Externship opportunity for MCPS secondary counselors with Kaiser Permanente, CVS, Asbury Methodist Village, and Adventist Home Health.
To connect counselors with employers in the allied health field to expand counselor's knowledge and understanding of various career opportunities that they can use in their career counseling with students.
Industry externships help educators gain a greater understanding of the business world, the chance to upgrade their own knowledge and skills about how academic concepts are used in the workplace, and a better understanding of the careers available for Montgomery County's youth in the healthcare industry.
While definitions vary for this sector, one estimate reported allied health professionals make up 60 percent of the total health workforce. They work in health care teams to make the health care system function by providing a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic and direct patient care and support services that are critical to the other health professionals they work with and the patients they serve.
Allied health professionals are involved with the delivery of health or related services pertaining to the identification, evaluation and prevention of diseases and disorders; dietary and nutrition services; rehabilitation and health systems management, among others.
Allied health professionals include, dental hygienists, diagnostic medical sonographers, dietitians, medical technologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, radiographers, respiratory therapists, and speech language pathologists.