Teacher and Health Professional Communities

Interact with other health care professionals, including health educators. These communities are designed to help you find others like you, providing a support system and allowing you to share your knowledge.

1. P.E. Central: If you are interested in physical education, you can visit this community for lesson ideas, videos and interaction.
2. Behavior OnLine: This is a place for those working in mental health and behavioral science to meet. Includes helpful information for those teaching in these areas.
3. HealthTeacher: This is a great community that focuses on bringing community education to more people, and offers access to teaching resources.
4. Nurse.com: A great community of nurses. If you are nurse looking to teach health education, or are interested in other issues, this is a great resource.
5. NurseConnect.com: Connect with other nurses, including nurse educators. A helpful place full of information and resources.
6. DoctorsLounge: This is a great community of doctors. Visit here to get good insight.
7. LGH Junior Doctors Community: This Facebook community offers help to young doctors, and can provide resources for those looking to teach health related subjects.

Health Professional Organizations and Publications

Join a professional organization for helpful insight, support from a variety of professionals in different health careers.

8. National Commission for Health Education Credentialing: If you are interested in obtaining certification as a health education specialist, this site is the place to go, offering news, information and standards related to teaching about health.
9. National Association for Sport and Physical Education: Professional health educators can visit this site to learn more about education and join a professional organization.
10. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD): Get helpful information and access to funding and resources for your health education program.
11. National Education Association: Join this national teacher organization to find support and information on education.
12. American Journal of Health Education: Learn what is happening in the world of health education, and get tips on better teaching.
13. Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow: An organization dedicated to helping nurse educators.
14. National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service (NAPNES): Learn about educating nurses, and find out more about nursing education.
15. Health Education Journal: Keep up with what is happening in the world of health education with this journal.
16. Education for Health: This open access e-journal provides helpful insight on health and health education.
17. Education Week: Get helpful information on trends in education, and get some good ideas for teaching different health concepts.
18. Journal of Teacher Education: Learn how to become a teacher, and keep up with the latest in teacher development.
19. The National Teaching & Learning Forum: This regular publication offers helpful information on teaching.
20. Second Life Education Wiki: This interesting resource teaches you how to use Second Life to connect with other teachers and resources.

Reference Sites

Learn more about health education, health care professions and other topics that might be of use to health educators.

21. Health Educators: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a helpful reference sheet on health education, and the job description of health educators.
22. School Health Education Resources: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a helpful guide and resource for teachers who teach health related subjects.
23. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: Free resources from federal agencies on a number of different subjects, including health.
24. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: A great reference site from Discovery School on different health and fitness subjects.
25. PBS Teachers: Find good ideas, references and other information on teaching, including some helpful tips on teaching health and science.
26. What is Public Health?: Learn more about public health, its impacts and how to be a better teacher on public health issues.
27. I Love That Teaching Idea!: Head to this site if you want some cool teaching ideas and tips, including for health topics. Submit your own and help others.
28. Health Education: Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Drug Use: Learn about stress and depression, and how you can teach about it more effectively.
29. TeacherVision: Offers a number of helpful resources and printables for those teaching health and nutrition.
30. The Teacher’s Corner: Provides some helpful lesson plan resources for those who teach health and nutrition.

Teacher and Health Professional Forums

Talk to health professionals, educators and others involved in health and wellness. Find valuable insight on issues you are facing, and lend a hand to others as well.

31. ProTeacher Community: Forums and message boards surrounding different aspects of education, and different grades — including health education.
32. Teaching Forum: This great forum is from the U.K., and offers some great insight from other teachers interested in helping each other be more effective.
33. The Education Forum: A great forum for teachers involved in a number of subjects, including health.
34. HealthBoards: Forums and message boards on a number of health related issues. Also includes helpful hints for health educators.
35. ehealth forum: A great place to get questions answered about different health subjects.
36. Student Doctor Network Forums: Educational community for doctors, aspiring doctors and health educators.
37. Nat Med Talk: This provides an interesting resource for those interested in teaching community classes on natural medicine.

Online Education Communities

If you are involved with online health education, you can join one of the many online education communities. Find answers to questions and share your own wisdom.

38. Tapped In Home: This is a community for online educators from around the world.
39. New Teachers Online: Great resource for teachers, especially new teachers. Online courses and information.
40. Online Teaching: This e-teaching community provides helpful insight for health educators and others who teach online.
41. Learning Resources Network: Find out about teaching online, and how to be a more effective online teacher.
42. The Babb Group: Includes resources, forums and more in this online teaching community.
43. TeachersOnline: Community for online teachers and educators in a variety of subjects.

