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    The document discusses careers in healthcare. It defines a career as an occupation or profession requiring special training. Health careers involve skills like communication, ethics, problem-solving and self-management. The document lists reasons to pursue a healthcare career such as good salary, job security, and interesting work. It outlines the components of a health career plan including self-assessment, career exploration, decision-making, and a plan of action. Finally, it provides examples of 12 healthcare career pathways such as disease prevention, personal healthcare, mental/child care, community healthcare, emergency medical services, and more.

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    The document discusses careers in healthcare. It defines a career as an occupation or profession requiring special training. Health careers involve skills like communication, ethics, problem-solving and self-management. The document lists reasons to pursue a healthcare career such as good salary, job security, and interesting work. It outlines the components of a health career plan including self-assessment, career exploration, decision-making, and a plan of action. Finally, it provides examples of 12 healthcare career pathways such as disease prevention, personal healthcare, mental/child care, community healthcare, emergency medical services, and more.

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    The document discusses careers in healthcare. It defines a career as an occupation or profession requiring special training. Health careers involve skills like communication, ethics, problem-solving and self-management. The document lists reasons to pursue a healthcare career such as good salary, job security, and interesting work. It outlines the components of a health career plan including self-assessment, career exploration, decision-making, and a plan of action. Finally, it provides examples of 12 healthcare career pathways such as disease prevention, personal healthcare, mental/child care, community healthcare, emergency medical services, and more.

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    WHAT IS CAREER?

    A 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. Students will learn skills necessary for their career path,
    which in this case is in healthcare. These include 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 refers to an individual’s plan to make a career choice, growing in the
    chosen career or making a career shift. Career Planning involves the very important step of self-
    assessment.

    WHY PURSUE A HEALTH CAREER?


    •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

    COMPONENTS AND STEPS IN MAKING A HEALTH CAREER PLAN


    1. SELF ASSESSMENT
    2. CAREER EXPLORATION
    You can explore different careers and work environments through career fairs, online research,
    meetings, internships, alumni connections, professional resources.
    3. DECISION MAKING
    Before you decide on taking a career that works for you, you can evaluate and narrow down your
    options through listening the pros and cons, comparing your personal strengths and interests,
    and deciding which career fulfills both current and future goals.
    4. 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.

    WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS?


    1. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
    People who specialize in this career path focus on communicable and non-communicable
    diseases. This work includes immunization, screening of newborns, promotion of breastfeeding,
    infant diseases, prevention, adolescent healthcare, and life skills.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Community Health Work
    -Education and Research
    2. PERSONAL HEALTHCARE
    Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a personal care level. These include
    monitoring patients; administering and assisting in personal care and hygiene; performing
    housekeeping duties; and advising clients on related healthcare issues like infant care, hygiene
    and nutrition.
    CAREGIVERS
    NON-MEDICAL OR PRIVATE DUTY
    3. MENTAL AND CHILD CARE
    These health workers deal with complex public health issues that affect women, children and
    their families. These include providing information on reproductive health, family planning,
    healthcare of pregnant women and their children, and improvement of health delivery system
    through advocacy, education and research.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Midwifery
    -Community Health Educator
    4. MENTAL HEALTHCARE
    These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and intrapersonal
    relationships and life skills. These include cognitive and psychosocial development, promotion of
    healthy self-esteem through feelings and anger management and identifying warning signs or red
    flags of learning disorders, such as ADHD, anxiety, mood disorders, stress, and bullying.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Social Work
    -Clinical Psychology
    -Psychiatry
    -Guidance Counseling
    5. COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE
    Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health of
    all community members.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Barangay/Community Health Work
    -Rural Sanitary Inspection
    6. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
    These health workers try to establish the correlation between and among the physical,
    chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors on the surrounding environment. These
    include monitoring the quality of environment and impact of human activities on ecosystems,
    and developing strategies for restoring ecosystems.
    •SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Air quality monitoring
    -Soil science analysis
    -Hazardous and solid waste management
    -Environmental noise control
    -Radiological assessment
    7. DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL
    People whose careers revolve around this area seek to reduce community and individual
    problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through evidence-based programs and policy
    advocacy.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Drug Enforcement
    -Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
    8. NUTRITION
    Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals food and nutrition and their impact on
    patients’ health. These include meal planning, food preparation and economics.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Clinical Dietetics
    -Food and Nutrition Management
    -Public Health Nutrition
    -Education and Research
    9. HEALTH EDUCATION
    Those who work on this field are tasked with promotion of healthcare and training of health
    workers on managing change in healthcare. Their work involves assessing individual and
    community needs, planning, implementing and evaluating health programs, promoting the
    understanding of various health-related behaviors plus coordinating health education services.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Education and Research
    -Community Health Work
    10. DENTAL HEALTH
    Dental Health workers deal with various oral conditions which include chronic mouth and facial
    pain, oral sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay and tooth loss, other diseases and
    disorders that affect the oral cavity, and risk factors for oral diseases which include unhealthy
    diet, tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, and poor oral hygiene.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Dental Hygiene
    -Dental Nursing
    -Dental health support
    11. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
    Careers in this path are related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or
    employment. These include protecting workers from sickness, disease, and injury arising from
    possible hazards of their employment and workplace.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Occupational Health and Safety Technician
    -Health Inspector
    -Industrial Hygienist
    12. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
    People assigned in this work specialize in out-of-hospital medical care. Their skills include first-
    aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and transport of patients, rapid emergencies
    medical response and immediate medical attention.
    SAMPLE CAREERS:
    -Emergency Medical Aid
    -Paramedic

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