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HEALTH
Quarter 4 – Module 1
Planning A Health Career

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippine

Health – Grade 10
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4 – Module 1: Planning a Health Career
Second Edition, 2021

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Overview

This module was designed and written with the young mind. It is here to help
you master the nature of Health Career Pathways. The scope of this module permits
it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the
diverse vocabulary level of students. Moreover, the lessons are arranged to follow
the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be
changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module is divided into four lessons namely:

Lesson 1 – My Health Career
Lesson 2 – My Health Career Plans
Lesson 3 – My Health Career Paths
Lesson 4 – My Health Career Programs

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. discuss the components and steps in making a personal health career plan.
H10PC-Iva-b-1
2. prepare a personal health career following the prescribed components and
steps. H10PC-Iva-b-2
3. explore the various health career paths selects a particular health career
pathway based on personal competence and interest; participates in a health
career orientation program. H10PC-IVc-d-3
4. decide on an appropriate health career path H10PC-IVc-d-4

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Overview

My Health career plan involves continuous learning and improvement to build and grow
in the chosen career path. You can start your career path by asking yourself a few questions.
This lesson then will help you think and assess.

Objective
At the end of the lesson, the learner is expected to discuss the components and
steps in making a personal health career.

Pre-Assessment

Multiple Choice Test.

Directions: Your first task in this lesson is to test your knowledge. Answer the
following multiple choice test and check how much you know about
planning your health career. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. It refers to an individuals’ plan to make a career choice or a career shift.

A. Career pathway C. Medical Profession
B. Health career planning D. Professionalism
2. Which of the following steps in making a career plan can discover personal
strengths through self-assessment?
A. Career exploration C. Plan of action
B. Career motivation D. Self-assessment
3. Which of the following steps in making a career plan can explore different careers
and work environments through career fairs, online research, meetings,
internship, alumni connection, and professional resources?
A. Career exploration C. Plan Of Action
B. Career motivation D. Self-assessment
4. A design to familiarize students with the various careers in the medical profession
and allied health services is _____________.
A. Career planning C. Health Plan
B. Health careers D. Self-assessment
5. Which of the following define career an occupation or profession that requires
special training?
A. Action plan C. Career choice
B. Career D. Career Plan

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6. Figuring out a general career path by evaluating experiences is part of the _____
stage of career planning.
A. Exploration C. Identifying options
B. Building Skills D. Targeted job search
7. An understanding that applies to many different areas is called _____ skills.
A. Career C. General
B. Domain Specific D. Major
8. Which of the following is one way to prove that where you go to school can affect
your career?
A. Through alumni homecoming C. Through the name recognition
B. Through career plan opportunities D. Through reputation
9. Skills that are applicable to many different situations and jobs are called _____
skills.
A. Career C. Transferable
B. Committees D. Transfer
10. Which of the following is an appropriate way to nurture a mentor relationship?
A. Share an article they might like C. Update them in your new work station
B. Send a thank you note D. Send a love letter

Prior Knowledge
RE-ARRANGE ME!
Directions: Look at the following scrambled letters. Rearrange the following letters to
form a word related to the topic HEALTH CAREER. Write your answers
on the space provided.

Example: EDWIIMF- MIDWIFE

Presentation
True or False
Directions: To know more about the lesson, answer the following questions below.
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if not. Write your answers to the
space before each number.

____________1. A health career offers a good salary and job security.

____________2. A health plan is an occupation or profession that requires special
training.
____________3. Before taking any medical courses, you must have to undergo self-
assessment to identify your own capabilities and drawbacks.

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____________4. Pursuing a health career involves continuous learning and
improvement to build and grow in the chosen career path.
____________5. Quack doctors such as “albularyo” are much better than the
real doctors.
____________6. The work of a health worker is tedious since they have to serve
the patients, and sometimes neglecting their selves.
____________7. In todays’ situation the frontliners are the brave health worker and
heroes in our nation.
____________8. Health career planning refers to an individual’s plan to make a
career choice, growing in the chosen career or making a career shift.

Concept Development

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 the healthcare industry, problem
solving, decision making, accepting personal responsibility, and self-management.

EXPLORING CAREERS IN THE HEALTH FIELD

Direction: List down all the professions associated with health care. Remember to
name not only the different types of doctors and nurses, but also those related to the
health profession, such as the allied health services. Write your answers in the box.

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Activity
At this point, you will do activities that will assess your deeper knowledge and
understanding of the topics learned. At the end of the phase, you will be assessed
again to check your reflection and understanding of the concepts and information
learned.
MY PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN
Directions: Write your own health career plan using the components and
steps given below. Use your activity notebook.

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Assessment
“PAIR ME BABY!”
Directions: Match and connect the images on the left to their corresponding
images on the right.

