Lesson Plan in Health 10

I. OBJECTIVES

a. Content Standards:
The learner demonstrates understanding of the concepts in planning
a health career.

b. Performance Standards:
The learner prepares an appropriate plan of action in pursuing a
health career.

c. Learning Competencies:
The learner explores the various health career paths and selects a
particular health career pathways based on personal competence and interest.

II. CONTENT

a. Topic:
Planning for a Health Career

III. LEARNING RESOURCES

a. Instructional Materials:
PPT, Laptop, Pictures, Video

b. References:
 Physical Education and Health Learner’s Material
 CG Code (H10PC-IVc-d-3)

c. Learning Materials
Pen, Paper

IV. PROCEDURE

TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT ACTIVITY

A. Drills
Good afternoon class! Good afternoon Sir!
Kindly pick up the pieces of paper and (Students pick-up the trashes)
throw it in the trashcan.
Okay Mr. ________ please lead the (A student will lead a prayer)
prayer.

Okay Sir.
Class submit your assignment forward
and that assignment will serve as your (Student will submit their
attendance for today. assignment)

B. Review
Let’s have a review
Sir our previous topic was all
Ms. ______ what was our previous topic?
about Personal Health Career.
Okay thank you Ms. _____
Sir the components of health
Mr. ______ can you enumerate the
career plan are Self-assessment,
components of health career plan?
Career Exploration, Decision-
making and Plan of action.

Yes thank you Mr. _______

Mr. _______ can you give me 3 reasons Sir because it has a good salary,
why we need to pursue health career. job security and make a
difference in people’s lives.

Thank you Mr. ________

Class you have understood and learned our

previous discussion. Now let’s discover a new
lesson today.

C. Motivation
Class I have here a picture. I want you to
observe well the picture and I will call
somebody to share their observations. I will
give you only 2 minutes to observe the picture.

Alright times up. So now share your thoughts

Sir I have notice in the picture
in the class.
that all of them helps to treat a
Ms. _____ what have you notice in the patient.
picture?
Yes you have an idea Ms. _____ Sir they play an important role
in the society.
How about you Mr. _____ what have you
observe in the picture?

Okay you have an idea Mr. _____

D. Activity Yes Sir.

I. Developmental Activity
Class are you familiar of the game 4 pics 1
word?

Okay good. I have here a game 4 pics 1

word all you have to do is to answer what is
being ask by the pictures.
AMBULANCE
1.

DENTIST
_______ __

2.

DOCTOR
_______

3.

______

II. Activity Proper

Let’s have an activity, I have here a video,
I want you to observe the video because right
after the video I want you to share your
thoughts and observations about the video.
Sir the video shows a man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0PwXY9- saving a life.
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E. Analysis Sir for me the man did the right

 Class what have you observe from the
video? May I have your answer Mr. _____
Okay thank you Mr. _____
How about you Ms. _____ what have you
observe from the video? Does the man do the
right thing?
thing because the boy is in
critical condition and he needs
an immediate response. Also I
think the man is professional
because based upon the video
he said he is a surgeon.

Sir I think our lesson for today is

all about health career pathways
Yes thank you for that Ms. _____ sir.

Based upon our activity what do you think our

lesson for today class?

F. Abstraction

Health Career Pathways

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.

Why do you need to understand Health

Career Pathways?

- Makes it easier for you to identify health

career professions.
- Assists you in choosing a health career
- 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

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 Career:
- 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

These health workers deal with complex
public health issues that affect women,
children and their families. This 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
Specialist 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 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 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 (Students will count off)
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 Career Pathways
protecting workers from sickness, disease, and
injury arising from possible hazards of their Community Healthcare
employment and workplace.

Sample Careers: Nutrition

- Occupational Health and Safety
Technician Mental Healthcare
 - Health Inspector
- Industrial Hygienist
Health Education
12. Emergency Medical Services
People assigned in this work specialize
in out-of-hospital medical care. Their skills Dental Health
include first-aid procedures, emergency
medical treatment and transport of patients,
rapid emergency medical response and Emergency Medical Services
immediate medical attention.
- Makes it easier for you to
Sample Careers:
identify health career
- Emergency Medical Aid
professions
- Paramedic
- Assists you in choosing a
health career
G. Application - Helps you develop a plan
Class I will divide you into 6 groups. All I want on how to prepare for
you to do is to create a short drama portraying your chosen health career
your assign health career pathways. Please
count off starting with you Ms. _____.

Group 1 – Nutrition
Group 2 – Mental Healthcare
Group 3 – Maternal and Child Care
Group 4 – Disease Prevention and Control
Group 5 – Emergency Medical Services
Group 6 – Dental Health

H. Assessment
I. Quiz
Class get ½ crosswise of paper let’s
have a quiz.
Direction: Answer correctly what is being
asked by the questions.
1. Are clusters occupations that are group
because of shared skills?
2. Specialist who focus on the maintenance,
protection, and improvement of the health of
all community members?
3. Specialist that find ways to balanced
individuals food and their impact on patients’
health.
4. Medical professionals specialize in dealing
with interpersonal and intrapersonal
relationships and life skills?
5. Are tasked with promotion of healthcare and
training of health workers on managing change
in healthcare?
6. Deals with various oral conditions which
include chronic mouth and facial pain, oral
sores, periodontal disease, tooth decay and
tooth loss?
7. Specialize in out-of-hospital medical care.
Then skills include first-aid procedures,
emergency medical treatment and transport of
patients?
8-10. Reasons why we need to understand
Health Career Pathways

II. Assignment
For your assignment interview at
least 2 different health professional about their
job. Use the guide questions below for your
interview.
Guide questions:
 Full name of the interviewee (optional)
 Their profession and place of
employment
 Reason/s why they chose this profession
 Common challenges they face at work
 What advice can they offer to someone
who wants to have this kind of
profession

After your interview make a

reflection out of it. Write your assignment in a
short size of bond paper.

IV. REMARKS

V. REFLECTION
Prepared by:

Joshua J. Marcellana
Student-teacher