Planning For A Health Career: Unit 4

Unit 4:
Planning for a
Health career
-Choosing a career is not an easy
thing to do.
-You don’t just look at the pay and
the security it offers you; you also
need to consider your primary
interests and passion which can
open doors to other careers that
you have not considered.
-With lots of professions in
healthcare, you might consider
getting into a health career.
-There is a high demand for workers
in the healthcare industry not just
locally but also globally.
-Health careers are among the most
lucrative job options available all
over the world, especially these
days, with an aging population and
medical advances.
-There is a continuous demand for
health professionals.
-A health career offers a good
salary and job security.
-Educational learning is widely
available in the country with a
path for advancement in
different specialized fields of
interests.
-You get to work with people
and more importantly make a
difference in the life of others.
HEALTH
CAREER
What is a 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 is necessary
to understand one’s
capabilities and drawbacks.
-The various career options
should be explored in detail to
find a fit between one’s
abilities and the opportunities
provided by a career option.
-It involves continuous learning
and improvement to build and
WHY PURSUE A HEALTH CAREER?
-YOU’LL 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
HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS
-Career pathways are clusters
occupations that are grouped
because of shared skills.
-All pathways include a variety
of occupations that require
different levels of education,
skills, and training.
-Selecting a career pathway
provides you with an area of
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. Their
work includes immunization,
screening of newborns, promotion
of breastfeeding, infant diseases
prevention, adolescent healthcare,
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.
3. Maternal and Child Care
-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
Outreach Specialist
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 in 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
9. Health Education
-Those who work in 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 bahaviors plus coordinating
health education services.
Sample Careers:

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 emergency medical
response and immediate medical attention.
Sample Careers:
Emergency Medical Aid

Paramedic

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