MAPEH

• Steps to prepare for the future

  • Set your goals
  • Shortlist your interests
  • List down your strengths
  • Highlight and match
  • Look at the current trends
  • Lifestyle check
  • Start now
  • Review
• Public health careers

  Concerned with the health and safety of the community, studies and minimizes risks and threats to community health
• Bachelor of science in public health (BSPH)


  • Four-year course, incorporates two professional tracks: population health and medical laboratory science (MLS)
• Population health (PH) track

  • Studies health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, health equity, and the policies and interventions that influence the optimal balance of identified determinants
• Medical laboratory science (MLS) track

  • Studies additional courses on clinical laboratory-associated professional courses
• Personal health care providers

  Focus on the individual health of people who seek their services, may be nurses, therapists, or personal aides
• Maternal and childcare professionals

  Offer assistance and guidance to pregnant women before, during, and after childbirth, monitor the health of both mother and child
• Mental health care professionals


  Provide a variety of services from therapy to medication if needed, concerned with the emotional health of patients
• Psychiatrist

  Trained as a medical doctor and can prescribe medication
• Psychologist


  Not a medical doctor and can't prescribe medication, but trained to understand how the brain works, how people think and behave
• Occupational health and safety


  Keeping the workplace safe and accident-free, promoting a healthy and safe work environment
• Disease prevention and control professionals

  Focus on the study of diseases, their causes, methods of prevention, cure, pattern, and possible complications
• Bachelor of science in microbiology

  • Four-year program that provides the opportunity to study various microorganisms and their activities
• Community and environmental health professionals

  Experts in the state of health of the community, provide medical attention and promote healthy lifestyles
• Drug prevention and control professionals

  Responsible for making sure there are no illegal drug activities, regulating legal substances, and rehabilitating drug addicts
• Nutrition and dietetics professionals

  Play an important role in ensuring physical health by promoting healthy and balanced diets
• Health educators


  Provide health awareness to the community through talks, seminars, formal education, with the goal of empowering individuals
• Dental health professionals

  Concerned with keeping the teeth, gums, tongue, and palette healthy, may prescribe medication, conduct procedures, or perform surgery
• Nursing


  Involves a wide scope of healthcare services, including first aid, monitoring patient health, providing personal care, and assisting during surgery
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel


  Provide medical assistance to victims of accidents and emergency situations, responsible for first aid and transporting victims to healthcare facilities
• SET YOUR GOALS


  1. What kind of career do you want and why?

  2. What kind of job do you think you will excel at?

  3. What things are you looking for in a job?

  4. What do you foresee as your long-term career?
• SHORTLIST YOUR INTERESTS


  Make a list of all your interests
• LIST DOWN YOUR STRENGTHS

  1. What subjects and sports do you get awards for in school or in the community?

  2. What qualities do people admire in you?

  3. What do your parents and teachers usually commend you for?

  4. In which areas did you have special classes and extra training?
• HIGHLIGHT AND MATCH


  1. Match items with your strengths and weaknesses

  2. If you are passionate about something and are good at it, then having a career in this area will definitely be for you
• LOOK AT THE CURRENT TRENDS


  1. Look at the trends in the job market and see which career is the most practical for you

  2. Are you willing to work abroad or take your slim chances in the country?
• LIFESTYLE CHECK


  1. Is your lifestyle fit for the career you are eyeing?

  2. Are you willing to travel?

  3. Are you up for working more than eight hours per day?

  4. Are you ready to be on-call during weekends or holidays?

  5. Based on your research, will the average pay for the job be enough to fund the lifestyle you lead or want?
• START NOW


  1. Look for trainings and seminars that you can attend

  2. Read books, research materials, and journal articles to make you more knowledgeable about your field of preference

  3. Make sure you meet the job requirements and necessary qualifications
• REVIEW


  1. Look back at each step

  2. As mentioned earlier in this lesson, career planning is not accomplished overnight

  3. You might have interests now that you were not able to include when you first began your list

  4. You might have read several researches that made you consider or stop considering a certain option

  5. Look back and reflect if you have gotten all bases covered
• Public health careers


  • Concerned with the health and safety of the community
  • Studies and minimizes the risks and threats to community health in the form of diseases, unhealthy lifestyles, toxins, and pollutants
• BSPH program


  • Four-year course
  • Incorporates two professional tracks: population health and medical laboratory science (MLS)
  • Students in the population health (PH) track will study in more depth health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, health equity, and the policies and interventions that influence the optimal balance of identified determinants
  • MLS track will study additional courses on clinical laboratory associated professional courses
• Personal health care providers


  • Focus on the individual health of people who seek their services
  • May be nurses, therapists, or personal aides
  • Provide constant and necessary assistance to people who need their professional help
• Maternal and child care professionals


  • Offer assistance and guidance to pregnant women before, during, and after childbirth
  • Monitor the health of both mother and child
  • Suggest preventive measures against illnesses that the mother and infant may be at risk of
  • Provide nutrition and fitness advice for optimal health
  • Concerned not only with the physical well-being but also the mental and emotional state of patients
• Mental health care professionals


  • Provide a variety of services, from therapy to medication needed
  • Usually overlap with the emotional health care that is needed by the patient
• Psychiatrist


  Trained as a medical doctor and can prescribe medication
• Psychologist


  • Not a medical doctor and can't prescribe medication
  • Trained to understand how your brain works, how you think and how you behave
  • Able to use different types of counselling and psychotherapy to help
• Occupational health and safety


  • Keeping the workplace safe and accident-free
  • Keeping people in the workplace healthy and safe will result in increased productivity and harmony at work
  • Responsible for providing health guidelines and programs to promote a healthy and safe work environment
• Disease prevention and control professionals

  • Focus on the study of diseases, their causes, methods of prevention, cure, pattern, and possible complications
  • Functions range from research work and studies regarding the current situation, and the implementation of health services needed to minimize or eradicate diseases that occur in the community
• BS in Microbiology


  • Four-year program
  • Provides students the opportunity to study the various microorganisms, like viruses, bacteria, algae, protozoan, and fungi, and their activities
• Community and environmental health professionals


  • Experts in the state of health of the community they are stationed in
  • Responsible for providing medical attention to the members of their community
  • May be classified as social workers who promote health in the community free of charge and on a voluntary basis
  • Focus on the surroundings and suggest or implement programs that promote a healthy lifestyle
• Drug prevention and control professionals


  • In the Philippines, the government drug prevention and control body is the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
  • Responsible for making sure that there are no illegal drug activities in their area
  • Responsible for ensuring that the use of legal substances like alcohol and tobacco products are regulated
  • In charge of the rehabilitation of drug addicts