1 A

2 B

3 C

4 D

5 E

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Application
“ASSESS ME DEAR”.
Directions: Identify what health career is shown in the picture and give a brief
discussion about their field of work. Write your answer in the space
provided.
Example:

Answer: Physical Therapist - Physical therapists help injured or ill people improve
movement and manage pain.

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Generalization
A career in health will give you the opportunity to make a difference in
people’s lives. A health career plan will provide you with what area you want to focus
on, flexibility, and a variety of ideas and opportunities to pursue your personal
development.

Directions: List all the allied health professions that you are familiar with.

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Post Assessment

Multiple Choice Test.

Directions: Read and understand the statement/s or sentence/s. Answer the
following multiple-choice test and check how much you know about
planning your health career. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. It refers to an individuals’ plan to make a career choice or a career shift.

A. Career pathway
B. Health career planning
C. Medical Profession
D. Professionalism
2. Which of the following steps in making a career plan can discover personal
strengths through self-assessment?
A. Career exploration
B. Career motivation
C. Plan of action
D. Self-assessment
3. Which of the following steps in making a career plan can explore different careers
and work environments through career fairs, online research, meetings, internship,
alumni connection, and professional resources?
A. Career exploration
B. Career motivation
C. Plan of Action
D. Self-assessment
4. A design to familiarize students with the various careers in the medical profession
and allied health services is _____________.
A. Career planning

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 B. Health careers
C. Health Plan
D. Self-assessment
5. Which of the following define career an occupation or profession that requires special
training?
A. Action plan
B. Career
C. Career choice
D. Career Plan
6. Figuring out a general career path by evaluating experiences is part of the _____
stage of career planning.
A. Exploration
B. Building Skills
C. Identifying options
D. Targeted job search
7. An understanding that applies to many different areas is called _____ skills.
A. Career
B. Domain Specific
C. General
D. Major
8. Which of the following is one way to prove that where you go to school can affect
your career?
A. Through alumni homecoming C. Through the name recognition
B. Through career plan opportunities D. Through reputation
9. Skills that are applicable to many different situations and jobs are called _____ skills.
A. Career
B. Committees
C. Transferable
D. Transfer
10. Which of the following is an appropriate way to nurture a mentor relationship?
A. Share an article they might like
B. Send a thank you note
C. Update them in your new work station
D. Send a love letter

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Overview
What health career will I choose based on my skills? Health career are
designed to familiarize students with the various careers that is helpful for people
and resources.

Objectives

At the end of the lesson, you will bw able to:

a. identify the different health career that is common in the community, and
b. explain the importance of health career.

Pre-Assessment
True or False Test.
Directions: Your first task in this lesson is to test your knowledge. Answer the
following questions to check how well you know about planning your
health career. Write true if the statement is correct and false if the
statement is wrong. Write it in a separate sheet of paper.

1. Action Plan is an occupation or profession that requires special training.

2. Health Career Planning is to make a career choice or making a career shift.
3. Career Exploration is a step in making a career plan that can explore different
careers and work environments through career fairs, online research,
meetings, internship, alumni connection, and professional resources.
4. Plan of action is a plan with achievable goals that can develop strategies to
reach your goals, organize your goals into smaller steps.
5. Self- Assessment is an act to discover your strengths.
6. Volunteering skills are applicable to many different situations and jobs.
7. Self- assessment is a step in making a career plan can discover personal
strengths.
8. Volunteering skills are applicable to many different situations and jobs
9. Send thank you note is an appropriate way to nurture a mentor relationship.
10. Exploration is to figure out a general career path by evaluating experiences.

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Prior Knowledge
Directions: Label the following components and steps in making a health career plan
according to the flow boxes. Choose your answer from the box and write
it on the space provided. Use your activity notebook.

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Presentation

Fill in the Blanks

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer from the box below. Write your
answer in a separate sheet of paper.

Alumni Career Send Thank You note

Career Planning Exploration Internship
Career Motivation Choice Career General

1) _________________ is the occupational field you work.

2) ________________ is designed in which students familiarized the various
careers in the medical profession and allied health services.
3) Figuring out a general career path by evaluating experiences is a part of the
___________ stage of career planning.
4) A career __________ is an occupation or profession that requires special
training.
5) ______________ is called on-the-job training.
6) ___________________ steps in making a career plan that discovered the
personal strengths through self- assessment.
7) These skills that are applicable to many different situations and jobs are called
_________ skills.

Concept Development
Personal Development Planning is all about creating a long-term goal for your
career, and then thinking about how you’ll achieve it. However, before you know
what you want to do in the long term, you need to reflect on your current situation.
Use your activity notebook.

Answer the following questions to check whether you are ready to pick up
your career. The rubrics is provided o the next page for your guide.

