M A P E H 10

MUSIC • ARTS • PHYSICAL EDUCATION • HEALTH

LESSON 1 – PLANNING FOR A HEALTH CAREER(1)

PRE–TEST
Direction: List as many words associated with the word “Health Career”. Learner’s answers
may vary.

HEALTH
CAREER

RECAP

Direction: Sentence Completion. Write the correct word on the space provided to complete
the sentence.

Global Health _____1______ are programs and projects which help address global
health issues, concerns, and trends. It is a new trend in _____2_____ Health Organization
which concerns in cooperation with member-nations and private international organizations as
partners. Some of these health issues are about _____3____ health, pollution, climate
____4_____, environmental sanitation, tobacco control, prevention and control of
communicable and ___________5__________ diseases.

LESSON

PLANNING FOR A HEALTH CAREER

Choosing a career is not an easy thing to do. You don’t just look at the pay and the
security it offers you; you also need to consider your primary interests and passion which can
open doors to other careers that you have not considered.
With lots of professions in healthcare, you might consider getting into a health career.
There is a high demand for workers in the healthcare industry not just locally but also globally.
Health careers are among the most lucrative job options available all over the world, especially
these days, with an aging population and medical advances. There is a continuous demand
for health professionals.
A health career offers a good salary and job security. Educational learning is widely
available in the country with a path for advancement in different specialized fields of interests.
You get to work with people and more importantly make a difference in the life of others.

What is a career?

A career is an occupation or profession that requires special training.

Health careers are designed to familiarize students with the various careers in the
medical profession and allied health services. Students will learn skills necessary for their
career path, which in this case is in healthcare. These include working with others,
communication skills, legal and ethical responsibilities, cultural considerations in healthcare
industry, problem solving, decision making, accepting personal responsibility, and
selfmanagement.
Health career Planning refers to an individual’s plan to make a career choice, growing
in the chosen career or making a career shift. Career planning involves the very important step
of self-assessment.
Self-assessment is necessary to understand one’s capabilities and drawbacks. The
various career options should be explored in detail to find a fit between one’s abilities and the
opportunities provided by a career option. It involves continuous learning and improvement to
build and grow in the chosen career path.

Why pursue a Health career?

You will make a difference in people’s lives.

Things we consider:
• Good Salary
• Job Security
• Do work that interests you
• Find a Health Career that fits your educational plans
• A clear path to advancement
• Work with people (or not)

What are the components and steps in making a health career plan?

1. Self - Assessment
Discover your personal strengths through self-assessments (values, interests,
personality, testing, skills, etc. It is the first step in career planning and means
finding out more about what you want from work. It includes analyzing your values,
skills, and interests to find out what you want from your career. Your goal is to find
the role(s) that match with as many of your personal attributes as possible.

2. Career Exploration
You can explore different careers and work environments through career fairs,
online research, meetings, internships, alumni connections, professional
resources. Careful research into your career options is important. Do not rely on
 preconceptions. The key is to create a well-rounded picture of the environment in
which you will be working and think carefully about whether you can see yourself
succeeding on that career path.

3. Decision Making
Before you decide on taking a career that works for you, you can evaluate and
narrow down your options through listing the pros and cons, comparing your
personal strengths and interests, and deciding which career fulfills both current and
future goals. It is now time to act on what you already know and make some clearer
choices. To be comfortable with the choices you make, you must be confident in
your decision making. There is no 'right way' to go about this and people have
different approaches that work for them.

4. Plan of Action
Plan achievable goals and develop strategies to reach your goals, organize your
goals into smaller steps, identify actions for each step, utilize helpful people and
resources, review and adapt your plan regularly

POST TEST

Set A Direction: Identify the following and choose the correct answer in the box below. Write
the answer on the blank provided.

_________ 1. This steps in career plan discovers your skills and interests.
_________ 2. Identify actions to meet your goals.
_________ 3. A process of where we need to take some things into considerations.
_________ 4. This offers a good salary and job security.
_________ 5. It is an occupation or profession that requires special training.

