REVIEW

HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS

What is health career
pathways?

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 Clusters of careers
or occupations that
are grouped because
of shared skills
What are the health
career pathways?

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 Occupational
Safety
Drug
Prevention Emergency
and Control Medical
Services
Health
Career
Pathways
Health
Education Nutrition

Dental
Health
 Community
Health Care
Disease
Prevention Environmental
and Control Healthcare
Management
Health
Career
Pathways
Maternal and
Personal
Child Care
Health Care
Mental
Health
Care
Activity I: 4 Pics 1 word
LAEDIL
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 MEDICAL
AND ALLIED HEALTH
PROFESSIONS

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 Objectives:
Identify the medical and allied health
rofessions.

2. Decide on an appropriate health

profession.

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 Unlocking of Terms
MEDICAL
-relating to the study or
practice of medicine .
ALLIED
-joined in a relationship in which
people, groups, countries etc.,
agree to work together.
Medical Health Profession
- a group of individuals
qualified to practice medicine.
Allied Health Profession
-a trained healthcare provider
practicing under supervision of
a physician or healthcare
practitioner.
 Allied health professions
that we presently have in
the Philippines
ACTIVITY 2: WHO’S WHO?

Directions: Identify the medical &

allied health professions and the
description of their works.

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 AUDIOLOGIST 17

Identifies and rehabilitates hearing

impairments and related disorders.
 Clinical Psychologist

Assesses, diagnoses, treats and helps to

prevent mental disorders.
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.
 Dietitian/nutritionist

Promotes good health through proper diet

and treatment of diseases.
 Guidance Counselor

Assist students with personal, family,

education, and career decisions and concerns.
 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.
 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
 Orthotist/Prosthetist

Makes and fits prosthetics or

artificial parts for the human body
 Physical Therapist

Examines, evaluates, and treats physical impairments

through use of special exercise, application of heat or cold,
and other physical modalities
 Radiation Therapists

Administers radiation therapy services to patients and

observes patients during treatment.
 Chiropractor

Diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders,

with emphasis on treatment through manual
adjustment and/or manipulation of the spine.
 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
 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
 Medical Assistant

Performs, under the direction of a physician, various

routine administrative and nontechnical clinical tasks
in hospitals, clinics, and other similar facilities
 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
moveable pressure on affected parts of the body.
 Health Educator

Specializes in health education and promotes the

development of health knowledge, life skills, and
positive attitudes toward the health and well-being
 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
 Paramedic

Gives emergency medical treatment or assists

medical professionals in emergency situations
 Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer

Healthcare professionals who perform imaging procedures,

such as x-ray examinations, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI) scans and Computed Tomography (CT) scans .
 Phlebotomist
` `

Professionals with special training in phlebotomy or

drawing blood from patients
 Speech Language Pathologist

Diagnoses and treats patients with functional and

organic speech defects and disorders
 Respiratory therapist

Specializes in the promotion of optimum

cardiopulmonary function and health; regularly deals
with various chronic respiratory diseases, such as
asthma.
 Generalization
What is the difference of medical and
allied health profession?
Name some of the medical and allied
profession we have in the Philippines.
 Valuing

Why do you need to pursue a

health profession?
 EVALUATION
1. What is medical health
profession?
2. What is allied health profession?
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Identify the following pictures:
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28. Assesses, diagnoses, treats and helps to
prevent mental disorders.
29. Performs, under the direction of a physician, various
routine administrative and nontechnical clinical tasks in
hospitals, clinics, and other similar facilities

30. Healthcare professionals who perform imaging

procedures, such as x-ray examinations, Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans and Computed
Tomography (CT) scans .
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31- 35 – Give 5 examples of allied
health professions

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