I NTR O D U C T I O N

E X A M PL E S O F
H E A LTH C A R E E R
PATH WAY S

HEALTH
CAREER MEDICAL AND ALLIED
H E A LTH
PR O F E SSI O NS

PATHWAYS
PRETEST: "AKO YAN!"
______1. Diagnosis and treats neuromuscular
disorders with emphasis on treatment through
manual adjustment and/or manipulation of the
spine. (R O T C A R P O R I H C)
______2. Performs the scientific manipulation
of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose
of normalizing those tissue.
(E G A M S S A P I S T E T H R A)
______3. Investigates, diagnoses, and treats
defects of binocular vision and abnormalities
related to eye movement. (T I S T O R T H O P)

______4. Assists students with personal,

family, education, and career decisions and
concerns; also helps them develop job-finding
skills and other life skills needed to prevent and
deal with problems. (C E G U I D A N L O R S E C
O U N)
______5. Specializes in health education and
promotes the development of health
knowledge, life skills, and positive attitudes
toward the health and well-being of students. (E
A H H T L C A T O R E D U)
______6. . Professionals with the expertise and
skills in helping women maintain healthy
pregnancies, assist in, or perform childbirth
delivery, and help in women’s recovery process
through the postpartum period. (D I M F E W I)
______7. . Trained to provide care for people
who are sick or injured; monitors patients’
health and records symptoms, assists physicians
during examinations and treatment, and
administers medications.(R S E N U)

______8. . Gives emergency medical treatment

or assists medical professionals in emergency
situations. (R A P A D I C M E)
______9. Identifies and rehabilitates hearing
impairments and related disorders. (D I O A U
G I S T L O)

______10. . Promotes good health through

proper diet and treatment of diseases.(T I O N
I S T N U T R I)
PLANNING FOR A HEALTH
CAREER PATHWAYS
HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS ARE
CLUSTERS OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE
GROUPED BECAUSE OF SHARED SKILLS.
EXAMPLES OF HEALTH
CAREER PATHWAYS
1. DISEASE
PREVENTION AND
CONTROL
- FOCUSES ON
COMMUNICABLE AND NON-
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
- SAMPLE CAREER:
COMMUNITY HEALTH
WORK EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH
2. PERSONAL
HEALTH CARE
- Performs healthcare related
tasks in a personal care level.
- Monitoring patients,
administering personal care and
hygiene; performing
housekeeping duties; and
advising clients on related
healthcare issues like infant
care, and nutrition.
3. MATERNAL AND
CHILD CARE
- DEAL WITH COMPLEX PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUES THAT AFFECT
WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
- SAMPLE CAREER: MIDWIFERY
COMMUNITY HEALTH
EDUCATOR OUTREACH
SPECIALIST
4. MENTAL
HEALTHCARE
- Specializes in dealing with
interpersonal and intrapersonal
relationships and life skills.

- Sample Careers: Social

Work, Clinical Psychology,
Psychiatry,
Guidance Counselling
5. COMMUNITY
HEALTHCARE
- FOCUSES 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
- Establishes the correlation between
among the physical, chemical,
biological, social, and psychosocial
factors in the surrounding
environment.
- Sample Careers:
Air quality Monitoring, Solid science
analysis, Hazardous and solid waste
management, Environmental noise
control, Radiological Assessment
7. DRUG PREVENTION
AND CONTROL
- 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
- Find ways to balance
individuals' food and nutrition
and their impact on patients'
health.

- Sample Careers: Clinical

Diabetics Food and Nutrition
Management, Public health
nutrition
9. HEALTH
EDUCATION
- TASKED WITH PROMOTION
OF HEALTHCARE AND
TRAINING OF HEALTH
WORKERS ON MANAGING
CHANGE IN HEALTHCARE.
- SAMPLE
CAREER: EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH COMMUNITY
HEALTH WORK
10. DENTAL HEALTH
- Deals with various oral
conditions which include
chronic mouth and facial pain,
oral sores, periodontal (gum)
disease, tooth decay and tooth
loss, etc.
- 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.
- SAMPLE
CAREERS: OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
TECHNICIAN HEALTH
INSPECTOR
12. EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES
- People assigned in this
work specialize in out-of-
hospital medical care.