Self – Assessment Health Career

Plan of Action
Career Decision Making

Set B Direction: Answer the following by writing True or False on the space provided before
the number.

_____ 1. Health career will make a difference in people’s lives.

_____ 2. Most physicians enjoy above-average earnings.
_____ 3. Health practitioners does not require strong focus and the ability to multitask
continuously.
_____ 4. There are limited benefits associated with working in the healthcare industry.
_____ 5. Every field in the medical industry is in high demand all around the world.
LESSON 2 – HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS

PRE–TEST
Direction: Arrange the jumbled letters to figure out what is identified in each sentence. Write your
answer in the space provided.

1. These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and

intrapersonal relationships and life skills. ENMTAL LTHEHA_____________
2. Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a personal care level.
EROSAPLN HTECHLRAEA________________
3. These health workers deal with complex public health issues that affect women,
children, and their families. AMERATLN AND HCLICDARE__________________
4. Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the
health of all community members. OCMUMTIYN HTECHLRAEA____________
5. Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition and their
impact on patients’ health. UNRTTINOI______________

RECAP

Direction: Match the questions on the left side with the answers on the right
___1. Designed to familiarize students with the various career A. CAREER
___2. Refers to an individual’s plan to make career choice B. HEALTH CAREERS
___3. It is necessary to understand one’s capabilities and drawbacks. C.SELF ASSESMENT
___4. It is an occupation or profession that requires special training D. CAREER EXPLORATION
___5. It refers on explore different careers and work environments. E. HEALTH CAREER PLANNING
 L E S S ON

HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS

Career pathways are clusters occupations that are grouped
because of shared skills. All pathways include a variety of
occupations that require different levels of education, skills, and
training. Selecting a career pathway provides you with an area of
focus, along with flexibility and a variety of ideas to pursue for
personal development.

What are examples of health career pathways?

1. Disease Prevention and Control

People who specialize in this career path focus on communicable and non-
communicable diseases. Their work includes immunization, screening of newborns,
promotion of breastfeeding, infant diseases prevention, adolescent
healthcare, and life skills. Sample Careers:
• Community Health Work
• Education and Research

2. Personal Healthcare
Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a
personal care level. These include monitoring
patients; administering and assisting in personal care and hygiene;
performing housekeeping duties; and advising clients on related
healthcare issues like infant care, hygiene, and nutrition.

3. Maternal and Child Care

These health workers deal with complex public health issues that affect women,
children and their families. These include providing information on reproductive health, family
planning, healthcare of pregnant women and their children, and improvement of health
delivery system through advocacy, education and research. Sample Careers:
• Midwifery
• Community Health Educator
• Outreach Specialist

4. Mental HealthCare
These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and
intrapersonal relationships and life skills. These include cognitive and psychosocial
development, promotion of healthy self-esteem through feelings and anger management
and identifying warning signs or red flags of learning disorders, such as ADHD, anxiety,
mood disorders, stress, and bullying.
Sample Careers:
 • Social Work
• Clinical Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Guidance Counselling

5. Community Healthcare
Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the
health of all community members. Sample Careers:
• Barangay/Community Health Work
• Rural Sanitary Inspection

6. Environmental Healthcare Management

These health workers try to establish the correlation between and among the physical,
chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment. These
include monitoring the quality of environment and impact of human activities on ecosystems,
and developing strategies for restoring ecosystems. Sample Careers:

• Air quality monitoring

• Soil science analysis
• Hazardous and solid waste management
• Environmental noise control
• Radiological assessment

7. Drug Prevention and Control

People whose careers revolve around this area seek to reduce community and
individual problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through evidence-based programs
and policy advocacy. Sample Careers:
• Drug Enforcement
• Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

8. Nutrition
Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition and their
impact on patients’ health. These include meal planning, food preparation and economics.
Sample Careers:
• Clinical Dietetics
• Food and Nutrition Management
• Public Health Nutrition
• Education and Research

