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Consider Alternatives to Medical School

Consider Alternatives to Medical School

  • Clinical Laboratory Sciences
    • CLS is a health care profession with special expertise in laboratory medicine. Members of this challenging profession are responsible for providing accurate, reliable laboratory tests for monitoring health and diagnosing and treating disease.
    • UW-Madison Clinical Science/Med Tech Program

  • Dentistry
    • Dentists are primary care providers who take responsibility for the diagnosis, treatment and management of oral health needs.

  • Dietetics
    • Dieticians translate the sciences of nutrition and food to promote good health. Dieticians may work in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, public health agencies, the food industry, research labs, and clinics.
    • UW-Madison Dept of Nutritional Sciences

  • Nursing
    • Registered nurses (RNs) provide direct health care to patients in a variety of settings, including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, patients' homes and schools.
    • UW-Madison School of Nursing

  • Occupational Therapy
    • Occupational therapists help people with physical and mental challenges regain, develop, or master everyday skills in order to live independent, productive, and satisfying lives.

  • Optometry
    • A Doctor of Optometry is an independent primary health care provider who examines, diagnoses, treats and manages diseases and disorders of the visual system, the eye and associated structures.

  • Pharmacy
    • Pharmacists provide a range of care for patients, from dispensing medications to monitoring response to the medication; they provide education on the use of prescriptions and over-the-counter medications, and advise physicians and other health professionals on drug decisions.
    • UW School of Pharmacy

  • Physical Therapy
    • PTs specialize in understanding the interactions of body parts; they teach you how to do exercises and how to use your body properly to gain strength and mobility and prevent recurring injury.
    • UW Physical Therapy

  • Physician Assistant Studies
    • PAs are licensed professionals that practice medicine under the supervision of a physician. Physicians delegate almost every type of patient care duty to PAs and they work in virtually all specialty and practice settings.
    • UW Physician Assistant Program

  • Podiatry
    • Doctors of Podiatric Medicine are heath care providers who exclusively specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of problems affecting the foot and ankle.

  • Public Health
    • Schools of Public Health and the field in general offers a wide variety of degree choices and career directions that focus on empowering people to live healthy lives, improving the quality of health care and protecting against threats to public health and safety.