Planning for a HEALTH

CAREER
 OBJECTIVES
● discusses the components and steps in making a personal
health career plan
● prepares a personal health career following the prescribed
components and steps
● explores the various health career paths selects a particular
health career pathway based on personal competence and
interest; participates in a health career orientation program
● decides on an appropriate health career path
 Table of
01 Importance of Health Careers
Contents

02 Health Career Pathways

Disease Prevention and Control Career

03 (Public Health)
 Table of
04 Personal Health Care
Contents

05 Maternal and Child Care

06 Mental Health
 Table of
07 Community Health Career
Contents

08 Environmental Health Career

09 Drug Prevention and Control

 Table of
10 Nutrition and Dietetics Career
Contents

11 Health Education

12 Nursing
 Table of
13 Medical and Allied Professions
Contents

14 Emergency Medical Services

15 Activities/Assignment
Service
 01
Importance of Health Careers
Health careers are getting important nowadays because of
the abundance of health care-related works. People are
becoming more and more health conscious and they put
health as a priority in their lives. Those who work in the
prevention and cure of illnesses or injuries are considered
important.
 Therapeutic Services
(Planning, Managing)
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Diagnostic Health
Services Informatics
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Health
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Types of
Health Careers
 Also considered as “hands-on” patient care.

1. Therapeutic Services or Direct Patient Care

Therapeutic Services
or Direct Patient
Care

Examples:

● Medical Specialists attending to

patients,

● Nurses,

● Nursing Care Providers,

● Physical Therapists, and

● Dentists
Involves the use of technology in the
diagnostics of patients.

2. Imaging and Diagnostics

Imaging and
Diagnostics

Examples:

● Medical Laboratory Technologists,

● Ultrasound and X-ray Technicians,

and

● Radiologists
Responsible for keeping a clean and sanitary
hospital or therapeutic environment.

3. Support Services
Support Services

Examples:

● Hospital Maintenance Engineers and

Technicians, and

● Environmental Facility Managers

Includes documentation services, medical record
management, hospital unit coordination, hospital
information and communication system.

4. Health Informatics and Business

Health Informatics
and Business

Examples:

● Health Information Coders,

● Data Analysts,

● Health Care Administrators,

● Medical Billers, and

● Public Health Educators

Contributes to the advancement of health care
through science and technology.

5. Research and Development

Research and
Development

Examples:

● Biomedical Chemists,

● Toxicologists,

● Pharmaceutical Scientists, and

● Biomedical Engineers
What are Careers in Health?

Disease Prevention and Control Career

(Public
Public health addresses health concerns Health)
of communities at risk for disease and injury.
 The Three PRIMARY TASKS of
Public Health

01 02 03
Assess and monitor the Formulate public policies. Assure that all populations
health of communities. have access to appropriate
and cost-effective care.
Career Opportunities related to
Public Health 01
Public Health Practice

03 02
Epidemiology Health Education

04
Environmental Health
Career Opportunities related to
Public Health 05
International Health

07 06
Nutrition Maternal and Child Health

08
Health Services
Administration
 Personal Health Care Services

Age: 25
Gender: Female These services include
companionship and assistance to
Allergies: None people who need to remain safe and
who need to engage in day-to-day
Location: Madrid, Spain activities. Also considered non-
medical or private duty, caregivers
are in demand, especially to the
Symptoms: elderly who may need companions.

50%

30%
 Maternal and Child Care

Maternal Health
Maternal Health is concerned with the
health of women during pregnancy,
childbirth, and the postpartum period. It
also includes other health concerns that
help reduce illnesses and death of women
due to childbirth.

These concerns are the following:

Family planning and Prenatal Care Postnatal Care

preconception care
 Mental Health Practitioners
Mental Health Practitioners are professional who
are trained to help patients who have mental and
emotional problems and illnesses.