9. Health Education
Those who work in this field are tasked with promotion of healthcare and training of
health workers on managing change in healthcare. Their work involves assessing
individual and community needs, planning, implementing and evaluating health programs,
promoting the understanding of various health-related bahaviors plus coordinating health
education services. Sample Careers:
• Education and Research
• Community Health Work
 10. Dental Health
Dental health workers deal with various oral conditions which include chronic mouth
and facial pain, oral sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay and tooth loss, other
diseases and disorders that affect the oral cavity, and risk factors for oral diseases which
include unhealthy diet, tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, and poor oral hygiene. Sample
Careers:
• Dental Hygiene
• Dental Nursing
• Dental health support

11. Occupational Safety

Careers in this path are related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged
in work or employment. These include protecting workers from sickness, disease, and injury
arising from possible hazards of their

12. Emergency Medical Services

People assigned in this work specialize in out-of-hospital medical care. Their skills
include first-aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and transport of patients, rapid
emergency medical response and immediate medical attention. Sample Careers:
• Emergency Medical Aid
• Paramedic

ACTIVITY
WORD HUNT: Find all these words inside the box in the grid below. They run in straight lines,
and in any direction.
Nutrition Dental Occupational Environmental Mental

Career Skills Community Healthcare Maternal

WRAP-UP CLASSIFYING ANALOGIES
Directions: Read the analogy and decide how each word pair is related. Then choose
the correct type of analogy from the box below and write the letter on the line.
SOCIAL WORK MIDWIFERY RURAL SANITARY INSPECTION
DENTAL HYGIENE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT

1. Nutrition: Clinical Diabetes Mental HealthCare:__________

2. Health Education: Health Programs Maternal and Child care:__________
3. Mental Healthcare: Psychiatry Community Healthcare:__________
4. Personal Healthcare: Hygiene Drug Prevention and Control:__________
5. Occupational Safety: Health Inspector Dental Health:__________

POST TEST

Direction: Identify the answer in the following questions.

1. These are clusters occupations that are grouped because of shared skills.__________

2. Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a personal care level.
__________

3. These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and intrapersonal

relationships and life skills.__________

4. People whose careers revolve around this area seek to reduce community and
individual problems related to alcohol and drug abuse. __________

5. Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition and their
impact on patients’ health. __________

6. This workers deal with various oral conditions which include chronic mouth and facial
pain, oral sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay. __________

7. Careers in this path are related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in
work or employment. These include protecting workers from sickness, disease, and
injury.__________

8. People assigned in this work specialize in out-of-hospital medical care. Their skills
include first-aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and transport of patients.
__________

9. The specialist in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of
the health of all community members. __________

10. People who specialize in this career path focus on communicable and
noncommunicable diseases__________
 LESSON 3 - MEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSION

PRE–TEST
Word Completion: Fill in the missing letters to complete the word.

1. M e _ _ c a l _ _ o f _ s s _o_ - body of individuals qualified to practice medicine

2. H _ a _ _ h _a r _ _r s - designed into familiarizing students with various careers in the
medical professions.
3. C _ r _ e _ - an occupation or profession, especially one requiring a special training followed
as one’s lifework.
4. _ _r e_ _ P_ _ h _ _ y_ - clusters of careers and occupations that are grouped because of
shared skills.
5. _ l I _ _ d _ e_ _t h _ r _ f _ s _ _ o _ s- healthcare professions that complement the medical
profession, such as nursing, pharmacy, medical technology, physical therapy.

RECAP
Matching Type: Match column A with column B with the use of an arrow that corresponds to
the correct answer.

A B

1. Nutrition A. Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a

personal care level.

2. Health Education B. Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals’ food and
nutrition and their impact on patients’ health.
C. Those who work in this field are tasked with promotion of healthcare
3. Personal and training of health workers on managing change in healthcare.
Healthcare

4. Drug Prevention D. Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection,

and and Control improvement of the health of all community members.

5.Community E. People whose careers revolve around this area seek to reduce
community and individual problems related to alcohol and drug abuse
Healthcare through evidence-based programs and policy advocacy.
 LESSON
MEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSION
Along with medical professions, there are hundreds of allied health professions which
complete the workforce in contributing to the whole-person care of patients, support to
healthcare professionals, and the efficient operation of healthcare organizations.