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 RUBRICS

Criteria 4 3 2 1
Content highly somewhat questionable lacks
creative, non- creative, creativity and creativity,
typical; original, subject originality, lacks
unique, is of assigned subject is originality,
appropriate to topic, conveys a weakly related does not
chosen message. to assigned follow
topic, conveys topic, and assignment,
strong message. and message
message. incomplete.

Introduction presents ideas ideas ideas unclear,

original idea understandable, confusing, focus unclear,
with great but fuzzy; a bit wordy, word
detail; wordy, all text repetitive, all choice weak,
concise, not focused on text not does
focused topic; does not focused on not suit the
wording about address all four topic questions.
planning a guiding does not
health career. questions. address all
four guiding
questions.
Understanding Student’s work Student’s work Student’s work Student’s work
of the topic demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates lacks under-
a complete an some standing of the
understanding understanding understanding assignment.
of the of the of the
assignment assignment. assignment.
and goes
beyond the
requirements.
Organization The structure The structure of The structure Structure is
and Style of the essay is the essay is of the essay is unorganized
highly somewhat not too and not
organized and organized and organized and coherent with
shows coherent. There coherent. the topic.
coherence. is somehow a There is little There is no
There is variety in style variety in variety in
variety in style which makes structure and structure and
in which the essay good. subject subject matter.
makes the
essay very
impressive.

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Activities
MY GOAL!!!
Directions: Write your health career plan using the guidelines below. Use your
activity notebook.
STEPS IN MAKING A PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN
Guidelines to Help your Plan and develop your Health Career Plan
1. What is my short-term long-term education and career goals?
2. Why did I choose these goals?
3. What education/training is required for me to achieve my goals?
4. What institutions or facilities provide this training? Which institution
or facility is most appropriate to my interests, lifestyle, and
preferences? Why?
5. What courses will I take during grades 11 and 12 to prepare me
for my education or training?
6. What co-curricular, volunteer, or community experiences will help
me achieve my goals?
7. What do I have to do to achieve my goals?
(e.g., save money, get work experience)
8. What are the potential challenges I may face in the achievement of
my goals?
9. What will I do to meet these challenges?
10. What is my timeline (e.g., 2 years, 5 years, 10 years) for achieving
my goals?
Assessment
11. How will I monitor my success as I work to achieve my goals over
thecheck
Let us next _____ years? on planning a health career by answering the
our learnings
following
Seek questions:
advice from Beatsure to one
least be guided
personwith thearubrics
(e.g., parent,provided
anotherbelow. Use
student, a your
activity notebook.
counselor, a mentor)
1. What is a career?
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2. What is a health career?
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3. What are the components in making a health career?
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4. Why pursue a health career?
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RUBRICS
Criteria 4 3 2 1
Content highly creative, somewhat questionable lacks creativity,
non-typical; creative, creativity and lacks
unique, original, subject originality, subject originality,
appropriate to is of assigned is weakly related does not follow
chosen topic, conveys a to assigned topic, assignment,
topic, conveys message. and message. and message
strong incomplete.
message.

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 Introduction presents original ideas ideas confusing, ideas unclear,
idea with great understandable, wordy, repetitive, focus unclear,
detail; concise, but fuzzy; a bit all text not word
focused wording wordy, all text focused on topic choice weak,
about planning a not focused on does not address does
health career. topic; does not all four guiding not suit the
address all four questions. questions.
guiding
questions.
Understanding Student’s work Student’s work Student’s work Student’s work
of the topic demonstrates a demonstrates an demonstrates lacks under-
complete understanding of some standing of the
understanding of the assignment. understanding of assignment.
the assignment the assignment.
and goes
beyond the
requirements.
Organization The structure of The structure of The structure of Structure is
and Style the essay is the essay is the essay is not unorganized
highly organized somewhat too organized and and not
and shows organized and coherent. coherent with
coherence. coherent. There There is little the topic.
There is variety is somehow a variety in structure There is no
in style in which variety in style and subject variety in
makes the essay which makes the structure and
very impressive. essay good. subject matter.

Application
HEALTH CAREER PLAN SCRAPBOOK
Create 5-10 pages of scrapbook about your health career plan following the
given components and steps. Base your output on the rubrics given on the next
page.

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Generalization/ Synthesis
A health career plan will identify your interests and skills, expose yourself to
the different available careers, and decide on a career that works for you and your
plan of action. Generally, the following three basic questions need to be asked in
order to develop personal development plan. Answer the following questions using
your own perspective.
1. Where am I now?
2. Where do I want to be?
3. How can I get there?

