Dear Health Professional,
Thank you for taking time to share with Texas HOT Jobs,as well as with all our future health career seekers,information about how you decided to become a health care professional. The purpose for the new “Professional Role Models” section of the Texas HOT Jobs website is to provide a resource for young career seekers to learn from current health care professionals: 
        
        • why did you choose your career?
        • what challenges did you face to reach your career goals?
        • what do you like about your work?

We appreciate your support. The information and photo that you provide will be used on the Texas HOT Jobs website to encourage young career seekers in achieving their education and career goals. The survey will take about 30 minutes to complete. You can view sample health professional profiles for a dietitian, pharmacy technician, and athletic trainer to see how Texas HOT Jobs will use the information that you provide.

Many young career seekers, particularly those in underserved rural and inner city urban communities, do not have access to local health care professionals that they can look to as role models for exploring all the opportunities that are available with health career choices. The Texas HOT Jobs website (www.texashotjobs.org) including the new Professional Role Models section, is currently undergoing a major expansion to provide better resources for young career seekers to set—and reach—goals to become health care professionals. The Texas HOT Jobs website is hosted by the Texas Area Health Education Centers (East Texas AHEC, South Texas AHEC and West Texas AHEC). You can visit the current website at www.texashotjobs.org. If you have questions about Texas HOT Jobs or the website expansion project, please contact Chris Felton at the West Texas AHEC Program Office (806.743.1338).

Once you submit this survey, you will be able to upload a photo of yourself. The photo is very helpful for young career seekers to identify with the person they are reading about, and to get a feel for the health care professional setting.

The photo file needs to be in .JPG, .BMP or TIF format and should be less than 4 megabytes.

 
 
Questions for Role Models * Required fields
   
   
First Name*: Last Name*: Gender: Age: Ethnicity:
Professional Credentials
 
 
Type of training completed after high school:
 
 
Health-Related Field: If Other Field:
 
Number of years of training/education completed after high school:
 
Number of years working in profession:
       
Childhood years spent in: Rural and/or Urban community      
         
Current number of years in professional work site is: Rural and/or Urban community      
   
Preparing for your Career
   
Q1-How did you know this career was what you wanted to do?
   
Q2-What other careers did you consider?
   
Q3-What experiences in your life developed your interest in your career?
(i.e. classes, family member, etc)?
 
Q4-What early preparations did you take (in high school and college) to reach your career goal?
(i.e., job shadowing, internships, volunteer). Please describe.
 
 
Q5-Did you have any mentors?
If so, please describe your mentors, including what you learned from them that helped you
to pursue your career goals.
 
Q6-What things did you find to be difficult as you prepared for your career?
(i.e., finances, admissions process for health care training program, family support,
particular class subjects, etc)
 
Q7– How did you overcome these challenges?
 
 
Q8- Were you the first individual to go to college in your family?

If yes, what effect did this have on you?
 
Q9- Was your family supportive of you through your college (or other training) years?
 
Q10- Did you have difficulty paying for your education?

If yes, what resources did you find to help you succeed?
 
Q11- Did you have a job and work while you were going to college or other training?
   
Your Career Now
   
Q12-Describe an average work day for you.
 
Q13-How many hours do you work in an average week?
   
Q14- What kind of health care setting do you work in?
(i.e., hospital, clinic, academic (what level), home care, outdoors, etc)
 
Q15-What do you see as strengths needed for your career?
   
Q16-What is the most rewarding part of your job?
   
Q17- If you could change anything about your job, what would it be? And why?
 
Q18-What advice would you give to those who are interested in your career?
 
Q19- If you could start over, would you still make the same decision to pursue education
(in college or other health-related training program) to become a . Please explain.
   
Q20-Do you plan to pursue opportunities for advancement in your career field (i.e, additional certification, education, etc)? If so, please describe.
 
Q21-Additional Comments
   
   
 
 

Contact Information
Your personal information will not be shared with third parties.
We need this contact information in case we have further questions about the information you have submitted.
   
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