Psychologists Psychiatrists Counselors

Counsels people who Diagnoses and treats Assists people with problems related to
have deep emotional patients who have mental health, and to making family,
problems. mental illnesses. personal, educational, and career decisions.
 Community Health Career
Community Health Workers are persons who
help local communities receive health care from
social service systems and government. Many of
them come from the community they are serving
that is why they understand better the needs of the
community.
Responsibilities of Community Health
Workers:
1. Help people understand their health
conditions so they can develop strategies
to improve their health and well-being.
2. Provide health services, such as
monitoring blood pressure and providing
first aid.
3. Provide informal counseling, support,
and follow-up.
4. Deliver health information using the
language of the community.
5. Make home visits to chronically ill
patients, pregnant women, nursing
mothers, and the elderly.
 Environmental Health Career

Environmental Health Environmental Specialists

EH is a field of science that Professionals who do works 1.5. Industrial

SanitaryWaste
Engineer
Director
studies how the related to the environment by
environment influences means of research, outreach and 2.6. Water
Radiation
QualitySafety Officer
Scientist
human health and disease. education, environmental
3.7. Health
Environmental
Physicist Radiation
cleanups, investigations, and Specialist
more.
8. Radioactive Water Specialist
4. Hazardous Waste Scientist
 Drug Prevention & Control
Psychiatrists and Psychologists
Through therapy, they help people suffering from
drug-abuse problems and understand the root
cause of their problems. Psychiatrists can also
prescribe medications for the patients.
Psychiatric Nurses and Detox Specialists
They track the physical progress of
patients as medications are administered.
Counselors
They are professionals who work
with teens and adults who have
drug-abuse problems.
Professors, Researchers, and Social
Workers.
They are less involved with direct care but they
try to understand the problem through studies
and research so they can provide solutions for
drug-abuse related problems.
Nutrition and Dietetics Career

Dietetics is the field Dietitians are professionals who

of study that is design nutrition therapies to help the
concerned with the body be protected against disease by
relationship between means of natural food nutrients.
health and nutrition.
They also design nutritional therapies
to people who have specific health
issues like hypertension, diabetes, or
obesity.
 Nutrition and Dietetics Career
RESPONSIBILITIES

02
01 Work with food
Increase public manufacturers to
awareness on proper improve the nutritional
nutritional standards quality of prepared
and habits. foods.

03 04
Improve the accuracy Develop facility-wide nutrition
and comprehension of programs for health care, educational,
correctional, and other institutions.
food labels
 Nutrition and Dietetics Career
RESPONSIBILITIES

06
05 Do Research:
Ensure the safety of
For example, how
food supply
changes in diet can
affect health (e.g.,
reducing salt intake can
lower blood pressure)
Health Education

Health Education is
the profession that
involves educating
people about health.
 Nursing
Nurses are professionals who are
concerned with the attainment,
maintenance, and recovery of the
optimal health and quality of life of
patients and communities.

Work with physicians, therapists, Develop a care plan for

the patients, the patient’s family, patients.
and other medical team members
in treating the illnesses and
improving the quality of life of
patients.
 Medical and Allied Professions

Anesthesiologist Administration of anesthesia like in

Surgery

Cardiologist Coronary artery disease; heart disease

Epidemiologist Investigates the cause and source of

disease outbreaks

Family Practice Physician General Care Physician

 Medical and Allied Professions

Gastroenterologist Stomach, intestines, digestive system

Geriatrician Diseases and conditions of the aged

Gynecologist Female reproductive system

Immunologist Diseases of the immune system

 Medical and Allied Professions

Internist Treatment of diseases in adults

Neonatologist Nervous system

Nephrologist Kidney disease

Neurologist Nervous system

 Medical and Allied Professions

Neurosurgeon Surgery of the brain and nervous system

Obstetrician Pregnancy, labor, Childbirth

Oncologist Cancer, tumors

Ophthalmologist Eye disease and treatment

 Medical and Allied Professions

Orthopedist Skeletal system

Otolaryngologist Head, neck, ears, nose, throat

Pathologist Study of tissues and essential nature of

disease

Pediatrician Childhood diseases and conditions

 Medical and Allied Professions

Plastic Surgeon Use of material to build tissues

Primary-care Physician General health and medical care

Psychiatrist Mental Illnesses

Radiologist Use of X-Rays

 Medical and Allied Professions

Rheumatologist Diseases of connective tissues, joints,

muscles, tendons

Surgeon Treats diseases by surgery

 Emergency medical Services (EMS)
Sometimes known as paramedic
service or rescue or first-aid squad are
emergency services that include the
following:

1. Out-of-hospital acute medical

care
2. Medical transport of patients with
illnesses and injuries

The goals of emergency medical services are to preserve life,

promote recovery, and prevent further injury.
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