Post Assessment
True or False Test.
Directions: Answer the following questions to check how well you know about
planning your health career. Write true if the statement is correct and
false if the statement is wrong. Write it in a separate sheet of paper.
1. Action Plan is an occupation or profession that requires special training.
2. Health Career Planning is to make a career choice or making a career shift.
3. Career Exploration is a step in making a career plan that can explore different
careers and work environments through career fairs, online research, meetings,
internship, alumni connection, and professional resources.
4. Plan of action is a plan with achievable goals that can develop strategies to
reach your goals, organize your goals into smaller steps.
5. Self- Assessment is an act to discover your strengths.
6. Volunteering skills are applicable to many different situations and jobs.
7. Self- assessment is a step in making a career plan can discover personal
strengths.
8. Volunteering skills are applicable to many different situations and jobs
9. Send thank you note is an appropriate way to nurture a mentor relationship.

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10. Exploration is to figure out a general career path by evaluating experiences.

Overview
Start your career path by asking yourself a few questions. The higher the
degree you earn, the higher will be your pay. It’s a Countless Opportunities when you decide a
career path.

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the learner is expected to explore the various health
career paths and select a particular health career pathway based on personal
competence and interest.
Pre-Assessment
Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the statement carefully and choose the letter of the correct
answer and write it before the number.
1. What might happen if a patient witnesses an unprofessional behavior by a health
care worker?
A. The patient might doubt the provider’s ability and commitment.
B. The patient will think that not all of them are unprofessional.
C. The patient is confident enough to have them as a health care provider.
D. The patient will spread rumors about the practices performed.
2. Health care workers need an attitude that supports service to others because:
A. Health care is a service industry.
B. Health care has high salary.
C. Health care assures great future security.
D. Health is wealth.
3. Which of the following behaviors or traits can help you identify a health care
professional when you see one?
A. Always coming late during working hours.
B. Being absent without leave, and disrespectful to the higher in rank.
C. They set high standards for their performance and achieve them.
D. They are setting in a scheduled type of services.
4. Which of the following are the health care providers?
A. People who cover the expense for goods received or services rendered.
B. Doctors, health care workers, and organizations that offer health care
services
C. Group of people that shares the same norms in society.
D. People who are approachable to everybody.
5. All health care workers, regardless of their job title, education, credentials, or
length of services have the opportunity and the obligation to strive for professional
recognition.

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 A. False B. Maybe C. True D. Never
6. Which medical procedures, is conducted to determine a patient condition?
A. Cultural B. Diagnostic C. Therapeutic D. Therapy
7. Nutrition specialists who find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition’s
impact on patient’s health is called ____________.
A. Clinical Dietetics B. Midwife C. Psychiatrist D. Dietician
8. These are health workers who deal with complex public health issues that affect
women, children, and their families.
A. Midwife B. Psychiatrist C. Surgeon D. Nurse
9. Environmental service workers, food service workers, dieticians, and
equipment repair technicians are occupations within which of the following health
science pathways?
A. Diagnostic Services C. Support Services
B. Medical Services D. Health Services
10. Which of the following are careers in alternative health services?
A. Massage therapist C. Veterinarians
B. Obstetrician D. Doctors

Prior Knowledge
Health 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 personal
development.
PICK ME UP
Directions: Match the Health Career Services in Column A with the following pictures
in Column B. Write your answer on the space provided for before each
number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

A. F. ______1. Pediatrician
______2. Paramedic
______3. Psychiatrist
______4. Community Health Worker
B. G ______5. Drug Enforcers
______6. Nutritionists
______7. Guidance Counselling
C. H ______8. Health Inspector
______9. Industrial Hygienists
_____10. Dental Health Support

D. I
D.

E. J

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Presentation
PUT ME IN!
Answer the question below by completing the sentence in each cloud. You
may choose your answers from the words inside the bubbles.
The question is:
“Why do we need to understand the health career pathways?”

1.________ is easier 2. ___________

for you to identify you in choosing a
health career health career.
professions.

3. _________ you develop a

plan on how to 4. ____________ for
your chosen 5. ______________.

Concept Development
Presented below are the Health Career Pathway examples and services.
Put a check (/) on the Career sample, if the picture and description match to the
sample.

Health Career Pathways

Description Career Sample
Examples
People specialize in
communicable and non- Community
communicable diseases. Health Work
Their work includes
immunization, newborn
screening, breastfeeding
promotion, infant disease Physical
prevention, and adolescent Therapist.
health care and life skills.
Disease Prevention and
Control

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 Professionals perform
healthcare related tasks at a Education
personal care level. These Analysts
include monitoring patients,
administering and assisting in Home health Aid
personal care hygiene,
performing housekeeping duties, Occupational
and advising clients on related Therapist
Personal Healthcare healthcare issues like infant
care, hygiene, and nutrition.

