MELC-Based

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Quarter 1 – HEALTH10– Week 3 – Module 2

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Introductory Message
This Learning Activity Sheet (LAS) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions,
directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand
each lesson.

Each LAS is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-
step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

“EXPLORE” are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in

each LAS. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if
you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better
understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer
“ASSESSMENT” to self-check your learning.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they
can best help you on your home-based learning.

Please use this module with care. And read the instructions carefully before
performing each task.

If you have any questions in using this LAS or any difficulty in answering the
tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.

Thank you.

MAPEH DEPARTMENT LAS DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Grade 7 Sheryl G. Borja
Arlyn V. Alota
Grade 8 Danica Joy D. Baquilod
Sheryl Contado
Grade 9 Eugenio C. Dialino Jr.
Grade 10 Donalyn A. Gillo
Rosario B. Kitane
Mary Anthonette Y. Borja
School Principal Sixto D. Balita

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 HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND
HEALTH FRAUDULENT SERVICES
Quarter 1 – Week 3 - Module 2

MELCs:
 selects health professionals, specialists and health care services wisely (H10CH-Ic-22)
 reports fraudulent health services (H10CH-Ic-24)

EXPLORE1: Doctor! Doctor! I am sick

Activity 1: Doctor, Doctor I am Sick!
Directions: Inside the box are the different types of medical practitioners. Match
the type of medical expertise with object requiring medical attention.
a. cardiologist
b. dermatologist
c. gastroenterologist
d. geriatrician
e. gynecologist
f. neurologist
g. urologist
h. ophthalmologist
i. pediatrician
j. pulmonologist

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LEARN
Health professionals are licensed to practice medicine. Knowing each of
these professionals and their functions can give benefits such as the application of
immediate and appropriate treatment, avoidance of time and resources wastage,
and the like. Knowing them will not also lead someone to avail of fraudulent health
services.
As a wise health consumer, you should know the different health services
provided by these professionals. Some of these services are as follows:
1. Feeding program for elementary school children
2. Immunization for different diseases intended for infants and children from
age 2 and above.
3. Prenatal check-up for mothers and babies
4. Free maternity clinic
5. Family planning program

Health services are usually offered by healthcare providers. A healthcare provider

is a trained professional who provides people with healthcare.

Health Professionals. These are individuals who are trained and

licensed to practice medicine along with allied health programs and
work in the medical profession.
Examples: doctor, nurse, nutritionist, physician, etc.

There are different types of physicians based on their area of specialization.

a. Pediatrician – specializes in children’s health care and treatment of
diseases.
b. Psychiatrist – specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental
disorders.
c. Obstetrician – specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and
childbirth.
d. Ophthalmologist – specializes in diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases
and disorders.
e. Anesthesiologist – specializes in administering various anesthetics to
assure proper operative procedures.
f. Dermatologist – specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of skin
diseases.
g. Cardiologist – specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the heart and
blood vessels.
h. Allergist – specializes in diagnosing and treating body reactions resulting
from unusual sensitivity to food, medicine, dust and other substances.
i. Pulmonologist - specializes in diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract.

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 j. Neurologist – specializes in providing diagnosis and surgical treatment of
diseases of the nervous system.
k. Gastroenterologist – specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of
diseases in the gastrointestinal system.
l. Geriatrician – specializes in care of elderly and the diseases that affect
them.
m. Surgeon – specializes in performing surgical operation in treating
diseases, injuries and deformities.
n. Urologist – specializes in diseases and abnormalities of the gastro-urinary
tract.
o. Gynecologist – specializes in diseases and care of the female reproductive
organs.

Healthcare Facilities – These are places or institutions that offer healthcare

services. There are different types of healthcare facilities.
These are the following types of healthcare facilities:
a. Hospital - It is an institution where people undergo medical diagnosis,
care and treatment. In the Philippines, there are two classifications of
hospitals: general and specialty. General hospitals have complete medical,
surgical, and maternal care facilities. On the other hand, specialty hospitals
handle a particular disease or condition or deal with only one type of patient.
b. Walk-In Surgery Center - It is a facility that offers surgery without the
patient being admitted in the hospital.
c. Health Center - It is a facility that caters a specific population with
various health needs.
d. Extended Healthcare Facility - A facility that provides treatment,
nursing care, and residential services to patients, often the elderly.

Health Insurance - It is a financial agreement between an insurance

company and an individual or group for the payment of healthcare costs.
Example: PhilHealth, Private Healthcare Plans

Consumers received health information, products, and services from various

sources, thus individuals may be prone to frauds. An example of which is
quackery.
Quackery is a form of a health fraud, an advertisement, promotion, or sale
of products and services that have not been scientifically proven safe and effective.
It is being operated by a quack. A quack is a person who dishonestly pretends to
have medical skills or knowledge.
Three major characteristics of quackery
1. It is a big business.
2. It multiplies and spreads fast. It is progressive.
3. It is claimed that it is for incurable condition.
Possible Effects of Quackery:
1. Taking a quack “cure” may delay or lose the chance to be healed.
2. The person may experience placebo effect – that he/she improves for
natural reasons and not because of the substance that the quack
provides.

