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    This document provides information about planning a career in health. It discusses that a health career requires special training and involves self-assessment of one's skills and continuous learning. Some benefits of a health career include making a difference, good salary, job security, and interesting work. The key components to developing a health career plan are self-assessment of skills and interests, career exploration of different health careers, decision making by evaluating options, and creating a plan of action to meet goals. Health career pathways are clusters of occupations with shared skills that help identify and prepare for different health career professions. Examples of pathways include disease prevention, personal healthcare, maternal/child care, mental healthcare, and dental health.

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    This document provides information about planning a career in health. It discusses that a health career requires special training and involves self-assessment of one's skills and continuous learning. Some benefits of a health career include making a difference, good salary, job security, and interesting work. The key components to developing a health career plan are self-assessment of skills and interests, career exploration of different health careers, decision making by evaluating options, and creating a plan of action to meet goals. Health career pathways are clusters of occupations with shared skills that help identify and prepare for different health career professions. Examples of pathways include disease prevention, personal healthcare, maternal/child care, mental healthcare, and dental health.

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    This document provides information about planning a career in health. It discusses that a health career requires special training and involves self-assessment of one's skills and continuous learning. Some benefits of a health career include making a difference, good salary, job security, and interesting work. The key components to developing a health career plan are self-assessment of skills and interests, career exploration of different health careers, decision making by evaluating options, and creating a plan of action to meet goals. Health career pathways are clusters of occupations with shared skills that help identify and prepare for different health career professions. Examples of pathways include disease prevention, personal healthcare, maternal/child care, mental healthcare, and dental health.

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    Planning For A: Health Career

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    This document provides information about planning a career in health. It discusses that a health career requires special training and involves self-assessment of one's skills and continuous learning. Some benefits of a health career include making a difference, good salary, job security, and interesting work. The key components to developing a health career plan are self-assessment of skills and interests, career exploration of different health careers, decision making by evaluating options, and creating a plan of action to meet goals. Health career pathways are clusters of occupations with shared skills that help identify and prepare for different health career professions. Examples of pathways include disease prevention, personal healthcare, maternal/child care, mental healthcare, and dental health.

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    Planning for a

    HEALTH
    CAREER
    HEALTH 10QUARTER IV
    CAREER
    an occupation or
    profession that
    requires special
    training.
    HEALTH CAREER
    designed to familiarize
    students with the various
    careers in the medical
    profession and allied health
    services.
    Self-assessment is necessary
    to understand one’s capabilities
    and drawbacks.
    It involves continuous learning
    and improvement to build and
    grow in the chosen career
    path.
    Why pursue
    a health
    career?
    YOU’LL MAKE A
    DIFFERENCE IN
    PEOPLE’S LIVES.
    Things we consider:
    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)
    What are the
    components and
    steps in making a
    health career plan?
    SELF-ASSESSMENT
    Discover your personal
    strengths through self-
    assessments (values,
    interests, personality,
    testing, skills, etc.
    SELF-ASSESSMENT
    What are my
    skills and
    interests?
    CAREER EXPLORATION
    You can explore different
    careers and work environments
    through career fairs, online
    research, meetings, internships,
    alumni connections,
    professional resources
    CAREER EXPLORATION
    What health careers do I
    want to explore?
    What will Ido to explore the
    different health careers?
    DECISION MAKING
    Before you decide on taking a career
    that works for you, you can 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.
    DECISION MAKING
    What health career will I
    choose based on my skills
    and interests?
    What do Ineed to
    consider?
    PLAN OF ACTION
    Plan achievalbe 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
    PLAN OF ACTION
    What will I do
    to meet my
    goal/s?
    CAREER PATHWAYS
    Career pathways are
    clusters occupations that
    are grouped because of
    shared skills.
    Why Do You Need to
    Understand Health Career
    Pathways?
    Makes it easier for you to
    identify health career
    professions
    Why Do You Need to
    Understand Health Career
    Pathways?
    Assists you in choosing a
    health career
    Why Do You Need to
    Understand Health Career
    Pathways?
    Helps you develop a plan on
    how to prepare for your
    chosen health career
    WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF
    HEALTH CAREER
    PATHWAYS?
    1.Disease Prevention
    and Control
    Focus on communicable and non-
    communicable diseases.
    Their work includes immunization, screening
    of newborns, promotion of breastfeeding,
    infant diseases prevention, adolescent
    healthcare, and life skills.
    2. Personal Healthcare
    field perform
    healthcare-related tasks
    in a personal care level.
    3. Maternal and Child Care
    deal with complex public health
    issues that affect women, children
    and their families.
    Example: Midwifery
    4. Mental HealthCare
    dealing with interpersonal and
    intrapersonal relationships and life
    skills.
    Example: Guidance Counsellor
    5. Community Healthcare
    Focus on maintenance,
    protection, and improvement of
    the health of all community
    members.
    Rural Sanitary Inspection
    6. Environmental Healthcare
    Management
    monitoring the quality of
    environment and impact of human
    activities on ecosystems, and
    developing strategies for restoring
    ecosystems.
    7. Drug Prevention and
    Control
    reduce community and individual
    problems related to alcohol and
    drug abuse through evidence-
    based programs and policy
    advocacy.
    8. Nutrition
    balance individuals’ food and
    nutrition and their impact on
    patients’ health. These include
    meal planning, food preparation
    and economics.
    9. Health Education
    Assessing individual and community
    needs, planning, implementing and
    evaluating health programs, promoting
    the understanding of various health-
    related bahaviors plus coordinating
    health education services
    10.Dental Health
    deal with various oral conditions
    which include chronic mouth and
    facial pain, oral sores, periodontal
    (gum) disease, tooth decay and
    tooth loss, etc.

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