These are health workers

who deal with complex public
health issues that affect women, Midwifery
children, and their families.
These include providing
information on reproductive
health, family planning, First Aider
pregnancy health care, and their
children and improvement of
health delivery system through Teacher
Maternal and Child advocacy, education, and Specialist.
Care research.
These are medical
professionals who specialize in
dealing with interpersonal and Social Activists
intrapersonal relationships and
life skills. These include cognitive
and psycho social development, Clinical
promotion of healthy self-esteem Psychology
through feelings and anger
management, and identifying
warning signs or red flags of Proposal
learning disorders: ADHD,
anxiety, mood disorders, stress,
and bullying. Guidance
Mental Healthcare Counseling

A specialist that focuses on the Barangay /

maintenance, protection, and Community
improvement of the health of all Health Work
community members.
Rural Sanitary
Inspection
Community Healthcare

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 Air quality monitoring

These health workers try to Soil Science analysis

establish the correlation
between physical, chemical, Hazardous issues
biological, social, and psycho management
6. Environmental social factors surrounding the
Healthcare Environmental noise
environment.
Management control
People whose careers
revolve around this area seek
to reduce community and Research
individual problems related to Enforcement
alcohol and drug abuse
through evidence-based Drug and Alcohol
programs and policy advocacy. Rehabilitation
7. Drug Prevention
and Control

Specialists that find ways to

balance individuals’ food and Clinical Albularyo
nutrition and their impact on
patients’ health. These include
meal planning, food Public Health Nutrition
preparation, and economics.
8.Nutrition
Specialists tasked to
promote health care and
health workers’ training in
health care management. It Education and
involves assessing individual Research
and community needs,
planning, implementing, and
9. Health Education evaluating health programs Community Agent
plus health education services.
Dental health workers
deal with various oral
conditions which include Orthopedic
chronic mouth and facial pain,
oral sores, periodontal(gum)
disease, tooth decay and tooth Dentists
loss, unhealthy diet, tobacco
10. Dental Health use, harmful alcohol use and
poor oral hygiene that affect
the oral cavity and risk factors Dental Hygiene
for oral diseases.

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 Careers in this path are related
to the safety, health, and
welfare of people engaged in Occupational Health
work or employment. These and Safety Technician
include protecting workers
from sickness, diseases, and Land Transportation
injury arising from possible Agent
hazards in their employment
and workplace. Industrial
Hygienist

11. Occupational
Safety

They specialize in out-of- Emergency Medical

hospital medical care. These Aid
include First Aid procedures,
emergency medical treatment
and transport of patients, rapid Paramedic
emergency medical response,
12. Emergency and immediate medical
Medical Services attention. Paranormal

Activity
TRUTH OR DARE!

Directions: Write TRUE if the underline statement is correct and DARE if it is not,
write the correct answer to make it right. Write your answer on the space
provided for before the number.
_________1. Drug Prevention and Control is the duty of the Philippine National
Police.
_________ 2. Mental Healthcare are the professionals responsible for tooth
extraction.
_________ 3. Protection of worker from sickness, diseases and injuries are done by
the nutrition specialists.
_________4. Community healthcare are tasked to handle
maintenance, protection and improvement of the health of all
community members.
_________ 5. Environmental healthcare management are responsible for community
pollution control.

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Assessment

MATANG LAWIN

Directions: As a good citizen you are aware of the happenings in your community.
Based on your observation answer the following questions heartily. Use
your activity notebook. Your answers will be rated based on the rubris
found after the questions.
1. What health careers are commonly available in your school and barangay?
2. Which health career/s do you think our government should give priority?
Choose five (5) and support your answer.
3. Why is it important to understand the different career pathways in health?

Rating Rubrics
5 Sharp distinct controlling point made about a single topic with evident
awareness as a task.
4 Apparent point made about a single topic with sufficient awareness as of
task.
3 Less apparent point made about with low awareness of the task.
2 No apparent point of evidence displays on the topic given.
1 Displays irrelevant respond to the given task.

Application
OSTER ARIGATO! (Thank you)
To give our warmest appreciation to all health workers especially to our
frontliners who kept us safe from the terrifying crisis that the whole world is facing
today, show your creativity by making a poster of thanks to the frontliners. Your
outputs will be rated on the rubrics provided below.
Score Grading Rubrics
All of the written information provided in the project correlates to the graphics and
5 reflects an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and display.
Most of the written information provided in the project correlates to the graphics
4 and reflects an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and
display.
Some of the written information provided in the project correlates to the graphics
3 and reflects an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and
display.
Little of the written information provided in the project correlates to the graphics
2 and reflects an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and
display.
Very little of the written information provided in the project correlates to the
1 graphics and reflects an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation
and display.