Medical and Allied Health Professions

Health Care Provider- a person who helps
The medical profession is a group identify, prevent, or treat an illness or disability
of individuals qualified to Health Care Practitioner/ Provider- an
practice medicine. Allied health
independent healthcare provider who is licensed
professions, on the other hand, are lines of
to practice on and provide general and/or
work that still deal with healthcare, but are
specialized care to a specific area of the body.”
distinct from medicine. They have
Allied Health Professionals- a trained healthcare
distinct and specialized knowledge
provider practicing under supervision of a
and skills that actively work with people
physician or healthcare practitioner. They include
accessing health and disability that are
pharmacists, dental hygienists, physical
offered services across a range of settings.
These professions include therapists, and nurses.
clinical laboratory or medical
technology,
physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietetic services, medical record personnel, radiologic
services, speech language pathology and audiology, and respiratory therapy.

Who are the medical and allied health professionals?

Allied health professionals are healthcare practitioners with formal education and clinical
training credentials through certification, registration and/or licensure. They collaborate with
physicians and other members of the healthcare team to deliver high quality patient care
services for the identification, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disabilities, and disorders.
These professions may be categorized into either technicians or Therapists/Technologists.
Technicians are those who undergo training to perform specific procedures. They are required
to work under the supervision of technologists or therapists. This category includes physical
therapy assistants, medical laboratory technicians, radiological technicians, occupational
therapy assistants, recreation therapy assistants and respiratory therapy technicians.
Therapists or technologists have more intensive training, which includes acquiring procedural
skills. They evaluate patients, diagnose conditions, develop treatment plans, and understand
the rationale behind various treatments to judge their appropriateness and potential side
effects. They also assess patients’ responses to therapy and make appropriate decisions about
continued treatment or modification of treatment plans. Furthermore, they are licensed to
perform these tasks.
 Allied health professionals provide services and engage in activities which include:
a. prevention - keep illness or injury from happening
b. assessment/evaluation-appraisal of the condition based on the patient’s subjective
report
c. identification/diagnosis- analysis based on signs, symptoms, and laboratory
findings
d. treatment - management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or
disorder
e. rehabilitation/habilitation - treatment designed to recover from injury, illness, or
disease towards a normal condition as possible
f. advocacy - a method by which patients, their families, attorneys, health
professionals, and citizens’ groups can work together to develop programs that
ensure the availability of high-quality healthcare for a community.
g. promotion of health and well-being - the process of enabling people to increase
control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improving their health h.
education - the process of sharing and gaining knowledge.
i. research - the diligent inquiry or examination of data, reports, and observations in a
search for facts or principles.

ACTIVITY

Direction: List three (3) examples of Medical and Allied health professions. Identify if it is
categorized to Technicians and Therapist each profession. Use the table below for your answers.

TECHNICIANS THERAPISTS/TECHNOLOGISTS

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

POST TEST
Activity I. Identification: Write the correct words on the space provided before each number.

__________1. A professional who include work likes pharmacists, dental hygienists,

physical therapists, and nurses.
__________2. These professions may be categorized category includes physical
therapy assistants, medical laboratory technicians, radiological technicians,
occupational therapy assistants, recreation therapy assistants and respiratory therapy
technicians. __________3. Professional who evaluate patients, diagnose conditions,
develop treatment plans, and understand the rationale behind various treatments in
order to judge their appropriateness and potential side effects.
 __________4.Method by which patients, their families, attorneys, health professionals,
and citizens’ groups can work together to develop .programs that ensure the availability
of high-quality healthcare for a community.
__________5. The diligent inquiry or examination of data, reports, and observations in
a search for facts or principles.

