Health Sciences and Human Services

Welcome To Our Health Sciences and Human Services Exploration Event!

Are you interested in exploring these pathways of study?

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) / Paramedic
• Medical Assistant
• Health & Wellness
• Substance Use Disorder Counseling
• Radiography
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography
• Nursing
• Respiratory Therapy
• Surgical Technology

Learn more about the programs you explored during Exploration Day on this page.

Share what you learned with your parents, and reach out to your K-12 team for more information about participating in an academy while in high school at K12@morainepark.edu.

Health & Wellness

Promote a culture of health, use holistic wellness strategies to guide client behavior and lifestyle change, or lead and evaluate personal and group fitness and strength training exercise sessions.

EMT / Paramedic

EMTs respond to emergencies and transport patients to appropriate care facilities. Working as an EMT, you’ll respond to a number of situations ranging from vehicle crashes, heart attacks, childbirths to gunshot wounds.

Paramedic utilize vital skills to perform advanced prehospital medical procedures. Incidents such as heart attacks, drownings, childbirth, auto accidents and gunshot wounds require immediate attention—it’s paramedics who can intervene in these instances and save lives!

Medical Assistant

Medical Assistants assist physicians in a variety of clinical and administrative tasks, such as greeting patients, scheduling appointments, updating patient medical records, and coding and billing.

Substance Use Disorder Counseling

Substance abuse impacts roughly 1 in 10 people in the U.S., people. Prepare to evaluate and counsel clients with the Substance Use Disorders Counseling (SUDC) degree program at Moraine Park. Become a licensed counselor in only two years.

Radiography

The Radiography associate degree at Moraine Park prepares students for a career in diagnostic radiography (x-ray) as a radiologic technologist. A radiologic technologist produces images of the human body to aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and diseases.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, more commonly referred to as ultrasound technologists, work with specialized equipment that uses soundwaves to produce internal anatomical images of the human body. Their work helps to support medical professionals in making accurate diagnoses. 

Nursing

Moraine Park’s Associate Degree in Nursing is your gateway to providing patient-centered care with unwavering integrity. Harness the power of social, mathematical, and physical sciences. Delve into the intricacies of pharmacology and pathophysiology, and elevate your clinical decision-making skills through hands-on classroom instruction, laboratory practice, and clinical nursing experiences to the next level.

Respiratory Therapy

Respiratory therapists provide patient, family and community education, and participate in life support activities as required. Upon graduation, Moraine Park Respiratory Therapy students are qualified for admission to the entry-level and advanced practitioner examinations to become a registered respiratory therapist.

Surgical Technology

As a surgical technologist, you will have a front-row seat to live anatomy lessons as you work alongside physicians and assist them in executing surgical procedures. At Moraine Park, you will be trained to understand the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of what has brought a patient into the operating room–allowing you to stay alert and anticipate a surgeon’s every move.