Driven by the pandemic, applicants flood public health schools
Certified registered nurse anesthetist Lisa Taft, who normally works in operating rooms, enters a room to care for Covid-19 patients in a makeshift ICU at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has tested the public health and medical workforces like never before. And yet people in those fields say they see emerging signs that the crisis will inspire the next generation of doctors, nurses, and public health professionals to join the ranks. Public health schools, for example, saw a 23% jump in applicants for master’s and...
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