- Sample
Career: Emergency
Medical Aid Paramedic
 - ARE LINES OF WORK THAT STILL
DEAL WITH HEALTHCARE, BUT
ARE DISTINCT FROM MEDICINE

- THESE PROFESSIONS INCLUDE

MEDICAL CLINICAL LABORATORY OR
AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, PHYSICAL
THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL
ALLIED THERAPY, DIETETIC SERVICES,
MEDICAL RECORD PERSONNEL,
HEALTH RADIOLOGIC SERVICES, SPEECH
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND
PROFESSION AUDIOLOGY, AND RESPIRATORY
THERAPY.
 COMMON ALLIED HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS PRACTICING
IN THE COUNTRY WITH
AVAILABLE EDUCATION AND
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
1. CHIROPRACTOR
- diagnosis and treats
neuromuscular
disorders with
emphasis on treatment
through manual
adjustment and/or
manipulation of the
spine.
2. MASSAGE THERAPIST
- performs the scientific
manipulation of the soft
tissues of the body for
the purpose of
normalizing those
tissue.
3. EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN

- also known as
ambulance
technician
4. GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
- assists students with
personal, family,
education, and career
decisions and concerns;
also helps them develop
job-finding skills and other
life skills needed to prevent
and deal with problems.
5. HEALTH EDUCATOR
- specializes in health
education and promotes
the development of health
knowledge, life skills, and
positive attitudes toward
the health and well-being
of students.
6. MIDWIFE
professionals with the expertise
and skills in helping women
maintain healthy pregnancies,
assist in, or perform childbirth
delivery, and help in women’s
recovery process through the
postpartum period.
7. NURSE
trained to provide care for
people who are sick or injured;
monitors patients’ health and
records symptoms, assists
physicians during
examinations and treatment,
and administers medications
8. PARAMEDIC

- gives emergency medical

treatment or assists medical
professionals in emergency
situations.
9. AUDIOLOGIST

– identifies and rehabilitates

hearing impairments and
related disorders.
10. DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST

- promotes good health

through proper diet and
treatment of diseases.
 ALLIED MEDICAL
PROFESSIONS WHOSE
SPECIALIZED TRAININGS IS
AVAILABLE IN OTHER
COUNTRIES
1. CARDIOVASCULAR
TECHNOLOGIST
uses imaging technology to
help physicians diagnose
patients with cardiac (heart)
and peripheral vascular (blood
vessel) ailments.
2. CLINICAL OFFICER
performs general medical duties
such as the diagnosis and
treatment of disease and injury,
recommendation and
interpretation of medical tests,
performance of routine medical
and surgical procedures, and
referral of patients to other
practitioners.
3. NEUROPHYSIOLOGIST
specializes in the diagnosis of
conditions affecting the
nervous system such as
neuromuscular diseases,
epilepsy, and nerve
entrapments.
4. MEDICALDOSIMETRIS
designs treatment plans for
patients by means of computer
and/or manual computation to
determine a treatment field
technique that will deliver the
prescribed radiation dose while
taking into consideration the
dose-limiting structures.
5. ORTHOPIST
investigates, diagnoses, and
treats defects of binocular
vision and abnormalities
related to eye movement
6. DENTAL HYGIENIST
specializes in the removal of
calcaneous deposits and
stains from patients’ and
provides additional services
and information on
prevention of oral diseases.
7. SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST

a member of the surgical

team who serves as a scrub
technician or as a circulator
8. MUSIC THERAPIST
- uses music within a therapeutic
relationship to address a client’s
needs, such as facilitating
movement and physical
rehabilitation, motivating the
client to cope with treatment,
providing emotional support,
such as an outlet for expressing
their feelings through music
9. DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL
SONOGRAPHIST

uses ultrasonic imaging devices

to produce diagnostic images,
scans, videos, or 3D volumes of
patients’ anatomy,
10. KINESIOTHERAPHIST

develops and monitors exercise

programs to help people regain
muscle strength and function
lost due to injury or disease.
DIRECTIONS: WRITE INSIDE THE BOX THE FOLLOWING
WORD/S ACCORDING TO ITS CATEGORY AS ALLIED HEALTH
PROFESSIONS OR ALLIED MEDICAL PROFESSIONS.
CLINICAL OFFICER SOCIAL WORKER RADIATION THERAPISTDENTAL HYGIENIST
PHYSICAL THERAPIST ORTHOPTISTMUSIC THERAPIST CARDIOVASCULAR
TECHNOLOGIST
PARAMEDIC MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Allied Health Professions Allied Medical Professions

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