PLANNING FOR A HEALTH CAREER

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 an occupation or
profession that
requires special
training.
 HEALTH
CAREER
designed to familiarize
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
 WORK WITH PEOPLE (OR NOT)
What are the
components and
steps inmaking a
health career
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Discover your personal
strengths through
self- assessments
(values, interests,
personality, testing,
SELF-ASSESSMENT
What are my
skills and
interests?
◦Give some health careers
that you know.
CAREER
PATHWAYS
Career pathways are
clusters occupations that
are grouped because of
shared skills.
 TYPES OF
HEALTH CAREERS
 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.
 1.) Disease Prevention and Control

◦Community Health Work

◦Education and Research
 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.
3.) Maternal and Child Care
◦Midwifery
◦Community Health Educator
◦Outreach Specialist
 4.) Mental HealthCare
◦dealing with interpersonal and
intrapersonal relationships and life
skills.
 4.) Mental HealthCare
◦Social Work
◦Clinical Psychology
◦Psychiatry
◦Guidance Counseling
 5.) Community Healthcare
◦Focus on maintenance, protection, and
improvement of the health of all
community members.
 5.) Community Healthcare
◦Barangay/Community Health Work
◦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.
 6.) Environmental Healthcare
Management
◦Air quality monitoring
◦Soil science analysis
◦Hazardous and solid waste management
◦Environmental noise control
◦Radiological assessment
7.) Drug Prevention and Control
◦reduce community and individual
problems related to alcohol and
drug abuse through evidence-
based programs and policy
advocacy.
7.) Drug Prevention and Control
◦Drug Enforcement
◦Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
 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.
 10.) Dental Health
◦Dental Hygiene
◦Dental Nursing
◦Dental health support
 11.) Occupational Safety
◦related to the safety, health and
welfare of people engaged in
work or employment.
 11.) Occupational Safety
◦Occupational Health and Safety
Technician
◦Health Inspector
◦Industrial Hygienist
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.
12.) Emergency Medical Services
◦Emergency Medical Aid
◦Paramedic
MEDICAL AND
ALLIED HEALTH
PROFESSION
MEDICAL PROFESSION

A group of individuals
qualified to practice
medicine.
 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.
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
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
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
4. Dietitian / Nutritionist - promotes good health
through proper diet and treatment of diseases
5. Emergency Medical Technician –responds quickly
to any emergency and life-threatening situation to
immediately treat serious accidents
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
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
7. Health Educator - specializes in health education and
promotes the development of health knowledge
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
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
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
11. Midwife - professionals with the expertise and skills in
helping women maintain healthy pregnancies, assist in or
perform childbirth delivery
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.
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
13. Occupational therapist - 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
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
16. Pharmacist - prepares and dispenses medication
prescribed by licensed health professionals
17. Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer -
healthcare professionals who perform imaging
procedures,
18. Physical Therapist - examines, evaluates, and
treats physical impairments through use of special
exercise, application of heat or cold, and other
physical modalities
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
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
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently have in the Philippines?
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
There are also allied medical
professions whose specialized
training is available in other
countries.
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently 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 - 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
calcaneous deposits and stains from patients’ and
provides additional services and information on prevention of
oral diseases.
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently in other countries?
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 such as
neuromuscular diseases, ediagnosis of conditions
affecting the nervous system pilepsy, and nerve
entrapments
 What are the allied health professions
that we presently in other countries?
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 a therapeutic
relationship to address a client’s needs, such as
facilitating movement and physical rehabilitation
What are the allied health professions
that we presently in other countries?
Technician
-s Those who undergo training
to perform specific procedures.
- They are required to work
under the supervision of
technologists or
therapists.
Technicians
- This category includes physical
therapy assistants, medical laboratory
technicians, radiological technicians,
occupational therapy assistants,
recreation therapy assistants and
respiratory therapy technicians.
Technologist/Therapists
- have more intensive training,
which includes acquiring
procedural skills.
- They evaluate patients, diagnose
conditions, develop treatment plans,
and
Technologist/Therapists
- 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.
 Assignment:
◦ Group the class into 5 groups.
◦ Look for the careers that is under and their functions:
◦ Mental Health
◦ Community Health
◦ Environmental Health
◦ Drug prevention and control
◦ Nutrition and Dietetics
Write it on a one whole sheet of paper
Submit it on : February 10, 2020
 Public Health
◦ "the science and art of preventing
disease”, prolonging life and improving
quality of life through organized efforts
and informed choices of society,
organizations, public and private,
communities and individuals’ policies.
Three Primary Tasks of
Public Health

◦Assess and monitor the health of

communities.
◦Formulate public policies.
◦Assure that all populations have
access to appropriate and cost-
effective care.
 Career opportunities related to
Public Health
◦Personal Health Care
◦Services that include
companionship and assistance in
a day-to-day activities.
◦Personal Health Care
◦Non-medical or private duty
◦Ex: Care Givers
Maternal and Child Care
 Concerns the following:
◦Family Planning and
Preconception care
◦Prenatal care
◦Postnatal care
 Mental Health Practitioners

◦Helping patients who have mental

and emotional problems, and
illnesses.