Allied health professions that

we presently have in the

Philippines
1. Audiologist – identifies and rehabilitates hearing
impairments and related disorders
2. Chiropractor - diagnoses and treats
neuromuscular disorders, with emphasis on
treatment through manual adjustment and/or
manipulation of the spine.
3. Clinical psychologist - assesses, diagnoses,
treats and helps prevent mental disorders
4. Dietitian / Nutritionist - promotes good health
through proper diet and treatment of diseases
5. Emergency Medical Technician – also known as
ambulance technician; responds quickly to any
emergency and life threatening situation to
immediately treat serious injuries, physical or
mental trauma to increase a patient’s chances of
survival
6. 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
7. 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
8. Massage Therapist - performs the scientific
manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for
the purpose of normalizing those tissues; uses
manual techniques that include applying fixed or
movable pressure on affected parts of the body
9. Medical assistant – performs, under the
direction of a physician, various routine
administrative and nontechnical clinical tasks in
hospitals, clinics, and other similar facilities
10. Medical technologist – performs a variety of
tasks on body fluids, from simple blood tests to
more complex tests to uncover abnormalities in
the body, and underlying causes of illnesses, such
as HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and cancer which are not
easily detected through physical examination
11. 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
12. 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.
13. Occupational therapist - uses purposeful
activity and interventions to maximize the
independence and health of any client who is
limited by physical injury or illness, cognitive
impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental
illness, or learning disability
14. Orthotist/Prosthetist – makes and fits
prosthetics or artificial parts for the human body
15. Paramedic - gives emergency medical
treatment or assists medical professionals in
emergency situations
16. Pharmacist - prepares and dispenses
medication prescribed by licensed health
professionals; also provides information to
patients regarding drugs, and consults with
healthcare professionals on advances in drugs or
medicine
17. Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer -
healthcare professionals who perform imaging
procedures, such as x-ray examinations, Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans and Computed
Tomography (CT) scans (health careers.org)
18. Physical Therapist - examines, evaluates, and
treats physical impairments through use of special
exercise, application of heat or cold, and other
physical modalities
19. Speech Language Pathologist - diagnoses and
treats patients with functional and organic speech
defects and disorders
20. Phlebotomist - professionals with special
training in phlebotomy or drawing blood from
patients
21. Radiation therapist - administers radiation
therapy services to patients and observes patients
during treatment; other duties may include tumor
localization, patient follow-up, patient education,
and record keeping
22. Respiratory therapist - specializes in the
promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary function
and health; regularly deals with various chronic
respiratory diseases, such as asthma and
emphysema
23. Social Worker - investigates, treats, and gives
aid to people with social problems and helps
people with mental illness, serious health
conditions, financial difficulties, substance abuse
problems, domestic or child abuse, unwanted
pregnancy and other social problems
 Allied medical professions
whose specialized training 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. Dental hygienist - specializes in the removal of
calcaneus deposits and stains from patients’ and
provides additional services and information on
prevention of oral diseases
4. Diagnostic medical sonographist - uses
ultrasonic imaging devices to produce diagnostic
images, scans, videos, or 3D volumes of patients’
anatomy
5. Kinesiotherapist - develops and monitors
exercise programs to help people regain muscle
strength and function lost due to injury or disease
6. Neurophysiologist - specializes in the diagnosis
of conditions affecting the nervous system such as
neuromuscular diseases, epilepsy, and nerve
entrapments
7. Medical dosimetrist - 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 8
8. Medical radiation scientist - performs complex
diagnostic imaging studies on patients and plans
and administers radiation treatments
9. 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
10. Nuclear medicine technologist - performs
imaging procedures using radioactive drugs and
materials to make diagnostic evaluations of the
anatomic or physiologic conditions of the patient’s
body, and facilitates therapy with the use of
unsealed radioactive sources
11. Orthoptist - investigates, diagnoses and treats
defects of binocular vision and abnormalities
related to eye movement; involves seeing patients
of all ages from infants to the elderly
12. Pedorthist - are foot orthotic and orthopedic
footwear experts trained in the assessment of
lower limb anatomy and muscle and joint function
13. Perfusionist - assists in performing procedures
that involve extracorporeal circulation, such as
during open-heart surgery or hypothermia
14. Surgical technologist - a member of the
surgical team who serves as a scrub technician or
as a circulator