Activity II. Enumeration

Give at least five (5) Allied health professionals provide services and engage in
activities.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

LESSON 4 – ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

PRE–TEST
Matching Type
Direction: Match column A with the correct answer on Column B. Write the letter on the
space provided.
. Column A Column B
______ 1. Identifies and rehabilitates hearing a. Paramedics
impairments b. Pharmacist
______ 2. It performs a variety of tasks on c. Radiation Therapist
body fluids d. Audiologist
_____ 3. Gives emergency medical treatment e. Medical Technologist
_____ 4. Administers radiation therapy services to patients
_____ 5. Prepares and dispenses medication prescribed by the Physician

RECAP
True or False
Direction: Write T if the statement is correct while F if it is incorrect.
1. Diagnosis is the analysis based on sign and symptoms.
2. Prevention is better than to cure.
3. Allied health professionals are healthcare practitioners without formal education and
clinical training credentials through certification.
4. Treatment is the management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or
disorder.
5. Education is not the process of sharing and gaining knowledge.
 LESSON
Health Care Provider- a person who helps identify, prevent, or treat an,
illness or disability

Health Care Practitioner/ Provider- an independent healthcare provider who is

licensed to practice on and provide general and/or specialized care to a specific area of
the body.

Allied Health Professionals- a trained healthcare provider practicing under

supervision of a physician or healthcare practitioner. They include pharmacists, dental
hygienists, physical therapists and nurses.

What are the allied health professions that we presently have in the Philippines?

These are the common allied health professionals practicing in the country with available
education and professional training.

1. Audiologist – identifies and rehabilitates hearing impairments and related

disorders
2. Chiropractor - diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders, with emphasis
on treatment through manual adjustment and/or manipulation of the spine.
3. Clinical psychologist - assesses, diagnoses, treats and helps prevent mental
disorders
4. Dietitian / Nutritionist - promotes good health through proper diet and
treatment of diseases
5. Emergency Medical Technician – also known as ambulance technician;
responds quickly to any emergency and life-threatening situation to immediately
treat serious injuries, physical or mental trauma to increase a patient’s chances
of survival
6. Guidance Counselor - assists students with personal, family, education, and
career decisions and concerns; also helps them develop job-finding skills and
other life skills needed to prevent and deal with problems
7. Health Educator - specializes in health education and promotes the
development of health knowledge, life skills, and positive attitudes toward the
health and wellbeing of students
8. Massage Therapist - performs the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of
the body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues; uses manual techniques
that include applying fixed or movable pressure on affected parts of the body
9. Medical assistant – performs, under the direction of a physician, various
routine administrative and nontechnical clinical tasks in hospitals, clinics, and
other similar facilities
10. Medical technologist – performs a variety of tasks on body fluids, from simple
blood tests to more complex tests to uncover abnormalities in the
 body, and underlying causes of illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and
cancer which are not easily detected through physical examination
11. Midwife - professionals with the expertise and skills in helping women maintain
healthy pregnancies, assist in or perform childbirth delivery, and help in
women’s recovery process through the postpartum period
12. Nurse - trained to provide care for people who are sick or injured; monitors
patients’ health and records symptoms, assists physicians during examinations
and treatment, and administers medications.
13. Occupational therapist - uses purposeful activity and interventions to
maximize the independence and health of any client who is limited by physical
injury or illness, cognitive impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental illness,
or learning disability
14. Orthotist / Prosthetist – makes and fits prosthetics or artificial parts for the
human body
15. Paramedic - gives emergency medical treatment or assists medical
professionals in emergency situations
16. Pharmacist - prepares and dispenses medication prescribed by licensed health
professionals; also provides information to patients regarding drugs, and
consults with healthcare professionals on advances in drugs or medicine
17. Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer - healthcare professionals who
perform imaging procedures, such as x-ray examinations, Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) scans and Computed Tomography (CT) scans (health
careers.org)
18. Physical Therapist - examines, evaluates, and treats physical impairments
through use of special exercise, application of heat or cold, and other physical
modalities
19. Speech Language Pathologist - diagnoses and treats patients with functional
and organic speech defects and disorders
20. Phlebotomist - professionals with special training in phlebotomy or drawing
blood from patients
21. Radiation therapist - administers radiation therapy services to patients and
observes patients during treatment; other duties may include tumor localization,
patient follow-up, patient education, and record keeping
22. Respiratory therapist - specializes in the promotion of optimum
cardiopulmonary function and health; regularly deals with various chronic
respiratory diseases, such as asthma and emphysema
23. Social Worker - investigates, treats, and gives aid to people with social
problems and helps people with mental illness, serious health conditions,
financial difficulties, substance abuse problems, domestic or child abuse,
unwanted pregnancy and other social problem.