Health Educator and Health Care Jobs

There are jobs out there for health educators, and for others involved in various health care fields. These sites can help you find a job in a health field.

44. TopUSAJobs.com: Look for physical education teacher jobs from this site, including head swim coach, college soccer coach and more.
45. USREAP: Find specific P.E. teacher jobs with the help of this site.
46. Teacher Jobs: Look for different teaching jobs across the country, including in health education.
47. Teachers.net: Find jobs and career hints on this site, including health teacher jobs.
48. Simply Hired: Offers a look at nurse educator positions.
49. Medhunters: Provides a helpful list of nursing jobs, including nurse educator jobs.
50. FlipDog: Offers listings for hospital teaching jobs. Be a teacher in a hospital setting.

The following list is categorized, and each Twitter account is listed alphabetically by its Twitter name within those categories. The links lead straight to the Twitter page where you can follow these health and fitness gurus immediately.

Overall Health

1. 2livehealthy: Robert Cortez shares daily healthy alternatives for good health and wellness.
2. DailyHealthTips: These daily tips range from health to fitness and from nutrition to environment.
3. DailyMeHealth: Get the top health news and columns covering diet, fitness, nutrition and more from aggregated sources daily through this Twitter account.
4. DrWeil: Daily information on integrative medicine, natural health and well being from Dr. Andrew Weil.
5. FamHealthGuide: Follow this account to get daily Tweets about health news, topical issues and well-being advice.
6. HealthCoachTrng: Is health coach training for you? Find out when you follow Ann Totten.
7. HealthHive: This is a groovy little Tweeter who focuses on daily advice, links, tips and solutions for health and well being.
8. LaJollaHealth: An author and holistic health coach offers daily links, tips and inspirational quotes.
9. lifemojo: Follow this user to learn daily tips about health, weight loss, nutrition, fitness and wellness.
10. MoreGoodYears: The Prevention Plan from U.S. Preventive Medicine is your personalized roadmap to a stronger, healthier, more-fit you.
11. RL_Fitness: Get a daily dose of healthy living tips and secrets from this Twitter user.
12. teamintraining: Follow up for daily tips on training, nutrition, health and fitness.
13. today_health: Sign up to receive daily health news, tips, product reviews and more.
14. WSJHealthBlog: The Wall Street Journal has built a great reputation in the health department. Follow their Twitter account to see why.
15. yourhealthtips: Mike Miller offers daily health tips and services for his readers.

Fitness

16. FitnessJedi: Let the Fitness Jedi deliver daily news, information tips on diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle to your computer.
17. FitnessMagazine: Healthy tweets daily from your favorite Fitness magazine editors.
18. fitnesstips4you: Fitness tips for everyone on a daily basis.
19. HealthFit2Day: Enjoy daily health and fitness news, ideas and connections for better living and for a longer life.
20. JoeGigantino: Joe Giganto is a fitness, motivation, wellness, inspiration, workout visionary and entrepreneur. Follow to get daily advice on health and fitness.
21. JumpSnap_Nation: Get fit with the JumpSnap and join a community that shares daily inspiration and fitness and wellness tips.
22. KinesiologyIE: Learn more about the benefits provided by Kinesiology and enhance your health, self-esteem and well being.
23. mindfulmuscle: Chris Willitts is the founder of Mindful Muscle, a site that provides information/instruction on elevating the mind and body through meditation, yoga, and mindful strength training.
24. one80dotcom: Although this Twitter account is a ‘health fitness diet,’ the focus is on fitness and how food contributes to that physical health.
25. PulseonFitness: Shape up with the freshest tips, tricks, tools and training aids gathered daily from the best sites around the Web.
26. PumpFitness: Pump Fitness out of Texas offers daily physical health tips, supplement discounts and fitness programs.
27. twittercize: Get fit one Tweet at a time with Ron S. Doyle. He delivers hourly exercises that take less than one minute to execute.

