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• Self assessment – discover your personal strengths like your values, interests, personality, skills and anything that sparks your passion. This is the first step in finding the right job for you
• Decision Making – hardest part of the plan. That is why it is important to narrow down the options you have through listing the pros and cons of the jobs
• Career exploration – There are a lot of career options to consider. Explore and study them by researching, attending career caravans, alumni connections, and other professional resources
• Plan of Action – list of achievable short term and long term goals and strategies on how to achieve them
• Health Career – the body of individuals:

  a.whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients

  b. who are qualified to practice medicine
• IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH CAREERS

  • Health careers are getting important nowadays because of the abundance of health care related works. People are becoming more and more health conscious and they put health as a priority in their lives
• Therapeutic services or Direct patient care – “Hands-on Patient Care”
• Imaging and Diagnostics – Use of technology in diagnosis of patients
• Health Informatics and Business

  • Documentation services
  • Medical record management
  • Hospital unit coordination
  • Hospital information
  • Communication system
• Research and Development – advancement of health care through science and technology
• Primary tasks of Public Health

  a.assess and monitor the health of communities

  b. formulate public policies
• DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL CAREER (Public Health)

  • Health concerns of communities at risk for disease and injury
• TYPES OF SOCIAL WORKERS

  Mental and Substance Abuse – mental conditions and substance use disorders

   

  Military and Veterans – former military members transition to civilian life

   

  Palliative and Hospice – chronic illnesses and hearing the end of life

   

  Psychiatric – psychotherapy and diagnosing mental illnesses

   

  School – services for students, helping them reach their academic and social potential
• TYPES OF SOCIAL WORKERS

   

  Social workers in administration, policy and Research – academic careers

   

  Child, Family, and School – young people, parents, and students

   

  Community – Help the clients obtain resources

   

  Criminal Justine – clients include inmates, former convicts and family members of offenders

   

  Gerontological – elderly individuals apply for housing, healthcare and other resources

   

  Medical and Hospital (Healthcare Social Workers) – Medical Problems and healthcare system

   
• Psychiatrist – Diagnose and treat patients who have mental illnesses
• Psychologists – counsel people who have deep emotional problems
• Counselors – assist people with problems related to mental health, family, personal, education and career decisions
• DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL - Professions related to drug-abuse treatment and prevention
• Dietetics – concerned with relationship between “Health and Nutrition”
• Dieticians – Professionals who designs “Nutrition Therapies and Natural Food Nutrients”
• MEDICAL AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS

   

  Cardiologists – Heart Disease

   

  Epidemiologists – Disease Outbreak

   

  Family Practice Physician – General Care Physician

   

  Gastroenterologist – Digestive System

   

  Gynecologist – Female Reproductive System

   

  Internist – Disease in Adults

   

  Neurologist – Nervous System

   

  Neurosurgeon – Brain Surgery

   

  Ophthalmologist – Eye Disease and Treatment

   

  Pediatrician – Childhood Disease and Conditions

   

  Surgeon – Treats Diseases by Surgery

   

  Radiologist – Use of X-rays
• Disease Prevention and Control – people who fulfill this occupation specializes in communicable and non-communicable diseases

  • Includes immunization, public health, screening of newborns, breastfeeding promotions, infant disease prevention, and community sanitation
• Personal Health care – include monitoring of patients, personal health care, and hygiene as well as house-keeping duties
• Maternal and Child Care – deal with issues that affects family, children, and women

  • Includes providing information on reproductive health, family planning, and pregnancy
• Community  Health Care – These are medical professionals that deal with the maintenance, improvement, and protection of health in the community
• Environmental Healthcare Management – deals with chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors of the environment

  • Monitor the quality of environmental impact of human activities as well as strategies on environmental restoration
• Drug prevention and Control – seek to reduce community and individual problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through programs and advocacy
• Nutrition – specialists in food and nutrition programs for individual health

  • Includes meal planning, food preparations, and even economics
• Health Education – professionals who are tasked to promote health care through educating the community

  • involves individual assessments, community needs, planning, implementation and monitoring of health programs, as well as health awareness and promotion
• Dental Health – deal with oral health of an individual

  • treat various oral diseases and conditions such as tooth decay, tooth loss, mouth and jaw pains, mouth sores, and gum diseases
• Occupational Safety – all about safety, welfare, and health of people involved in work or employment
• Emergency Medical Services – specialize in out-of-hospital medical care

  • Includes first aid applications, emergency treatments, and transport of patients  to and from the hospital
•  It deals with oral health of an individual – DENTAL HEALTH
• It deals with issues that affect family, children, and women – MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE
• It is all about safety, welfare, and health of people involved in work – OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
• It specialize in out-of-hospital medical care – EMERGENCY MEDICAL