October 13 is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, an opportunity to learn more about advanced breast cancer and the patients navigating it. If you’re in healthcare, take a few minutes this week to brush up on the latest recommendations for breast cancer screening, risk factors, and patient conversations. A little knowledge can go a long way in the care you provide.

Think medical dramas are just making it all up? Think again. From The Pitt to Grey’s Anatomy to Call the Midwife, real healthcare professionals help shape what makes it onto the screen, from reviewing scripts to training actors and keeping the medicine believable. Here’s a look at the healthcare careers hiding behind some of your favorite medical shows.

💰 Prevounce Preventive Health Scholarship
Deadline: Oct. 16
Two scholarships are available: $1,000 for an undergraduate healthcare student and $3,000 for a graduate student pursuing medicine, nursing or public health. Applicants submit an essay, transcript and resume.

💰 $1,000 F.A. Davis Healthcare Scholarship
Deadline: Oct. 30
Healthcare students can apply for a $1,000 scholarship to help fund their education. It’s open to students pursuing degrees or certifications in fields including nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, respiratory therapy and medical laboratory science.

💼 Nurses, want to see where healthcare is headed? Thanks to support from Johnson & Johnson, 11 registered nurses can score free passes to HLTH USA 2026 in Las Vegas (Nov. 15–18). The Nurse & Clinician Insights Program includes a nurse hackathon, innovation showcase, clinician roundtables and networking with healthcare leaders.

Med Jewel creates handcrafted jewelry designed specifically with healthcare workers in mind, including personalized necklaces and accessories that turn a career in healthcare into something you can wear.