Nutrition

28. chefbrookecooks: Follow Chef Brooke for a daily dose of recipes, organic food and natural medicine tips.
29. dancinginlife: Diana Herrington offers daily information about health, especially on gluten-free diets and nutrition.
30. drbloem: Fred Bloem, MD, is a holistic physician who concentrates on a holistic approach to detoxification and weight loss.
31. Health360: A daily focus on health and nutrition needs from Health 260.
32. idietandfitness: This new account already has over 4,000 followers and growing. Learn about diets, nutrition, health and fitness from their daily tips.
33. lifelonghealth: This Twitter account is maintained by an ex-county health inspector, food QA scientist and health and nutrition addict.
34. MediterraneanDi: This is the Twitter account for a Mediterranean Diet blog, offering daily tips and links for the Mediterranean healthy lifestyle.
35. RawNatureboy: “Nick Stern Raw Vegan” is a longevity expert and superfood enthusiast. He also is a former competitive bodybuilder with a passion for health, nutrition and fitness.
36. starlightlife: Gina is a mind-body-nutrition educator, coach and blogger who helps people see their relationship with food from a more peaceful and compassionate perspective.
37. WtLossDoctor: Doctor-directed weight loss, health coach, nutrition consulting, positive life builder tips from Dr. David Alan.
38. YourDailyVegan: Pure veganism, with no apologies from Charleen, your vegan evolutionary extraordinaire.
39. yournutrition: Get daily tips and links from Vicki Berry, a self-professed “nutrition nut and supplement queen.”

Special Audiences

40. besthealthmag: Canada’s health magazine for women brings daily health, nutrition and life tips for its followers.
41. DailyFitnessTip: Get your fitness tips on the go with this Twitter account for women.
42. Fitness4Her: Karen Ficarelli is a certified personal trainer and sports nutritionist for women.
43. marchofdimes: Daily pregnancy tips from Beverly Robertson, National Director, Pregnancy & Newborn Health Education Center at the March of Dimes.
44. mens_fitness: Men’s Fitness Magazine offers daily Tweets on male health and fitness, strength and endurance.
45. MensHealthMag: This is the official Twitter account for Men’s Health Magazine. Enjoy daily tips, guidelines and more for male fitness and health.
46. PsychDigest: Sign on with PsychDigest to receive daily psychology-based tweets that make you think about good stuff!
47. RealAge: What’s your real age? Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz invite you to live life to the youngest, no matter your age, through daily tips, recipes and news for longevity.
48. Shape_Magazine: Shape Magazine offers the latest health, fitness and fashion tips on a daily basis for women.
49. VitalityDoctor: Follow Dr. Marilyn Joyce for daily health tips that will energize you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
50. WomensHealthMag: Women’s Health could be your ultimate guide to looking and feeling great through the latest in health, fitness, sex, beauty wellness tips daily.

Medical Education and Medical School Blogs

Learn about different opportunities in medical education, and read about what different medical schools have to offer.

1. Medical Education Futures Study Blog: Looks at policy issues and other subjects likely to affect medical students in the future.
2. The Medical Education Campus Library: This is the blog of the medical education library at Northern Virginia Community College. Offers helpful tips, and career helps.
3. The Medical Education Blog: Studies different aspects of medical education — from the perspective of a med student in India.
4. The Long Road to Medical School: Get a firsthand account of going through medical school, as well as insight into medical education.
5. Ah Yes, Medical School: Follow the exploits of a med school student, working on residency.
6. Medical Education Blog: The University of Saskatchewan has a medical school blog that offers tips, information and study helps for students.
7. YJHM Blog: This is the blog associated with the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine. Offers a look at medical school, and the issues you’ll face when you are done.
8. harvardocs: This is a blog aimed at students heading into health and medical professions via Harvard.
9. The Differential: Offers perspectives from medical students in highly ranked medical schools around the world.
10. The BACCHUS Blog: Aimed at students interested in health and medical education, providing helpful information and discussions on a variety of topics.

Health Administration and Policy

You don’t have to be a doctor or a nurse to be involved in health care. Indeed, you can make a good salary with a health education degree. Here are some blogs on health administration and policy.

11. Medical Humanities Blog: Looks at policies surrounding health, and offers insight into ethics and other questions related to health and medicine.
12. Literature, Arts and Medicine: Takes an interdisciplinary approach to medicine and health care.
13. Health Care Law Blog: Consider the law end of health care with this blog about policy and law.
14. HealthLawProf Blog: Get an inside look at health care law, and specializing in health law from a professor who is knowledgeable on the subject.
15. Health Policy and Communications Blog: Learn about how you can be a health policy maker.
16. Masters in Health Care: Offers a rundown of different options with regard to getting a masters in health care administration.
17. Let’s Talk Health Care: Learn about health policy and administration from Harvard Pilgrim.

Nursing Education

There are a number of programs that nurses can go through to enhance their skills. Here are some blogs about nursing education.

