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MAPEH (Health)
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Consumer Health:
Health Service Providers
MAPEH (Health 10)
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Quarter 1 – Module 2: Consumer Health: Health Service Providers
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

This module was written and designed to make learning easier especially as we are in
the “new normal” situation. As an educational tool, this module about the Consumer
Health: Health Service Providers challenges you as a learner, to become creative,
resourceful and independent. The scope of the module provides a variety of activities
that will stimulate independent and self-guided learning experience. Lessons in this
module are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course to ensure effective
learning continuity, make the experience more meaningful, effective and relevant to life
situations.

This module includes lessons and activities on:

 Selection of health professionals, specialists and health care services
 Identifying the kinds of health professionals and specialists
 Classifying various forms healthcare care services

After going through this module, the learners are expected to:

1. selects health professionals, specialists and health care services wisely;

2. discusses the various forms of health service providers; and
3. improve the person’s ability on the selection of health professionals,
specialists and health care services wisely.

What I Know

Read each statement carefully and identify the term that is being ask. Write your
answer on the space provided before each number.

__________ 1. ___ aims to provide local care to a patient through a normal

PHYSICIAN
SECONDARY generalist that deals with various diseases.
__________
HEALTH CARE2. If you are provided by the medical specialists like cardiologist who do
TERTIARY not have direct contact with a patient, you are having contact with _____.
__________ 3. ___ are advanced medical investigation and treatment like plastic
HEALTHCARE
HEALTH surgery, burn treatment, cardiac surgery, etc.
__________ 4. You can get from ____ a health care treatment, advice and other services
PROFESSIONALS
that promote health and prevent sickness.
__________ 5. A ___ treats heart and blood vessel problems and diseases.
CARDIOLOGISTS
__________ 6. A doctor who treat lung cancer, pneumonia, and asthma is called_____.
__________
HEALTH PROF 7. _____ are primary-care doctors that treats both common and complex
diseases.
__________ 8. The doctor who treats urination problems is known as ____.
UROLOGISTS
__________
PHYSICIAN 9. _____ specialist are doctors that diagnose, treat, and prevent injuries
related to sports and exercise.
__________10.
OB/GYN Your Mom and sister visit these doctors known as ______ who do
assessment for their menstruation.
__________11. The ______ are doctors that can operate on all parts of your body in
PEDIATRICIAN
which they can take out tumors and appendices.
__________12. ____ are specialists who find and treat causes behind your poor sleep.
PHYCHIATRISTS
__________13. ____are called eye doctors who diagnose and treat eye diseases
OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
like glaucoma.
__________14. The doctors who care for children from birth to young adulthood is
PEDIATRICIAN
known as____.
__________15. ____ work with people with mental, emotional problems.
PHYCHIATRISTS

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 Lesson Consumer Health:
1 Health Service Providers
You, as a growing and developing adolescent that deals with decision-making in health
information, purchase health products, and health services, must learn proper
selection. You must be protected from fraud in order to live a healthy and stress-free
life. This module will help you understand the basics of consumer health providers. It
is a must for you to know how to select health professionals, specialists and health care
services wisely and effectively to be able to attain quality consumer health.

As we face this various health problems, we also decide who can help us solve these
problems. We look for health care professionals and specialist like physicians, nurses
and do a background checking on them if they are credible and experts in their field.
Wise selection of health professionals and specialists is the key for us to avail quality
health care services.

What’s In

Let’s check how well you know about health care providers and specialist! Encircle the
letter of your answer.
1. Which of the following is considered as food, drugs, cosmetics, devices, biologicals,
vaccines, in-vitro diagnostic reagents, and household/urban hazardous substances and/or
a combination of that is provided by a health care professional or specialist?
a. health services c. health information
b. health products d. health professionals

2. Who among the following are specialized and has qualified educational background
enough to give scientific explanation to validate information?
a. health care creator c. health care specialist
b. health care provider d. health insurance officers

3. Which of the following is a concept, step, or advice that various health professionals
like physicians and nurses provide to aid the health status of an individual to
appraise, improve and maintain health?
a. health status b. health services c. health facilities d. health information

4. Which of the following are programs that should be selected wisely aiming to
appraise the health conditions of individuals through screening and examinations,
etc. for individuals who have undergone treatments?
a. health care c. health services
b. health care information d. health personnel services

5. Which of the following is a financial agreement between an insurance company

and an individual or group for the payment of healthcare cost?
a. health services c. health care policy
b. health insurance d. health amelioration fund

What’s New
Match the type of physicians written inside the box with the area of their
specialization.
Cardiologists Dermatologists Neurologists
Gastroenterologists Nephrologists Ophthalmologists
Pulmonologists Pediatricians
Urologists Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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 UROLOGISTS DERMATOLOGISTS NEUROLOGISTS GASTROENTEROLOGISTS

OPHTHALMOLOGISTS OB/GYN GASTROENTEROLOGISTS PEDIATRICIAN

GERIATRIC MED SPECIALISTS PULMONOLOGISTS

What is It

In the above activity, it shows that every individual, young and old, even though healthy
at the young age have the chance to get sick, look for health services and health
products. You must be knowledgeable of these health care providers, more so be aware
of their types and specialization for you not to be misled by false information and fraud
services.
A. Health Professionals

Health professionals provide essential health care treatment, advice and other services
that promote health, prevent diseases and deliver health care services to individuals,
families and communities based on the primary health care approach.

