Going Back to School
By EntRP on Oct 21, 2008 in Careers | comments(0)
I’m an audiologist who realized I needed to go back to school. There have been a lot of new developments in my profession. People seem to think that all we do is sell hearing aids, but that isn’t true at all. Hearing is a very complicated process that involves specialized anatomy as well as the brain. A lot of things can go wrong in what is a very involved pathway, and any one of those can interfere with proper hearing function.
I wanted to continue working to support my growing family, so I enrolled in one of the Arizona School of Health Sciences Online Programs, the Transitional Doctor of Audiology Online program. I took courses in health informatics, cochlear implants, x-ray, pharmacology , etc. I was glad that some of it was review, but I learned a ton of new stuff; the instructors were very knowledgeable and my made my distance learning experience very worthwhile. It was hard work, but I don’t regret doing it, not for a minute. Recently my wife mentioned she was thinking about taking an online course herself. She is an occupational therapist, and the school has an Advanced Occupational Therapy Online program. I’m encouraging her to do it.