Regardless of the projected requirement for healthcare practitioners at all planes in a challenging job marketplace, almost half of high school-age students (45% of 13 to 18 year-olds) are not trying to consider pursuing a career in healthcare and science sections.

The news comes as a consequence of a latest survey that was carried out online by Harris Interactive for University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

Out of the students, who do not intend to pursue a career in healthcare and the sciences, which is about one in five (22%). They feel that they do not have sufficient information, in regards to the careers in healthcare and the sciences, to pursue them.

This comprises 19% of teenagers aged 16 to 18, which is a critical point in time for making decisions that have an impact upon their career options.

America's ageing populace, coupled with the yet-to-be-determined effect of healthcare reform, means innumerable healthcare and science jobs will require to be filled within the subsequent decade.

According to the Department of Labor, the healthcare business is amongst the fastest developing in the nation and will generate 3.2 million new wage and salary jobs between 2008 and 2018.

Wage and salary employment in the healthcare business is estimated to swell 22% through 2018, in contrast to 11% for all industries, altogether.