Let’s Learn

CONTENT STANDARD:
The learner demonstrates understanding of the concepts in planning health
career
PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
The learner prepares an appropriate plan of action in pursuing a health
career

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING CONPETENCIES/ OBJECTIVES

1. Prepares a personal health career following the prescribed components

and steps
2. Explores the various health career paths selects a particular health career
pathway based on personal competence and interest

Let’s Try
PRE-ASSESSMENT:
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____1. 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.
a. Disease Prevention Control c. Maternal and Child Care
b. Personal Healthcare d. Mental HealthCare
_____2. 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.
a. Disease Prevention Control c. Maternal and Child Care
b. Personal Healthcare d. Mental HealthCare
_____3. Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and
improvement of the health of all community members.
a. Community HealthCare c. Nutrition
b. Mental and Child Care d. Health Education
_____4. 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.
a. Community HealthCare c. Nutrition
b. Mental and Child Care d. Health Education
_____5. These workers deal with various oral conditions which include chronic
mouth and facial plain, 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.
a. Drug Prevention and Control c. Nutrition
b. Health Education d. Dental Health

Let’s Recall
ACTIVITY 1
Direction: Put a check mark (/) the reason why you need to pursue a health career

1. Become famous in your expertise

2. Good Salary
3. Earn money
4. Job Security
5. Do work that interests you
6. Family inheritance
7. Influence by friends
8. Find a health career that fits your educational plans
9. A clear path to advancement
10. Work with people (or not)

Processing Questions:

1. Discuss your reasons for wishing to pursue a health career.

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2. What have you already done to accomplish the goals you described in
the first question?
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 3. What lesson have you learned from your experiences in preparing for
a health career that will help you become successful in the future?
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Let’s Explore

HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS

Career pathways are clusters occupations that are grouped because of
shared skills.

Why do you need

to understand
Health Career
Pathway?
Assist you in choosing a
health career

Let’s Elaborate

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, and life skills.

Sample Careers:
• Community Health Work
• Education and Research
2. Prevention 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

These health workers deal with complex public health issues
that affect women children and their families.

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

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

7. Drug Prevention and Control

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
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

These workers deal with various oral conditions which include
chronic mouth and facial plain, 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.
 Special Careers:
• Dental Hygiene
• Dental Nursing
• Dental Support

11. Occupational Safety

related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in
work or employment.

Special Careers:
• Health Inspector
• Occupational Health and Safety Technician
• Industrial Hygienist

12. Emergency Medical Services

work specialize in out-of-hospital medical care. skills include
first-aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and transport of
patients, rapid emergency medical response and immediate medical
attention.

Special Careers:
• Emergency Medical Aid
• Paramedic

Let’s Dig In
In 2-3 paragraphs, write your thoughts about the question, “Why do you
need to understand Health Career Pathway?”
 Let’s Remember
Career pathways are cluster 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 focus, along with flexibility and a variety of
ideas to pursue for personal development.

Let’s Apply

A. List at least 5 examples of health career provided/available in

your school/ community/ country for each health career
pathways. Use the table below for your answers.

HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS HEALTH CAREER

B. Based on the activity , answer these questions:

1. What health careers are commonly available in your school,

community, and country?
2. What type of health career/s do you think is needed in our
country? Explain why?
3. Which health career pathways do you think our government
should give priority? Choose five (5)
4. Why is it important to understand the different career
pathways in health?

Let’s Evaluate

DIRECTIONS: Arrange the jumbled letters to form the words related

our topic. Use the clues provided to answer this activity.
1. This is a cluster of occupations that are group because of shared
skills. CRREEA PWTASYHA
 2. It is the people who specialize in focus on communicable and non-
communicable disease. SSEDAIE ORNEIEVNTP ADN OLCNROT

3. These are professionals who perform healthcare related tasks at a

personal care level. NOAPLSER AACTHHERLE
4. These are health workers who deal with complex public issues that
affect women, children, and families. LMTAANER DAN ILDHC EACR

5. These are the medical professionals who specialize in interpersonal and

intrapersonal relationships and life skills. NTLMAE RLACETHAEH

6. These are specialists in the maintenance, protection, and improvement

of the health of all community members. UMYINMTOC HCEHERTLAA

7. These are people who seek to reduce community and individual

problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through evidence-based
programs and policy advocacy. GURD NEIRPOEVTN AND OOTNRLC

8. There are specialists in balancing individuals’ food and nutrition and

their impact on patients’ health. TIIORUNTN

9. These are the workers who specialize in various oral conditions. TLANED
EHTLAH

10. It is the people who specialize in out-of-hospital medical care.

NYEEMCRGE IEDLCMA RICESSEV

References

• Grade 10 P.E. and Health Leaner’s Materials

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtPS8Rws36Y
• https://www.slideshare.net/ceygloria/planning-for-a-health-
career?qid=a89f3874-f85f-4bd9-a41b-
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 Development Team of the Module
Writer: DENNIS CASUPANG SANTOS
Editors:
Content Evaluator: GLADYS XZIERA D. RAMOS
Language Evaluator: DENNIS CASUPANG SANTOS
Reviewers: JOHN REY C. AMANO

Illustrator:
Layout Artist: MELANIE D. GATANELA
Management Team: DR. MARGARITO B. MATERUM, SDS
DR. GEORGE P. TIZON, SGOD Chief
DR. ELLERY G. QUINTIA, CID Chief
MR. SHOJI G. GERONA. EPS, MAPEH
DR DAISY L. MATAAC, EPS – LRMS/ALS

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