18. The Nursing School: Read about different programs, opportunities and career hints on this blog.
19. Nurse PhD’s Blog: Learn more about advanced nursing and education from this nurse educator.
20. Nursing Programs: Get an idea of nursing programs available, as well as challenges that students face now and in the future.
21. The National Nurse: Keep up with the latest information in nursing, nursing education and health care with this blog.
22. My Nursing Degree: Consider different options in nursing, and read about different nursing degrees, as well as issues in health education and careers.
23. Cheryl Parker RN PhD’s blog: Keep up with the latest news and advancements in nursing, and learn about how you can improve your education and your career.

Pharmacy Education and Policy

You can be a pharmacist and still enjoy a rewarding career in health care. Read these blogs to find out more about pharmacy education and read up on policy issues.

24. DrugWonks: A must-read focusing on pharma, policy, business and education.
25. The *Angriest* Pharmacist: Offers insight into being a pharmacist, and even offers occasional nuggets of wisdom aimed at pharmacy students.
26. PharmApplicants.com Blog: Focuses on information about pharmacy education, as well as helpful hints on getting into — and surviving — pharmacy school.
27. UB School of Pharmacy: Read a number of blog posts on pharmacy education, student survival and career from the University of Buffalo’s pharmacy program.
28. U.S. PharmD: Explore different pharmacy education options, including pharmacology and the programs available.
29. A day at the pharmacy: This blog is written from a U.K. perspective, and offers insight into careers, education and policy.

Psychology and Psychiatry

If you are interested in mental health, you might do well to consider psychology and psychiatry. These fields offer interesting opportunities. The following blogs look at mental health education.

30. World of Psychology: This blog on PsychCentral offers insight into policy, education and career.
31. School Psychologist Blog Files: Learn about being a school psychologist, and what you need in terms of education to get there.
32. Laura’s Psychology Blog: This psychology professor muses about topics of psychology, education and mental health.
33. Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look: Critiques education and professionalism in clinical psychology and psychiatry.
34. The Carlat Psychiatry Blog: This blog looks at medical and health education, especially as it relates to psychiatry.

Nutrition and Diet

You can be a dietitian or a nutritionist, and help others live healthier lives. These blogs address education in this field.

35. Health and Nutrition by Dr. Michael R. Eades, M.D.: This is a great resource for students, as it looks as nutritional science.
36. Today’s Dietitian: Keep up with what is happening in the world of nutrition today.
37. Diary of a Mad Dietitian: Follow the adventures of thies RD, working to improve nutrition education.
38. Nutrition Education Project: Learn more about efforts to increase nutrition education, and learn about public health policy.
39. The Provocative Nutrition Blog: Get news and information on nutrition education.

Medical Technology

It is possible to be involved in health and medicine in technology fields. Here are some good blogs about med tech education.

40. MedicalNerds.com: Get an inside view of tech and IT for medics.
41. Spread the Word: A Medical Technology Student’s Perspective: Healthcare POV offers this look at education in med tech.
42. Dave’s Places in Radiology: This blog is aimed at radiology students and professionals.
43. Topics in Radiography: A look at health care education, tips for students and professionals, and considerations of policy.
44. X Ray Technician Blog: Learn about being an x-ray technician, and look at education and training in imaging.
45. A Radiology Geek’s Blog: Tools, tips and education related to radiology.

Alternative and Complementary Medicine

There are a number of alternative and complementary fields that can be considered health professions.

46. Acupuncture Today: Learn more about acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine.
47. Chiropractic Student: Find out about what it’s like to get an education in chiropractic.
48. Holly Clarke’s Blog: Studies education in chiropractic from the perspective of a student.
49. Discovering Naturopathy…a Student’s Perspective: You can learn more about become a naturopathic doctor, and the education and training required.
50. National Holistic Institute Blog: Learn about education in holistic health and medicine fields.

Event Streaming Web Media
Offered by Princeton University, these courses are offered as archived lectures for academic, administrative and instructional needs of educators.

Educational podcasts for teaching and learning
This is the website for the first time in the United Kingdom with 450 carefully selected  podcasts channel for the educational purposes and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals. There are nearly 5000 podcasts from various channels.

Open Course Ware USQ
The Course Ware is provided by University of Southern Queensland’s Open Course Ware (USQ OCW) with free and open educational resources for faculty members, students and self learners thorough out the world.

Stanford on iTunes
Standford on iTunes is an innovative approach adopted by Stanford University which provides learning and lectures on Stanford related digital audio content through the iTunes Store for academic as well as recreational purposes. The site is divided into two projects, one for public access and another part restricted only for Stanford Community, only.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Stanford is providing some of the best course as offered by its engineering department to students and educators around the world absolutely for free. Under the courseware you can access to video, access reading lists, handouts, quizzes and tests to communicate with the SEE students.

