Health care job opportunities!

Yes, there are jobs that are in demand. Read about it here (and watch a video). This is from the Sunday, January 25, 2009 SF Chronicle.

Laguna Honda's Happy Hour

You can read about it and watch the video.

2002 Study on the shortage of nurses in California

You can read it if you're interested.

For help with your project work for Module 1.2 which is due on Weds, Feb. 4th

Find out about job possibilities.
Here is the LifeWorks one.

Healthcare jobs through Monster.com

Here's the CA's Employment Development Dept. (EDD) website again for searching healthcare fields.

Here's a great website for nursing jobs.

And here's another website for healthcare jobs in CA.

New regulations for becoming a dental assistant in California

These just became effective on Jan. 1, 2009. If you're interested, read here.

Subject /Verb Agreement confusion?

This may help! Click here.

For Module 1.1's Project.

This will help you with your assignment which is due Wednesday, January 28th.
Click here to find different jobs in the health care field.

You can also look here for outlooks for specific jobs here.

And you can look here

More information about volunteering

At Laguna Honda Hospital, there are many ways to volunteer. You must attend an orientation. The next two orientations are Tuesday, Jan. 27th and Saturday, Feb. 7th. Check out their website to find out more. Do it quick and go to an orientation. Here's their website. Click here.

Many of you said you were interested in Glide Church. Click here for volunteer opportunities in healthcare. Click here to find the contact information.

You can volunteer at St. Luke's Hospital or CPMC. Their volunteer orientations are Feb. 12th and March 9th. Call then SOON to sign up. They fill up quickly. Find out what they have to offer, here.

Project Open Hand is a place where you can help feed people who have trouble leaving their homes or are ill. Check out their website.

Volunteering at UCSF and Mt. Zion is complicated and requires a lot of energy. If you can make a commitment to that, read here.

Kokoro Senior Center is an assisted living center for Japanese seniors. You can volunteer. Here's how.

On Lok is another senior center. I once had a student who volunteered there and then got a job there! Read about them here.

Volunteering at SF General Hospital is hard to do. They are presently accepting applications for summer and fall. If you can think ahead, sign up now.

I've had a lot of students volunteer at St. Francis Memorial Hospital. Here's how to volunteer.

Some of the places people were interested in aren't accepting volunteers. Please read this page to update your information.

You can also get creative and look at some of these Community Health Education programs who received money last year from the San Francisco Foundation. They might have some work for you to do. Click here.

Information for Volunteering in Hospitals and Clinics

For those of you taking ESL 20, here is information on where you can volunteer. Click here. and then click on the link for Volunteer information.

Medical Myths and Realities: What do you know?

Find out more about Nancy Snyderman and her book on medical myths.

Read about her here. Watch her here. You can also watch her here. Here she is giving a talk. And here she is with a long list of questions and answers. You can see her on msnbc.

Read about general medical myths. Click here.

Medical myths for these past holidays.