There is no single path into the health professions. Explore individual careers to learn about professional roles, educational pathways, admissions expectations, common prerequisite coursework, and preparation available at Soka.

Four medical professionals wearing scrubs, white coats, and stethoscopes have a conversation.

Medicine

A female dentist wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves holds a dental instrument while a little boy dental patient sits in the chair with a light purple bib over his shirt.

Dentistry

Two hands hover over acupuncture needles sticking out of a patient's back.

Acupuncture

Members of a surgical team wearing surgical gowns, caps, and gloves perform surgery. One person is handling the anesthesia equipment.

Anesthesiologist Assistant

An athletic trainer helps a person lying on a training table with leg stretches.

Athletic Training

A little girl wearing a purple dress and headband sits on her father's lap and holds her hand up by her ear as she is having a hearing test done.

Audiology

Close-up photo of a heart-lung machine

Cardiovascular Perfusion

A doctor counseling the couple

Genetic Counseling

A doctor taking note on patient records, next to a fruit dish on the clinic desk

Naturopathic Medicine

A nurse doing regular examination for patient who is lying on the hospital bed

Nursing

An OT helping an elderly woman lifting a light weight

Occupational Therapy

An optometrist examining eyes for a woman

Optometry

A pharmacist talking on a phone call and smiling

Pharmacy

A physical therapist helping a woman to walk between parallel lines during a therapy session

Physical Therapy

A doctor smiling and looking at the record that a woman is holding

Physician Assistant

A doctor examining the patient's foot and ankle

Podiatry

A digital chart of COVID 19 data

Public Health

A woman putting her fingers to her cheeks to guide a kid how to spell

Speech-Language Pathology

A vet hugging a dog and smiling

Veterinary Medicine