Planning for

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CAREE
CAREE
 an occupation
R
or
profession that
requires
special
 HEALTH
designed to familiarize
CAREER
students with the various
careers in the medical
profession and allied
health services.
Self-assessment is necessary
to understand one’s
capabilities and drawbacks.
It involves continuous
learning and improvement to
build and grow in the chosen
career path.
Why
pursue a
health
YOU’LL 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
What are the
components and
steps in making a
health career
SELF-
ASSESSMENT
Discover your personal
strengths through
self- assessments
(values, interests,
personality, testing,
SELF-
ASSESSMENT
What are my
skills and
interests?
 CAREER
You can explore different
EXPLORATION
careers and work
environments through career
fairs, online research,
meetings, internships, alumni
connections, professional
CAREER EXPLORATION
What health careers do
I want to explore?
What will I do to explore
the different health careers?
DECISION
Before you decide on taking a career
MAKING

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.
DECISION
MAKING
What health career will
Ichoose based on my
skills and interests?
What do I need
to consider?
PLAN OF
Plan achievalbe goals and develop
ACTION
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
PLAN OF ACTION
What will I
do
to meet
my
CAREER
PATHWAYS
Career pathways are
clusters occupations that
are grouped because of
shared skills.
Why Do You Need to
Understand Health
Career Pathways?
Makes it easier for you
to identify health career
professions
Why Do You Need to
Understand Health
Career Pathways?
Assists you in choosing
a health career
Why Do You Need to
Understand Health
Career Pathways?
Helps you develop a plan
on how to prepare for your
chosen health career
WHAT ARE EXAMPLES
OF HEALTH CAREER
PATHWAYS?
1. Disease
Prevention and
Control
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.
2. Personal
Healthcare
field perform
healthcare-related
tasks in a personal
care level.
3. Maternal and Child
Care
deal with complex public health
issues that affect women,
children and their families.
Example: Midwifery
4. Mental
HealthCare
 dealing with interpersonal and
intrapersonal relationships and
life skills.
Example: Guidance Counsellor
5. Community
Healthcare
Focus on maintenance,
protection, and improvement
of the health of all community
members.
Rural Sanitary Inspection
6. Environmental
Healthcare Management
monitoring the quality of
environment and impact of
human activities on ecosystems,
and developing strategies for
restoring ecosystems.
7. Drug Prevention
and Control
reduce community and
individual problems related to
alcohol and drug abuse through
evidence- based programs and
policy advocacy.
8.
Nutrition
balance individuals’ food and
nutrition and their impact on
patients’ health. These include
meal planning, food preparation
and economics.
9. Health
Education
Assessing individual and community
needs, planning, implementing and
evaluating health programs, promoting
the understanding of various health-
related bahaviors plus coordinating
health education services
10. Dental
Health
 deal with various oral conditions
which include chronic mouth
and facial pain, oral sores,
periodontal (gum) disease,
tooth decay and tooth loss, etc.
11. Occupational
Safety
 related to the safety, health
and welfare of people engaged
in work or employment.
Health Inspector
12. Emergency Medical
Services
 work specialize in out-of-hospital medical
care.
 skills include first-aid procedures, emergency
medical treatment and transport of patients,
rapid emergency medical response and
immediate medical attention.
MEDICAL AND
ALLIED HEALTH
PROFESSION
MEDICAL
PROFESSION

A group of
individuals qualified to
 ALLIED
HEALTH
PROFESSIONS
Are lines of work that still
deal with healthcare, but
are distinct from medicine.
 Who are the
medical and allied
health
professionals?
Health Care Provider
- a person who helps
identify, prevent, or
treat an illness or
disability
 Health Care
Provider - an independent
Practitioner/
healthcare provider who is licensed
to practice on and provide
general and/or specialized care to
a specific area of the body.
Allied Health
- a trained healthcare provider
Professionals
practicing under supervision of a
physician or healthcare practitioner.
They include pharmacists, dental
hygienists, physical therapists and
nurses.
Two Categories
of these
Technician
-s Those who undergo training
to perform specific procedures.
- They are required to work
under the supervision of
technologists or
therapists.
Technician
- This category includes physical
s
therapy assistants, medical laboratory
technicians, radiological technicians,
occupational therapy assistants,
recreation therapy assistants and
respiratory therapy technicians.
Technologist/Therapist
-shave more intensive training,
which includes acquiring
procedural skills.
- They evaluate patients, diagnose
conditions, develop treatment plans,
and
Technologist/Therapist
- They also assess patients’ responses
s
to therapy and make appropriate
decisions about continued treatment
or modification of treatment plans.
- Furthermore, they are licensed
to perform these tasks.