World Lecture Hall
World Lecture Hall provides links to the courseware created by faculties around the world to be delivered in any language. Courses are provided for online as well as hardware educational purposes.  The courseware is equally preferred by faculty, developers and enthusiast students alike.

Tokyo Tech Open Course Ware
This courseware provides access to free course material for users around the world in 30 programs ranging in science and technology, science and engineering and Information Science and Engineering.

Tufts Open Course Ware
This particular course as offered by Tuft University tries to capitalize on the basis of offering courses in dental medicine, medicine, nutrition science & policy, multilateral negotiation, veterinary medicine, arts & sciences.

United Nations University
This is the list of variety of courses offered under Open Course Ware as related to day today working of the United States. Courses are offered in variety of disciplines like Software Technology, Water, Environment and Health, Innovation and Technology.

University of the Western Cape
University of the Western Cape that is supportive of free open source and course ware provide them for the educational purposes. Now it is supporting unanimous goal of providing free open source software and educational resources.

1. Misty Turner
She is the director of the well known website on nursing Nurse.com. Her other interests are politics, social media and networking.   Her website, Nurse.com is production source for Nursing Spectrum and NurseWeek which is a leading center for national nursing news, nursing jobs and nurse continuing education provided by Gannett Education that is an award winner accredited provider of nursing education.

2. Vickie Milazzo
Vickie L. Milazzo a resident of Houston, Texas is renowned pioneer of legal nurse consulting as well as a best selling author. She is fonder and president of Vickie Milazzo Institute that is pioneering institute in legal nurse consulting since 1982.  As an educational authority in legal field, she constituted the first national certification for legal nurse consultants in 1994.

3. Carl Lowe
This is a legal nurse consulting program launched by a nurse who was a clinical nurse since for over 24 years.  She has experience of working at ICU, CCU, Telemetry, OB, Neonatal Intensive Care, Newborn Nursery, Recovery Unit and Risk Management. And from 1997 she has work experience with prominent legal firms in Philadelphia and an Independent legal nurse.

4. Christian Nurse
This is a great site with origination from London, England with a good number of news and views on nursing and other health related topics. Its fellowship is entertained and joined by Christian Nurses and Midwives to encourage health professionals in faith, clinical practice, ethics and outreach.

5. Bob the Nurse
She is a psychiatric nurse currently employed with a mental health drug team.

6. Working Nurse
It is an out of the box place for nurses to find out job vacancies and articles related to their profession. WorkingNurse.com is a companion website of Working Nurse magazine that is directly mailed to RNs in Southern California since 2003.  It has ‘My Working Nurse’ page to save your resume, cover letters and application history and favorite articles. The website is published by Rhodes Publications, Inc which has extensive experience in the recruitment in the advertising field.

7. Nurse Ausmed
Proprietary of Ausmed Conferences Pvt. Ltd. formed in 2002 the company provides exclusive services for nurses like conferences, seminars, study days, symposium and tailored in service education.

8. Minority Nurse
This is a great website for diversified nursing community in America for education, career and nursing developments. In the United States African, Hispanic, Native American and Filipinos consists of 10% of overall nursing community.

9. AORN
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is the national association
Committed to patient’s safety in the surgical atmosphere, it is the premier institution for nurses where they can have guidance as well as networking and resource sharing opportunities.

10. Jude Smith
Operating from the Stoneham, Mass she is nursing consultant with more than 30 years of experience in starting, owing and managing a successful nursing agency. Her experience is quite useful for any nurse to start a business of her own.

A Masters in health education will widen your scope of knowledge on supervision, managerial and administrative duties. Pursuing a degree in this field will get you conversant with the business aspects of the healthcare industry. Incase you are wondering which the best graduate programs are; they are:

Masters in Health Administration (MHA)
If you want to become a healthcare administrator in charge of overseeing the executive duties in healthcare facilities you can take this course. The coursework in this program is aimed at training the student on how to operate a healthcare facility.

Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Registered nurses take up this program when looking to become nurse administrators or managers. The students get to study about healthcare economics, management, organization development and many others.

Master’s of Public Health (MPH)
A masters in public health is basically about the public health, HIV/AIDS, domestic issues and community health. Most of the coursework is aimed at covering the issues related with the things that happen to people’s lives everyday concerning health. In this course no managerial or business skills are taught, but the person can be employed in any healthcare facility.

These courses are readily available online, you do not have to use the traditional way of learning to acquire your masters. A masters in this field comes as an advantage even if you choose to work privately. In the healthcare industry you need to know about environmental health and resolutions to health and disease prevention. All these are taught in the program.