Some professional schools (like PA) require extensive hands-on experience in the health care prior to admission into their programs. Early in your college career, you should volunteer or work part time in health care. It is better to earn less money per hour doing something related to your planned profession than to make big bucks over the summer, for example, in construction!
Your Evangel advisor can assist you in obtaining shadowing opportunities.
The school nurse also arranges health care professional shadowing experiences through the course BIOL 298 Healthcare Practicum. See your advisor for more information about this also.
Don’t hesitate to ask to shadow health professionals you know informally, like your family physician and dentist. They are usually very responsive to these requests, and students find these experiences very valuable as they are trying to determine which career path to take.