Health Careers Center Services

Supporting and preparing you

As you prepare to take on a career in the health field, we want to be your resource to help you go after what you want. Read more about the services we provide below and if you have any questions feel free to contact us.

Starting your Health Career Path at UW-Eau Claire

Meeting with the Health Careers Center Peer Advisors is THE FIRST STEP in planning and preparing for your health professional career.

They can help you with the following:

• 1^st year pre-health general planning (getting started)
• Creating an academic/pre-health plan
• Questions about registration, CampS, My Planner, Schedule Builder

Appointments are preferred, drop-in’s may be available between appointments.

Just have a quick question?  You can email them at biopeeradvising@uwec.edu

Peer advising hours will resume September 14th, 2026

Continuing or Changing your Health Career Path or Preparing for the Application Process

For students midway through their academic career who want assistance in fine tuning academic plans and timelines or to consider alternate health careers or majors, or wanting to develop your academic plan and preparing for application to schools.  

Creanna and Dr. Julie Anderson can help you with the following:

• Health career/major exploration
• Health Professional or Graduate School Applications
• Other (adding comments helps with our meeting prep)
• Shadowing/Clinical/Research Opportunities
• Standardized Test Preparation (MCAT, DAT, GRE, Etc.)
• Update and Review pre-health academic plans
• Interview Preparation
• Personal Statement Review - See details below on how to schedule and prepare for personal statement review appointments.

Please be sure to provide comments when making the appointment about specific topics or questions you may have. This will help us prepare for your meeting and make good use out of the time in our appointment.

Recent Graduate?

You can still use Navigate to schedule for up to 1 year after your graduation date. See links above to schedule via Navigate using your UWEC username and password.

If you no longer have access to Navigate, please complete the Qualtrics survey below to connect with the Health Careers Center and schedule an appointment.  

Preparing to write a personal statement? Request assistance from the Health Careers Center staff on writing and editing your personal statement.

The Health Careers Center is committed to helping you succeed as you apply to professional school. Writing a strong personal statement is one important component of the admissions process.

To submit a personal statement for review and schedule an appointment with the Health Careers Center, please complete the following:

Looking for a quiet space for a professional school interview? 

Need a quiet place to study for a professional school exam (MCAT, DAT, OAT, GRE)?

UWEC students can now check out our interview/study room in the Health Careers Center, Centennial 3102, M-F, 8:30am-4:00pm during the academic year.

Reserve the space for up to 3 hours.

Can be used for group study sessions, provided those participating utilize the room for studying and maintain a respectful noise level. 4 students maximum.

To find out more, or to reserve the room log into the UWEC intranet using the button below: (UWEC password and authentication required)