{"id":7034,"date":"2011-06-29T08:35:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T13:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=7034"},"modified":"2011-06-29T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T13:35:09","slug":"new-apsu-class-informs-students-about-different-health-care-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/06\/29\/new-apsu-class-informs-students-about-different-health-care-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"New APSU Class Informs Students About Different Health Care Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Every fall, dozens of incoming college freshmen go off to school harboring dreams of becoming medical doctors. Some are drawn to the field because of the paycheck, while others are attracted by the excitement and emotional rewards of the health care field. They leave home with high hopes that, unfortunately, don\u2019t always come to fruition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see it all the time,\u201d Rex Ameigh, chair of the Austin Peay State University Allied Health Sciences Department, said. \u201cStudents come in here with the idea that they\u2019re going to be a doctor. Then they get started and the realization comes in of all the things that must occur for that to really happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students discover they need take on a rigorous course load, maintain a high GPA and, once they\u2019ve earned their undergraduate degree, they must take the difficult Medical College Admission Test to get into med school.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey start getting disheartened and try to figure out what major to change to, or in some cases they drop out,\u201d Ameigh said.<\/p>\n

A new course offered at APSU this fall is now geared at alleviating this problem. The three-hour elective, Allied Health Sciences 1010: Introduction to Health Care Professions, is designed to inform incoming freshmen about the various health care careers available and the requirements to enter those programs. Particularly, the class focuses on what opportunities are available at APSU, such as pre-med, nursing, medical technology, radiologic technology and other health-care-related fields of study.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students will be better informed from this class so they can make a decision of, \u2018is this really what I want to do\u2019 or \u2018should I look at something different?\u2019\u201d Ameigh said. \u201cIf they\u2019re pursuing, say, pre-med, and see themselves falling short, they don\u2019t have to give up the dream of going into a health care profession. They might still meet the requirements to go into med tech or nursing or rad tech.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ameigh sees the new course as allowing students to develop a \u201cPlan B\u201d if their original strategy falls through. Rather than floundering for a semester or a year trying to decide what to do next, or dropping out altogether, they\u2019ll already have the knowledge of what other health care programs exist at APSU.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we talk about pre-med, we\u2019ll talk about med school, the different specialties you can go into, D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) School, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and what do they actually do?\u201d Ameigh said. \u201cWhat does a dental hygienist do? What do nurses do? What does a medical technologist do? And also, here\u2019s what it takes to get into those programs. Can you enter straight into them or do you have to be accepted into the program? Is it selective in nature?\u201d<\/p>\n

This information is expected to take the stress off students who enroll at APSU with a desire to enter the heath care field but don\u2019t truly know what their options are. The AHS 1010 class is targeted at incoming freshmen, but other students interested in the topic are also encouraged to enroll.<\/p>\n

For more information on the class, contact the APSU Department of Allied Health Sciences at 931-221-7011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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