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 3. Loss of money
4. Giving false hopes to the sick person and the family.
5. The actual damage done to the individual by using fake products and
services
6. It may cause overdose and over medicines.
These are three forms of quackery:
1. Medical quackery includes cures, treatments, and remedies of
various health conditions that are drugless or bloodless in nature.
2. Nutrition quackery involves promotion of food fads and other
nutritional practices that claim to be all-natural. These are believed to
have beneficial properties of multiple plants in one product.

3. Device quackery makes use of miraculous gadgets (such as dials,

gauges, electrodes, magnets, and blinkers) that are believed to cure
certain health conditions.
ENGAGE:
Activity 2: Let’s Classify them!
Direction: Classify the different pictures whether medical quackery,
nutritional quackery or device quackery. Write MQ if it’s a medical quackery,
NQ if it’s a nutritional quackery or DQ if it’s a device quackery. Write your
answer on the space provided.

____1. ____2. ____3. ____4.

____5. ____6. ____7. ____8.

____9. ____10.

APPLY/ASSESSMENT:
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 Activity 3: Get to know them!
Directions: Identify the medical expert being described in each item. Write
the letter of your answers on the space provided. Choose your answer from
the box below.

a.Cardiologist e. Obstetrician i. Pediatrician

f. Urologist j. Internist
b.Ophthalmologist
c. Radiologist g. Psychiatrist k. Orthopedist
d. h. Dermatologist
Anesthesiologist
____1. He specializes in the use of radiologic machine or x-ray machine in
diagnosing and treatment of diseases.
____2.He specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and child birth.
____3.He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
____4.He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the heart
and blood vessels
____5.He specializes in correcting deformities of the musculo-skeletal system
by means of surgery.
____6.He specializes in diagnosis of non-surgical treatment of diseases of
internal organs.
____7.He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases.
____8.He specializes in diseases and abnormalities of the gastro-urinary
tract.
____9.He specializes in diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and
disorders.
____10.He specializes in the children’s health care and treatment of diseases.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY:
Activity 4: Let’s build the concept
Complete the concept map of the benefits that you can derive from knowing
the different health service providers. Make sure to apply what you have learned
from this lesson.

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PERFORMANCE TASK:
NEWS PAPER ADS: Using a 1/8 illustration board, newspapers and magazines and
other sources, make a collage showing the effects of quackery. Take a picture of
yours while making the collage as documentation. Send your output to our
MAPEH10 Official FB Page/ G10-MAPEH Group Chat and make a brief explanation
of your output.
Rubric:
presents original idea ideas ideas confusing, ideas unclear,
Criteria 5 3 2 1
with great understandable, but wordy, repetitive, all focus unclear, word
Content detail;creative,
highly concise, fuzzy; a bit
somewhat text not
questionable choice
lacks creativity,
focused wording on
nontypical; wordy, alloriginal,
creative, text not focused on topic;
creativity and lacks weak, does
human rights
unique, focusedison
subject of topic;
assigned does not address
originalty, subject originality,
not does
suit
abuse, accurately
appropriate to does conveys
topic, not address a all all
is four guiding
weakly related not follow
photos,
addresses
chosen topic,all four message, attracts
four guiding toquestions,
assigned topic, assignment,
wordy,
conveysquestions
guiding strong audience
questions,attention
some questionable
message unclear, message lacks
repetitive,
message,
using information questionable loses
ownership
audience incomplete
evidence of or
engages
specific to ownership. attention disjointed,
ownership, does
audience
country, not attract
addresses
immediately
ownership attention of
1-2 guiding
evident. audience only.
questions
sharp,clear photos, photos generally most photos unclear photos unfocused;
all photos are free clear, some with unwanted grainy,
of unwanted photos included elements, 7-10 unwanted
elements, 15+ photos, few depict elements
photos, photos unwanted
elements included in
accurately depict elements, of human rights most photos,
elements of human 11-4 photos, abuses less than 6
Quality of
rights abuses most photos photos, photos
Photographs
accurately depict do not
elements of accurately
depict elements
human rights
of human rights
abuses abuses

Introduction

Key to Corrections:

Health:

(Explore) Engage
1. C 6. D 1. DQ 6. NQ
2. J 7. H 2. MQ 7. NQ
3. E 8. B 3. NQ 8. DQ
4. G 9. I 4. DQ 9. DQ
5. F 10. A 5. NQ 10. NQ

(Apply)

1. C 6. J
2. E 7. H
3. G 8. F
4. A 9. B
5. K 10. I
(Additional Activity)
Answers may vary

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