There are many kinds of health professional or healthcare professional from different field
that may include those who work as a physician, surgeon, physician assistants, nurse,
physiotherapist, dentist, midwife, psychologist, psychiatrist, or pharmacist or who
perform services in allied health professions.

A health professional may also be a public health or community health practitioner.

In our present time, examples of healthcare professionals are:

 family physicians who care for the whole family, including children, adults, and
the elderly doing routine checkups and screening tests, give you flu and
immunization shots, and manage diabetes and other ongoing medical conditions
 hospital internists who is a primary-care doctor who treats both common and
complex illnesses, usually only in adults.

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  preventive medicine specialists who focuses on keeping you well, while some may
focus on treating people with addictions, illnesses from exposure to drugs,
chemicals, and poisons, and other areas
 sleep medicine specialists who diagnose and treat causes behind poor sleeping
habits
 sports medicine specialist are doctors who diagnose, treat, and prevent injuries
related to sports and exercises.
 general surgeons are doctors who can operate on all parts of your body in which
they can take out tumors, appendices, or gallbladders and repair hernias.

In the above statement, you may call them simply doctors. But most doctors have extra
expertise in one type of medicine or another. In fact, there are several hundred medical
specialties and subspecialties. Here are the most common types of doctors you'll likely
see.

 Anesthesiologists -These doctors give you drugs to numb your pain or to put you
to sleep during surgery, childbirth, or other procedures.
 Cardiologists- They are experts on heart and blood vessels problems like heart
failure, heart attack, high blood pressure, etc.
 Dermatologists- They treat problems of the skin, hair, and nails.
 Gastroenterologists – They are specialists in the digestive organs, including the
stomach, bowels, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder.
 Geriatric Medicine Specialists - These doctors care for the elderly.
 Neurologists- These are specialists in the nervous system, which includes the
brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
 Obstetricians and Gynecologists- Often called OB/GYNs, these doctors focus on
women's health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
 Ophthalmologists- They are the eye doctors who diagnose and treat eye diseases
like glaucoma.
 Pediatricians- They care for children from birth to young adulthood.
 Psychiatrists - These doctors work with people with mental, emotional, or
addictive disorders, and other mental problem.
 Pulmonologists - These are lung specialists for problems like lung cancer,
pneumonia, asthma, emphysema, etc.
 Urologists - These are surgeons who care for men and women for problems in the
urinary tract, like a leaky bladder.

II. Healthcare

Health care is an organized way of medical care

concerned with the maintenance of the health of
the whole body. It is delivered by the healthcare
providers or professionals in various fields of
pharmacy, nursing, medicine, dentistry,
psychology, physicians etc. (triotree.com).

Types of Healthcare

1. Primary Healthcare: main goal is to provide local care to a patient through a normal
generalist, deals with a broad range of psychological, physical and social problems etc.
rather than specialists in any particular disease area.
2. Secondary Healthcare: is provided by the medical specialists and other health
problems who do not have direct contact with a patient like urologists, dermatologists,
cardiologists etc.

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 3.Tertiary Healthcare: is known as specialized
consultative healthcare usually for inpatients and
on referral from primary and secondary healthcare
for advanced medical investigation and treatment
like plastic surgery, burn treatment, cardiac
surgery, cancer management, neurosurgery,
complex medical, and surgical interventions etc.

Things to consider in the selection of healthcare

1. Understand the Coverage: Be sure to find out which coverage in each plan is standard
and which coverage is optional.
2. Costs of Coverage: Understand the out-of-pocket costs you would have with each plan
you are considering.
3. Consider Medicare: Medicare could be a cost-effective way for you to get the healthcare
you need. Medicare is generally offered to the elderly, but you should check your
eligibility to see if you qualify.
4. Understanding the Health Care Laws: There are laws regarding who must have
insurance coverage and consequences for those who do not get insurance.

What’s More

Activity 1: Complete Me to Know Me!

Analyze the statements below. Complete the statement by identifying the proper
specialist needed in each situation.

