CAREER PLANNING

• Multiple Intelligences - THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE, NOT JUST ONE GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. 
• Career - a path in life which refers to a profession or occupation that requires special training
• Planning - is thinking before the action takes place. It helps us to take a peep into the future and decide in advance the way to deal with the situations, which we are going to encounter in future
• Career Planning - is a process of systematically matching career goals and individual capabilities with opportunities for their fulfillment
• Four steps in career planning:

  • Self-Assessment
  • Career Exploration
  • Career Identification
  • Career Action Plan
• Self-Assessment - The first step in planning, wherein you have to understand your capabilities and discover your personal strengths
• Career Exploration - In this step, you will explore different careers and work environments, through online research, career fairs, meetings, internships, etc
• Career Identification - During this step, you will identify the career that you are most interested in, as well as few alternatives if the first choice does not work out well
• Career Action Plan - This is the final step in career planning, wherein you will plan achievable goals, and design an action plan to help you develop strategies in reaching your goals
• SMARTER meaning:

  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Achievable
  • Realisstic
  • Timely
  • Empowering
  • Reviewable
• Specific - being as clear as you can and avoid ambiguous   statements
• Measurable - •you can see what you have achieved
• Achievable - provides motivation but also keeps your goal   reachable
• Realistic - being reasonable and avoiding the realms of   fantasy
• Timely - create time frames for completing steps
• Empowering - making sure your goals feel right for you and   help you make the changes you want
• Reviewing - do not set goals in concrete; be flexible
• Health Career Pathways:

  • Disease Prevention and Control
  • Personal Health
  • Maternal Health Care
  • Mental Health Care
  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
  • Community Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Nutrition and Dietics
  • Dental Health
  • Nursing
• Disease Prevention and Control - Is focused on creating programs that ensure efficiency and effectiveness of public health
• Disease Prevention and Control - These interventions aim to halt all kinds of diseases – from communicable to non communicable - that are threatening to public health
• Personal Health - Is a service rendered to an individual. The objective of a personal health care is to ensure better health condition of an individual suited to his/her own medical needs. 
• Maternal Health Care - Ensures the safety of both the mother and the child. It includes health care dimensions to reduce the mortality and morbidity among mothers, newborns, and toddlers.
• Mental Health Care - Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions. Program included in mental health care are prescription of medicine and psychological treatment to help patients.
• Career Avenues for Mental Health Care:

  • Professional Counselors
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychiatric Nurses
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
• Occupational Health and Safety - Aims to promote and maintain the highest degree of physical, mental, and social well-being of workers and all employees. Specialists inspect workplaces for adherence to regulations on safety, health, and the environment.
• Community Health - It is a part of public health, but it narrows down into community setting. It involves health-care programs to promote healthy lifestyle and to prevent and treat diseases.
• Environmental Health - Specializes in the study of how the environment affects human health. It also studies ways on how to prevent diseases and how to build health-supportive environments for humankind.
• Nutrition and Dietics - Is designed for those who enjoy food, people, science, and medicine. Through proper combinations of all stated factors, nutritionists and dieticians can help improve the health conditions of patients.
• Dental Health - It is the overall care and treatment of teeth, gums, and related parts of the mouth. It also creates programs for the promotion of oral health
• Nursing - Specializes in a variety of medical procedures, and they often assist doctors and surgeons in different operations.
• Principle Divisions in the Field of Nutrition:

  • Clinical Nutritionist and Dietician
  • Community Nutritionist and Dietician
• Clinical Nutritionist and Dietician - Clinical nutritionist and dieticians work in clinical settings often in one-on-one situations with the patients, as well as their families.
• Community Nutritionist and Dietician - They often work in schools, community health clinics, and recreational centers, government agency programs, and health maintenance organizations