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 A career health will give you the opportunity to make a difference in people’s
lives. A wide range of health care career pathways will provide you with what area
you want to focus on, flexibility and a variety of ideas and opportunities to pursue
your personal development.
You need to identify your interest and skills, expose yourself to the different
available careers and decide on a career that works for you and your plan of action.

Post Assessment
Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the statement carefully and choose the letter of the correct
answer and write it before the number.
1. What might happen if a patient witnesses an unprofessional behavior by a health
care worker?
A. The patient might doubt the provider’s ability and commitment.
B. The patient will think that not all of them are unprofessional.
C. The patient is confident enough to have them as a health care provider.
D. The patient will spread rumors about the practices performed.
2. Health care workers need an attitude that supports service to others because:
A. Health care is a service industry.
B. Health care has high salary.
C. Health care assures great future security.
D. Health is wealth.
3. Which of the following behaviors or traits can help you identify a health care
professional when you see one?
A. Always coming late during working hours.
B. Being absent without leave, and disrespectful to the higher in rank.
C. They set high standards for their performance and achieve them.
D. They are setting in a scheduled type of services.
4. Which of the following are the health care providers?
A. People who cover the expense for goods received or services rendered.
B. Doctors, health care workers, and organizations that offer health care services
C. Group of people that shares the same norms in society.
D. People who are approachable to everybody.
5. All health care workers, regardless of their job title, education, credentials, or
length of services have the opportunity and the obligation to strive for professional
recognition.
A. False B. Maybe C. True D. Never
6. Which medical procedures, is conducted to determine a patient condition?
A. Cultural B. Diagnostic C. Therapeutic D. Therapy
7. Nutrition specialists who find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition’s
impact on patient’s health is called ____________.
A. Clinical Dietetics B. Midwife C. Psychiatrist D. Dietician
8. These are health workers who deal with complex public health issues that affect
women, children, and their families.
A. Midwife B. Psychiatrist C. Surgeon D. Nurse
9. Environmental service workers, food service workers, dieticians, and
equipment repair technicians are occupations within which of the following health
science pathways?
A. Diagnostic Services C. Support Services

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 B. Medical Services D. Health Services
10. Which of the following are careers in alternative health services?
A. Massage therapist C. Veterinarians
B. Obstetrician D. Doctors

Overview
Not all health careers require years and years of
schooling. A health sciences degree prepares you to assume a wide range of roles within both
clinical and non-clinical settings. ... jobs or industries, and prepare for graduate or
professional programs. A Bachelor of Health Studies degree will provide you with an
understanding of studies on experiential education or professional formative courses and
exams.

Objectives
In this lesson, you are going to:
1. participate in a health career orientation program; and
2. decide on an appropriate health career path.

Pre-Assessment
Test I. Multiple Choice.
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

___1. An activity –based career exploration that will help broaden your knowledge
about careers in the health field.
A. Health Career C. Health Career Orientation
B. Career D. Health care Career
___2. This includes jobs that maintain the health and condition of the human body.
A. Health care Career C. Career
B. Health Career D. Health Career Orientation
___3. They perform a physical examination and diagnose, prevent and treat
illnesses, injuries, and other disorders of the human body.
A. Nurse C. Physical Therapist
B. Physician D. Occupational Therapist
___4. They specialize in the use of X-Ray equipment and advanced computer-aided
imaging equipment.
A. Radiation Therapist C. Radiologic Technician
B. Occupational Therapist D. Pharmacist
___5. They are trained to provide care for people who are sick or injured; assist
physicians during examinations and treatment.
A. Health workers C. Pharmacists
B. Nurses D. Physicians
___6. They dispense medications prescribed by physicians, dentists, and other
authorized medical practitioners.
A. Physicians C. Nurses

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 B. Pharmacist D. Health workers
___7. They work with people who have been disabled by illness or accident to
restore motor skills (walking, moving and etc)
A. Physical Therapists C. Physician
B. Occupational Therapists D. Social worker
Test II. True or False.
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is incorrect.
________8. Men are physicians and women are nurses.
________9. Physicians, nurses, and dentists are just some of the many health careers.
________10. The college cost in pursuing a health career is too expensive.
________11. All health careers require four years of education/training.
________12. Health careers give you the opportunity to save lives and improve the health of
all people.
________13. Health careers are in demand around the world.
________14. In deciding which health career to choose, consider what your parents and
friends will tell you to pursue.
________15. Deciding a health career as early as now will help you set primary preparations
for achieving it successfully.

Prior Knowledge
From our previous lessons, you have learned about Career Pathways,
medical professions, and allied health professions. You may already have a list of
health careers in mind to pursue. The decisions that you make at school will have a
big impact on your lives –affecting not only your further education, training, or
employment, but also your social lives, finances, and health outcomes. This lesson
will help you get oriented with health careers as well as make a crucial decision for
your future. Let us check our knowledge by filling in the table. A rubric is provided for
you ass your guide. Use your activity notebook.

