HEALTH QUARTER 4

• CAREER

  is an occupation or profession that requires special training.
• Health Careers

  are designed to familiarize students with the various careers in the medical profession and allied health services.
• Health career Planning refers to an individual's plan to make a career choice, growing in the chosen career or making a career shift.
• Self-assessment 


  ➤It involves continuous learning and improvement to build and grow in the chosen career path. ➤is necessary to understand one's capabilities and drawbacks.
• components in making a health career plan

  • Self-assessment

  • Career Exploration

  • Decision making

  • Plans of Action

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• SELF-ASSESSMENT 


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


  explore different careers and work environments
• Decision Making 


  evaluate and narrow down your options through listing the pros and cons

  compare your personal strengths and interests,
• Plan of Action


  Plan achievable goals and develop strategies to reach your goals, organize your goals into smaller steps
• Disease Prevention and Control People 


  specialize in this career path focus on communicable and non- communicable diseases.
• Personal Healthcare 


  Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a personal care level include monitoring patients; administering and assisting in personal care and hygiene.
• Maternal and Childcare 


  -These health workers deal with d public health issues that affect women, children and their families.
• Mental HealthCare 


  -These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships and life skills.
• Community Healthcare 


  Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health of all community members.
• Environmental Healthcare Management 


  These health workers try to establish the correlation between and among the physical, chemical, biological, social factors in the environment.
• Drug Prevention and Control 


  People whose careers revolve problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through evidence-based programs and policy advocacy.
• Health Education

  Those who work in this field are tasked with promotion of healthcare and training of health workers on managing change in healthcare.
• Nutrition Specialists 


  in this area find ways to balance individuals' food and nutrition and their impact on patients' health including meal planning, food preparation and economics.
• Dental Health 


  Dental health workers deal with various oral conditions which include chronic mouth and facial pain, oral sores, periodontal disease, tooth decay and tooth loss, unhealthy and poor oral hygiene.
• Occupational Safety Careers 


  this path are related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.
• Emergency Medical Services 


  People assigned in this work specialize in out-of-hospital medical care including first-aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and immediate medical attention.
• Health Care Provider 


  a person who helps identify, prevent, or treat an, illness or disability
• Health Care Practitioner/Provider

  an independent healthcare provider who is licensed to practice on and provide general and/or specialized care to a specific area of the body.
• Allied health professionals 


  common allied health professionals practicing in the country with available education and professional training:
• AUDIOLOGIST 


  identifies and rehabilitates hearing impairments and related disorders
• Chiropractor 


  diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders, with emphasis on treatment through manual adjustment and/or manipulation of the spine.
• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 


  assesses, diagnoses, treats and helps prevent mental disorders
• DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST 


  promotes good health through proper diet and treatment of diseases
• EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN - 


  also known as ambulance technician; responds quickly to any emergency and life- threatening situation to immediately treat serious injuries, physical or mental trauma to increase a patient's chances of survival.
• 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.
• HEALTH EDUCATOR

  specializes in health education and promotes the development of health knowledge, life skills, and positive attitudes toward the health and wellbeing of students.
• MASSAGE THERAPIST 


  performs the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing those issues.
• MEDICAL ASSISTANT 


  performs, under the direction of a physician.
• MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST 


  performs a variety of tasks on body fluids, from simple blood tests to more complex tests to uncover abnormalities in the body, and underlying causes of illnesses.
• MIDWIFE


  professionals with the expertise and skills in helping women maintain healthy pregnancies, assist in or perform childbirth delivery, and help in women's recovery process through the postpartum period.
• ORTHOTIST/PROSTHETIST


  makes and fits prosthetics or artificial parts for the human body.
• SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST 


  diagnoses and treats patients with functional and organic speech defects and disorders
• PHYSICAL THERAPIST 


  examines, evaluates, and treats physical impairments through use of special exercise, application of heat or cold, and other physical modalities
• 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
• RESPIRATORY THERAPIST 


  specializes in the promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary function and health; regularly deals with various chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and emphysema