1. You experience difficulty in urinating and sometimes you pee several times. So, you
think you have to visit a ____________________________.
2. Michelle, a 15-year-old grade 9 student, wonders why her menstruation was always
late and irregular. Because of this, she decided to have a menstrual checkup from a
____________________________.
3. You always play cellphone games until midnight. The next day, you have observed
that your vision becomes blurred. Because of this, Because of this situation, you asked
your father to bring you to an ____________________________.
4. Sunshine always skips her breakfast before going to school. One day she felt a strong
pain in the center of her stomach. The school nurse suggested that she have to visit a
_____________ to check her stomach.
5. Because of the Covid19 pandemic, your father gained more weight due to
uncontrolled eating habit and lack of physical activity. One day, he complained of chest
pains, reason for your mother to bring him to a ___________________.
Activity 1.1. Argue about it!

In relation to your answers in Activity 1. Answer the questions below on the space
provided.
1. Are there ways you can do to identify the healthcare specialist that appropriately
matches our healthcare needs? How? Explain your answer.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Why do you need to bring a person who is not feeling well to the right specialist?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

What I Have learned

Complete the statement.

 I have learned that I need to identify the right healthcare professionals because
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

 Health care specialist are people who can ___________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

 I have improved my ability on the selection of health professionals, specialists

and health care services wisely through ______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

What I Can Do

Complete the diagram below. Write the specific disease that you know or have already
experienced in Box D. In Box S, write the appropriate healthcare specialist that may
help to treat the specific disease you have written.

Assessment

Directions: Read and analyze the following questions carefully. Encircle the letter that
correspond to your best answer.

1. Which of the following provide essential health care treatment, advice and other
services that promote health, prevent diseases and deliver health care services
to individuals, families and communities based on the primary health care
approach?
a. healthcare c. health specialist
b. health services d. health professionals

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2. Who takes care of the whole family, including children, adults, and the elderly
doing routine checkups and screening tests on other ongoing medical
conditions?
a. family nurse c. family physician
b. family care giver d. family social worker

3. Which of the following is the healthcare specialist who treats digestive organs,
including the stomach, bowels, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder?
a. geriatrician c. dermatologist
b. pulmonologist d. gastroenterologists

4. Which of the following doctors deals with people with mental, emotional, or
addictive disorders, diagnose and other mental problem?
a. internist b. neurologist c. psychiatrist d. anesthesiologist

5. What is an organized way of medical care concerned with the maintenance of

the health of the whole body?
a. healthcare c. health appraisal
b. health services d. health professionals

6. What kind of healthcare provider is a specialized consultative healthcare

usually for inpatients treatment of plastic surgery, cardiac surgery, burn
treatment, etc.?
a. primary b. tertiary c. secondary d. interactivity

7. Which of the following is considered when you understand the out-of-pocket

expenses you would have for each health care plan you want?
a. cost of coverage
b. consider medicare
c. understand the coverage
d. understanding the health care laws

8. Which step is done when you want to look at the plan materials for a list of
doctors in a health care plan?
a. do your research
b. appointment trial
c. get a list of in-network providers
d. call the office for more information

9. How can a person be aware of the policies and rules regarding insurance
coverages and its consequences?
a. know the cost of coverage
b. consider medicare
c. understand the coverage
d. understand the health care laws

10. What do you do to set a schedule with a physician once you have received your
insurance card?
a. do your research
b. appointment trial
c. get a list of in-network providers
d. call the office for more information

11. Who specializes on women's health, including pregnancy and childbirth?

a. nurse c. anesthesiologist
b. pulmonologist d. obstetrician and gynecologists
12. Which healthcare needs to be checked for eligibility and is generally offered
to the elderly?
a. cost of coverage c. understand the coverage
b. medicare d. understand the health care laws

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13. Which of the following are specialists in the nervous system, which includes
the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
a. neurologist c. psychometrician
b. psychiatrist d. gastroenterologist

14. What is the classification of the Lung Center and Heart Center of the
Philippines?
a. global healthcare c. primary healthcare
b. tertiary healthcare d. secondary healthcare

15. Which of the following is the right term for these individuals: physiotherapist,
dentist, midwife, psychologist, psychiatrist, or pharmacist?
a. health assistant c. healthcare providers
b. health managers d. healthcare professionals

Additional Activities

Activity 1
Interview your parents or relatives about the various health services offered in your
community. Then answer the diagram based on the information that you have
gathered.

Health Professionals Health Services Health Plans

Activity 2: In your Life!

1. Have you experienced a situation similar to the situations mentioned

above?

2. If yes? What kind of health care specialist attended your healthcare needs?
Share your experiences and write in your notebook important lessons you have
learned from the situation.

3. If no, ask your parents about their experiences and explain what you have
learned from them.