HEALTH G-10

4TH QUARTER
Prepared by: Sir John Carlo E. Poniente
ACTIVITY
What Do you Observe
about the Video?
What is the Significance of
Medical Allied health
Profession in our Country?
Short Recap!
HEALTH CAREER
PATHWAYS
 CAREER PATHWAYS
Career pathways are
clusters occupations that
are grouped because of
shared skills.
 CAREER PATHWAYS
All pathways include a variety
of occupations that require
different levels of education,
skills, and training.
WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF
HEALTH CAREER
PATHWAYS?
Disease Prevention and Control

• Focus on communicable
and non-communicable
diseases.
Disease Prevention and Control

• Their work includes

immunization, screening
of newborns,
 Disease Prevention and Control
• Promotion of breastfeeding,
infant diseases prevention,
adolescent healthcare, and
life skills.
Personal Healthcare
This field perform healthcare
related tasks in a personal
care level.
 Personal Healthcare
• monitoring patients
• Administering and assisting in
personal care and hygiene
• Hygiene and Nutrition
 Maternal and Child Care

Deal with complex public health

issues that affect women,
children and their families.
 Maternal and Child Care
Sample Careers:
• Midwifery
• Community Health Educator
• Outreach Specialist
 Mental Health Care
Dealing with interpersonal,
intrapersonal relationships
and life skills.
 Mental Health Care
Sample Careers:
• Social Work
• Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry
• Guidance Counselling.
 Community Healthcare
Focus on maintenance,
protection, and improvement of
the health of all community
members.
 Community Healthcare
Sample Careers:
• Barangay/Community Health
Work
• Rural Sanitary Inspection
Environmental Healthcare Management

monitoring the quality of

environment and impact of human
activities on ecosystems and
developing strategies for restoring
ecosystems.
Environmental Healthcare Management

Sample Careers:
• Air quality monitoring
• Soil science analysis
Environmental Healthcare Management
Sample Careers:
• Hazardous and solid waste
management
• Environmental noise control
• Radiological assessment
 Drug Prevention and Control
Reduce community and
individual problems related to
alcohol and drug abuse through
evidence-based programs and
policy advocacy.
 Drug Prevention and Control
Sample Careers:
• Drug Enforcement
• Drug and Alcohol
Rehabilitation
 Nutrition
Specialists in this area find ways to
balance individuals’ food and
nutrition and their impact on
patients’ health.
 Nutrition
Sample Careers:
• Clinical Dietetics
• Food and Nutrition Management
• Public Health Nutrition
 Health Education
Assessing individual and
community needs, planning,
implementing and evaluating
health programs
 Health Education
Sample Careers:
• Education and Research
• Community Health Work
 Dental Health
Deal with various oral conditions
which include chronic mouth and
facial pain, oral sores, periodontal
(gum) disease, tooth decay and
tooth loss, other diseases.
 Dental Health
Sample Careers:
• Dental Hygiene
• Dental Nursing
• Dental health support
 Occupational Safety
Careers in this path are related
to the safety, health and welfare
of people engaged in work or
employment
 Occupational Safety
Sample Careers:
• Occupational Health and Safety
Technician
• Health Inspector
• Industrial Hygienist
Emergency Medical Services

People assigned in this work

specialize in out-of-hospital
medical care.
Emergency Medical Services

Sample Careers:
• Emergency Medical Aid
• Paramedic
 The common allied health
professionals practicing in
the country with available
education and professional
training.
1. Chiropractor
 1. Chiropractor
He/she diagnosis and treats
neuromuscular disorders with
emphasis on treatment through
manual adjustment and/or
manipulation of the spine.
2. Massage therapist
 2. Massage therapist
He/she performs the scientific
manipulation of the soft tissues
of the body for the purpose of
normalizing those tissue.
3.Emergency Medical Technician
3.Emergency Medical Technician

It also known as
ambulance technician.
4.Guidance Counselor
 4.Guidance Counselor
It assists students with personal,
family, education, and career
decisions and concerns.
5.Health Educator
 5.Health Educator
He/she specializes in health
education and promotes the
development of health
knowledge, life skills, and positive
attitudes.
6.Midwife
 6.Midwife
He/she professionals with the
expertise and skills in helping
women maintain healthy
pregnancies, assist in, or perform
childbirth delivery
7.Nurse
 7.Nurse
He/she trained to provide care for
people who are sick or injured;
monitors patients’ health and
records symptoms, assists physicians
during examinations and treatment
 There are also allied
medical professions whose
specialized trainings is
available in other countries.
1.Cardiovascular technologist
1.Cardiovascular technologist
He/she uses imaging technology
to help physicians diagnose
patients with cardiac (heart) and
peripheral vascular (blood vessel)
ailments.
2. Clinical officer
 2. Clinical officer
He/she performs general medical
duties such as the diagnosis and
treatment of disease and injury,
recommendation and
interpretation of medical tests
3.Neurophysiologist
 3.Neurophysiologist
He/she specializes in the diagnosis
of conditions affecting the nervous
system such as neuromuscular
diseases, epilepsy, and nerve
entrapments.
4. Medical Dosimetrist
 4. Medical Dosimetrist
He/she 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
5. Orthoptist
 5. Orthoptist
He/she investigates, diagnoses,
and treats defects of binocular
vision and abnormalities
related to eye movement
6. Dental hygienist
 6. Dental hygienist
He/she specializes in the removal of
calcaneus deposits and stains from
patients’ and provides additional
services and information on prevention
of oral diseases.
7. Surgical technologist
7. Surgical technologist
A member of the surgical
team who serves as a scrub
technician or as a
circulator.
8. Music therapist
 8. Music therapist
He/she uses music within a
therapeutic relationship to
address a client’s needs, such
as facilitating movement and
physical rehabilitation
9.Diagnostic medical sonographer
9.Diagnostic medical sonographer

He/she uses ultrasonic imaging

devices to produce diagnostic
images, scans, videos, or 3D
volumes of patients’ anatomy
10.Kinesiotherapist
 10.Kinesiotherapist
He/she develops and monitors
exercise programs to help
people regain muscle strength
and function lost due to injury
or disease.