ACTIVITY
Multiple Choice:
Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer at the space provided.
______ 1. The one who diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders.
( a. audiologist b. medical technologist c. nurse d. none of the above )
 ______ 2. It is the one who guided students with personal, family, education, and career decisions
and concerns.
( a. guidance counselor b. dietitian c. audiologist c. nurse d. pharmacist )
_____ 3. The assistant of the Physician at medical clinics and hospitals.
( a. medical technologist b. pharmacist c. social worker d. nurse )
_____ 4. Concern on the right foods that we should eat.
( a. dietitian b. paramedics c. physical therapist d. all of the above )
_____ 5. Medical practitioner whose expertise is making external human body parts.
( a. physical therapist b. audiologist c. orthotist / prosthetist d. occupational
therapist )

POST TEST
Word Hunt
Find the different Health Practitioners and Allied Professionals by highlighting and write your answer
on the space provided below.

R A D O IL O GS IT E A E T A R E
A N Y T H N I B G IS GC H O L OS
D OT IY O U R S E L R E V E I Y W
T IA L Y A MN GE OU N D E R D N
A AD P E IT T I A IN K F E E T H
T T O ID R U S T L G V OE F S A F
IS IA D N E S S T C H L I C IC R
O OT OO G E T H E R E G GA W I
N N N E P R O S B A A A N OD R D N
T A S D R O N E L R P L L IE I T I
H L Y D E U IA S I T OD U M D C L
E L R N T N B MN IH OE R A S O
R E E IE S B A D N OE N D OT O N
A N GT N U S U R E A D R U G S C E
P E T GD L A E GS C U T E IT R I
D IE A E S T R OE L C A R D A OH
S H P OR U T D I E IT T R P IL E
T H IA WP P R S OB OA OT E R W
C H R IO P R A C T R OT P E V O
H C E T D O O F T A R E A S I R OE
P A R A E MD C IR N B L D T L K S
C R E D T IC A R D S A P R O V E D
U G D IA N C E C U ON C L I R OF
LESSON 5 – ALLIED SHEALTH PROFESSIONS WITH SPECIAL TRAINING
ABROAD

PRE–TEST
Direction: TRUE or FALSE. Write T if the statement is correct, F if the statement is incorrect.
Write your answer on the space provided before the number.
________ 1. Surgical technologist is a member of the surgical team who serves as scrub
technician.
________ 2. The perfusionist assists in performing procedures using radioactive drugs.
________ 3. Specializes in the diagnosis of conditions affecting the nervous system such as
neuromuscular diseases, epilepsy, and nerve entrapments is called Neurophysiologist
_______ 4. A Diagnostic Medical Sonographist uses ultrasonic imaging devices to produce
diagnostic images, scans, videos, or 3D volumes of patients’ anatomy.
_______ 5. A music therapist performs complex diagnostic imaging studies on patients and
plans and administers radiation treatments.

RECAP
Direction: MATCHING TYPE: Identify which health profession is being described by
matching the Items in column A with Column B. Write only the letter of your answer on the
space provided before the number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

_____1. Identifies and rehabilitates hearing impairments A. Guidance Counselor

_____ 2. Promotes good health through proper diet B. Midwife

_____ 3. Diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders C. Chiropractor

_____ 4. Expert and skillful in helping women maintain healthy

Pregnancies D. Dietitian

_____ 5. Assists students with personal, family, education

And career decisions and concerns E. Audiologist
 LESSON

Allied Medical Professions specialized training in other Countries

1. Cardiovascular technologist- uses imaging technology to help physicians

diagnose patients with cardiac (heart) and peripheral vascular (blood vessel)
ailments.