Directions: Fill up the table below #How do you see yourself…

...today ...after Senior High School ...after college

RUBRICS

Criteria 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points 1 Point

Content Substantial, specific, Sufficiently Limited Superficial
and/ or illustrative developed content with and/or
content content with inadequate minimal
demonstrating adequate elaboration content.
strong development elaboration or
and sophisticated or explanation.
ideas. explanation.
Sentence Makes no errors in Makes 1-2 Makes 3-4 Makes more
Structure grammar or spelling. errors in errors in than 4 errors
grammar or grammar or in grammar

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 spelling. spelling. or spelling.
Neatness of Shows 100% Shows 90% Shows 80% Shows 70%
Work neatness of work neatness of neatness of neatness of
work work work

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Presentation
HEALTH CAREER ORIENTATION
Your teacher prepared a video clip for you to watch about health career orientation.
Ask a copy of the clip or you may watch a video in the internet by clicking this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M4OdcQy1Ik and answer the questions found in
the table.

Questions Speaker
What is this person’s career?
Where did the person study?
Who introduced the person to this career?
What were the requirements for the career?
Where did the person find information about the career?
Write down the qualities that made them successful in
their chosen career.
Indicate in which one of the persons’ career you are
interested in and why.
Name two interests and two abilities which can be seen
What have you learned?

Concept Development

A. Complete this chart.

Career path I am Personal qualities School subjects that I
interested to do that describe me like

B. Based on your answers in the chart, answer the following questions. A rubrics
on the next page is provided as your guide.

1. What health career do you think would suit you best based on your interests and
skills?

2. Can your personal qualities help you perform and excel in the health career path
you want to venture?

3. Are you learning enough from your previous subjects to help you achieve your
health career path? Why or why not?

4. Do you think you are ready to take a health career path? What are your strengths
and weaknesses?

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 RUBRICS
Criteria 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points 1 Point
Content Substantial, specific, Sufficiently Limited Superficial
and/ or illustrative developed content with and/or
content content with inadequate minimal
demonstrating adequate elaboration or content.
strong development elaboration or explanation.
and sophisticated explanation.
ideas.
Sentence Makes no errors in Makes 1-2 Makes 3-4 Makes
Structure grammar or spelling. errors in errors in more than 4
grammar or grammar or errors in
spelling. spelling. grammar or
spelling.
Neatness of Shows 100% Shows 90% Shows 80% Shows 70%
Work neatness of work neatness of neatness of neatness of
work work work

Activity
TIME TO DECIDE
Directions: List down three health careers that interest you the most. Identify the pros
and cons of each career then answer the questions that follow. Rubrics is provided
for guide.

Health career that What are the PROS? What are the CONS?
interests me

1. Which health career is best aligned with your values, interest and skills? Are there
any risks? Are you willing to take them? Why?
2. Which health career fulfils both your current and future goals?
3. What health career will you choose that will help you create the life you want to
live doing the work you will love to do?

RUBRICS

Criteria 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points 1 Point

Content Substantial, specific, Sufficiently Limited content Superficial
and/ or illustrative developed content with inadequate and/or
content demonstrating with adequate elaboration or minimal
strong development and elaboration or explanation. content.
sophisticated ideas. explanation.
Sentence Makes no errors in Makes 1-2 errors in Makes 3-4 Makes more
Structure grammar or spelling. grammar or spelling. errors in than 4 errors
grammar or in grammar or
spelling. spelling.
Neatness of Shows 100% neatness Shows 90% Shows 80% Shows 70%
Work of work neatness of work neatness of neatness of
work work
Task Completed activity Completed activity Activity posted Activity posted
(Completed before the deadline within 24 hours after after 24 hours 48 hours past

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the activity) deadline past deadline. deadline.
Assessment

Directions: Compose a song lyric about choosing a health career. Use your
cellphone to record your voice or you may write it and submit it to your
teacher. Base your work with the rubrics provided below.
RUBRICS

Application
Directions: You had a great composition. This time you are to make an action plan
following the template below. Use the rubrics as your guide. Use your
activity notebook.
My Health Career Action Plan

RUBRICS

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Generalization/ Synthesis
Timeline for obtaining your Health Career Goal
Directions: Write at least one skill and training in each box of your Health Career
Goal. Your answer sheet is found next page.

