Health 1-2

• Health career


  An occupation or profession that requires special training
• Health careers


  • Designed to familiarize students with the various careers in the medical profession and allied health services
  • Students will learn skills necessary for their career path, which in this case is in healthcare, including working with others, communication skills, legal and ethical responsibilities, cultural considerations in healthcare industry, problem solving, decision making, accepting personal responsibility, and self-management
• Health career planning


  An individual's plan to make a career choice, growing in the chosen career or making a career shift
• Health career planning


  • Involves the very important step of self-assessment
• Self-assessment


  Necessary to understand one's capabilities and drawbacks
• Reasons to pursue a health career

  • Make a difference in people's lives
  • 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)
• Components and steps in making a health career plan

  1. Self-assessment

  2. Career exploration

  3. Decision making

  4. Plan of action
• Self-assessment


  Discover your personal strengths through self-assessments (values, interests, personality, testing, skills, etc.)
• Career exploration


  Explore different careers and work environments through career fairs, online research, meetings, internships, alumni connections, professional resources
• Decision making


  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
• Plan of action


  Plan achievable goals and develop 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