2. Clinical Officer- performs general medical duties such as diagnosis and treatment
of disease and injury, recommendation and interpretation of medical tests,
performance of routine medical and surgical procedures, and referral of patients to
other practitioners.

3. Dental Hygienist- specializes in the removal of calcaneus deposits and stains from
patients’ and additional services and information on prevention of oral diseases.

4. Diagnostic Medical Sonographist- uses ultrasonic imaging devices to produce

diagnostic images, scans, videos, or 3D volumes of patients’ anatomy.

5. Kinesiotherapist- develops and monitors exercise programs to help people regain

muscle strength and function lost due to injury or disease.

6. Neurophysiologist- specializes in the diagnosis of conditions affecting the nervous

system such as neuromuscular diseases, epilepsy, and nerve entrapments.

7. Medical Dosimetrist- designs treatment plans for patients by means of computer

and/or manual computation to determine a treatment field technique that will deliver
the prescribed radiation dose while taking into consideration the dose-limiting
structures.
8. Medical Radiation Scientist- performs complex diagnostic imaging studies on
patients and plans and administers radiation treatments.
9. Music Therapist- uses music within therapeutic relationship to address a client’s
needs, such as facilitating movement and physical rehabilitation, motivating the client
to cope with treatment, providing emotional support, such an outlet for expressing
their feelings through music.
10. Nuclear Medicine Technologist- performs imaging procedures using radioactive
drugs and materials to make diagnostic evaluations of the anatomic or physiologic
conditions of the patient’s body, and facilitates therapy with the use of unsealed
radioactive sources.
11. Orthoptist- investigates, diagnoses and treats defects of binocular vision and
abnormalities related to eye movement; involves seeing patients of all ages from
infants to the elderly.
12. Pedorthist- are foot orthotic and orthopedic footwear experts trained in the
assessment of lower limb anatomy and muscle and joint function.
 13. Perfusionist- assists in performing procedures that involve extracorporeal
circulation, such as during open-heart surgery or hypothermia.
14. Surgical Technologist- a member of the surgical team who serves as a scrub
technician or as a circulator.

ACTIVITY
Direction: PUZZLE WORD. Locate and encircle at least 5 words related to allied medical
professions specialized training in other countries. It may be in vertical or horizontal

T S I P A R E H T C I S U M

E A B C D E F G H T S I J R

T T S I R T E M I S O D T E

T F S T A M L S L I N K S C

E U R O N S A S D N O L I I

C O R P P I C T U E G M N F

H I R E E N I O R I R N O F

N E R D D I N I G G A O I O

O R T H O P I S T Y P P S L

L O A D R G L C S H H Q U A

O U T S T J C D D L I U F C

G U T S H R I F A A S R R I

I S L E I Y N A S T T T E N

S E L L S H Y D Z N Y U P I

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 POST TEST
Direction: IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is being described and choose your answer on
the table below.

Surgical technologist Diagnostic Medical Sonographist

Medical Dosimetrist Kinesiotherapist
Perfusionist Dental Hygienist
Neurophysiologist Medical Radiation Scientist
Orthoptist Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Music Therapist Pedorthist

1. A member of the surgical team who serves as scrub technician.

2.Specializes in the diagnosis of conditions affecting the nervous system such as

neuromuscular diseases, epilepsy, and nerve entrapments is called ___________.

3.An allied profession that uses ultrasonic imaging devices to produce diagnostic images,
scans, videos, or 3D volumes of patients’ anatomy.
4. It performs complex diagnostic imaging studies on patients and plans and administers
radiation treatments.
5. A person assists in performing procedures using radioactive drugs is called________.
6. Investigates, diagnoses, and treats defects of binocular vision and abnormalities related
to eye movement; involves seeing patients of all ages from infants to the elderly.
7. An allied medical profession that develops and monitors exercise programs to help people
regain muscle strength and function lost due to injury or disease.
8. Specialize in the removal of calcaneus deposits and stains from patients’ and additional
services and information on prevention of oral diseases.
9. It assists in performing procedures that involve extracorporeal circulation, such as during
open-heart surgery or hypothermia.
10. Designs treatment plans for patients by means of computer and/or manual
computation to determine a treatment field technique that will deliver the prescribed
radiation dose while taking into consideration the dose-limiting structures.