Post Assessment
Test I. Multiple Choice.
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

___1. An activity –based career exploration that will help broaden your knowledge
about careers in the health field.
C. Health Career C. Health Career Orientation
D. Career D. Health care Career
___2. This includes jobs that maintain the health and condition of the human body.
C. Health care Career C. Career
D. Health Career D. Health Career Orientation
___3. They perform a physical examination and diagnose, prevent and treat
illnesses, injuries, and other disorders of the human body.
C. Nurse C. Physical Therapist
D. Physician D. Occupational Therapist
___4. They specialize in the use of X-Ray equipment and advanced computer-aided
imaging equipment.
C. Radiation Therapist C. Radiologic Technician
D. Occupational Therapist D. Pharmacist
___5. They are trained to provide care for people who are sick or injured; assist
physicians during examinations and treatment.
C. Health workers C. Pharmacists
D. Nurses D. Physicians

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___6. They dispense medications prescribed by physicians, dentists, and other
authorized medical practitioners.
C. Physicians C. Nurses
D. Pharmacist D. Health workers
___7. They work with people who have been disabled by illness or accident to
restore motor skills (walking, moving and etc)
C. Physical Therapists C. Physician
D. Occupational Therapists D. Social worker
Test II. True or False.
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is incorrect.
________8. Men are physicians and women are nurses.
________9. Physicians, nurses, and dentists are just some of the many health careers.
________10. The college cost in pursuing a health career is too expensive.
________11. All health careers require four years of education/training.
________12. Health careers give you the opportunity to save lives and improve the health of
all people.
________13. Health careers are in demand around the world.
________14. In deciding which health career to choose, consider what your parents and
friends will tell you to pursue.
________15. Deciding a health career as early as now will help you set primary preparations
for achieving it successfully.

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Lesson 3
Post Pre-
Assessment Assessment
Prior
1.False 1.False
Presentation Knowledge
2.True 2.True
3.True 3.True
1.Career 1.Decision Making
4.True 4.True
2. Career planning 2.Career
5.True 5.True
3.Exploration Exploration
6.False 6.False
4.Choice 3.Self- Assessment
7.True 7.True
5.Internship 4.Plan of Action
8. False 6.Career Motivation 8. False
9. True 7.Career 9. True
10. True 10. True
Lesson 2
Application Post-Test
Assessment
1. Doctor- A person with a medical 1. C 1. A
degree whose job is to treat people who 2. C
are ill or hurt.
2. A
3. E 3. A
2. Nurse- provide care for people who
are sick or injured; monitors patients’ 4. D 4. B
health and records symptoms and assist 5. B 5. B
physicians during treatment. 6. A
3. Pharmacist- Prepares and dispenses 7. B
medication prescribed by licensed
8. A
health professionals.
4. Midwife- Professionals with the 9. B
expertise and skills in helping women 10. B
maintain healthy pregnancies.
5. Med.tech- performs a variety of tasks
on body fluids, from simple blood tests Pre-
to more complex tests. Assessment
1. A
Concept Presentation Prior 2. C
Development Knowledge
1. True 3. A
1. Reflexologist 2. False 4. B
1.doctors
2. Paramedic 3. True 5. B
2.disease
3. Nurse 4. True 6. A
4. Radiologist 3. clinic
5. False 4. Health worker 7. B
5. Caregiver
6. Medical technician
6. True 5.Health centers 8.A
7. Nutritionist 7. True 6. hospital 9. B
8. True 7. nurse 10. B
Lesson 1- My Health Career
Answer Keys
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References
Post Pre-
Assessment Assessment
1.C 1.C
2.B 2.B
3.B 3.B
4.C 4.C
5.D 5.D
6.B 6.B
7.A 7.A
8. False 8. False
9. True 9. True
10. False 10. False
11. False 11. False
12. True 12. True
13. True 13. True
14. False 14. False
15. True 15. True
Lesson 4
Concept Development
1. Community health work
2. Home health aide,
Occupational therapist
3. Midwifery
4. Clinical psychology, Presentation
Guidance counseling 1. Makes
5. Barangay/community health 2. Assists
work, Rural sanitary 3. Helps
inspection 4. Prepare
6. Air quality monitoring, Soil 5. Health career
Pre-
science analysis, Assessment
Environmental noise control Prior Knowledge
7. Drug and alcohol 1. F
1.C
rehabilitation 2. A
2.A
8. Public health nutrition 3. B
3.B
9. Education and research 4. C 4.B
10. Dentists, Dental hygiene 5. D 5.C
11. Occupational health and 6. G 6.B
safety technician, Industrial 7. E 7.A
Hygienist 8. I 8. A
12. Emergency medical aid, 9. J 9. C
Paramedic. 10. H 10. A
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https://www.who.int/nha/country/phl/en/
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https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/
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https://www.educationplanner.org
https://www.slideshare.net
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https://www.michigan.gov/documents/pathways_8310_7-221-39454---,00.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M4OdcQy

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