our nation works to eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups by 2010 (Healthy People 2010), more and more emphasis is being placed on the cultural competence minority health care providers can bring to this objective. However, according to the Symposium on the 10th Report by the Center for Health Workforce Studies held last June, there has been a recent decline in the number of minorities applying to all health professions education programs, creating an urgent need to recruit more people of color into the field to ensure that the goals of the 2010 Initiative are achieved. Diversity: Allied Health Careers is designed to encourage and educate students about the many opportunities available to them. “What You Need to Know to Land a Job in Allied Health,” “Careers in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry,” “How to Prepare and Navigate the Certification Process” and annual salary reviews are just some of the stories planned for the magazine. Regular columns and departments will offer readers information on everything from job search advice (Career Rx) to a discussion of cross-cultural issues (Diversity in Practice) to information on allied health professional associations (The In Crowd). The magazine will also include reviews of books and Web sites as well as a calendar of events. "Allied health professionals and students-particularly minorities-need a comprehensive workplace magazine that not only provides career advice and industry information, but also presents job search tips and interview advice. We want to provide a resource to help our readers break into the industry or make a career change,” explains the magazine's editor, Vicki Chung, M.A. Like Minority Nurse, the new magazine will be distributed free of charge to hospitals, medical centers, colleges and universities nationwide. For advertising information, contact Career Recruitment Media, Inc., (609) 689-1033 or peter.fuhrman@careermedia.com. —compiled by the editors of Minority Nurse magazine |
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