LESSON 6 – HEALTH CAREER ORIENTATION PROGRAM

PRE–TEST
1. What Strand are you planning to take in senior high?
2. Does this Strand has a connection to your desired course in College?
3. Which career is best aligned with your interest and skills?
 4. Are you planning to pursue a health career profession?
5. What health career do you think would suit you best based on your interests and skills?

LESSON
HEALTH CAREER ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Are you interested to know what causes illnesses? Would you like to help people get and stay
healthy in any aspect of health?
Medical research, scientific research, and technical breakthroughs have made the health
science industry one of the most exciting and personally rewarding fields to explore. And the
most popular jobs in this cluster include those of doctors, dentists, nurses, chiropractors,
pharmacists, radiology technicians, and physical and occupational therapists.
A health career orientation is an activity-based career exploration to broaden your knowledge
about careers in the health field. Health career orientation helps you to:

• evaluate and assess such factors as personal needs, interests, and skills
• provide an opportunity to identify and explore health careers
• learn about the duties and responsibilities of health professionals
• acquire an awareness of a wide variety of educational training and resources for both
academic and vocational fields
• pursue health career pathways for future education/ training
SUMMARY
A career in health will give you the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.
A wide range of healthcare career pathways will provide you with what area you want to focus
on, flexibility, and a variety of ideas and opportunities to pursue your personal development.
You need to identify interests and skills, expose yourself to the different available careers,
and decide on a career that works for you and your plan of action.
The medical profession comprises a group of qualified and dedicated individuals whose vision
is to ensure that every person is healthy, free from any form of illness or disease. They may
be physicians with their own specialized field, or allied health professionals who compliment
them, such as nurses, physical therapists, medical technologists, among others. To start a
career in health, you must go through several years of formal education, an extensive clinical
training, and finally, certification to be officially recognized and duly licensed to practice as a
health professional.
Health career orientation will help you identify and explore health careers and acquire
awareness of a wide variety of educational training and resources for both academic and
vocational that motivate you to pursue a career in health.
Terminologies:

1. Career – an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with
opportunities for progress.
2. Orientation- the act or process of orienting or the state of being oriented.
3. Skills- are the expertise or talent needed to do a job or task.
4. Pathway– a way that constitutes or serves as a path
5. Interest – the state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone
 ACTIVITIES
A. Arrange the jumbled letters.

1. TIRENSET - the state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.

__________
2. IKLSLS - are the expertise or talent needed to do a job or task. ___________
3. HTAWAPY- a way that constitutes or serves as a path. _____________
4. RECARE- an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and
with opportunities for progress. ___________
5. TORNEAITONI - the act or process of orienting or the state of being oriented.

B. Let us Explore This

Personal Data:

Name:

Grade Level and

Section:

Address:

Birthday:

Birth
Place:

Contact No.:

Email Address:
 SHS Preferred
Strand:

Future College
Course:

Personal Skills:

POST TEST

GUESS WHO?
Directions: Analyze and identify the career or profession given in the statement. Write MEDICAL if it is
in the healthcare field and NON-MEDICAL if it is not.
1. Anita’s expertise and skills are helping women to maintain healthy pregnancies, assist in
childbirth delivery. ________________
2. Nisa is professional in giving information’s and knowledges to the children.
_________________
3. Azil has a license to diagnose and treat people with illness and injury. _________________
4. Mary Ann assured her client’s dental health status. _____________
5. Patrick is a person skilled in construction machine and engine works. __________
6. Lou’s field is making a design and structure of building, houses, and establishments.
_______________
7.Elena promotes good health through proper diet and treatment of disease.
_______________
8. Melanie’s career is to provide care for people and assist Physician during treatment.
______________
9. Mark is in-charge in prevention and detection of crime for peace and order of the society.
_______________
10.Ben task is to prepare and dispense medicines prescribed by a licensed Physician.
_________________