ALLIED HEALTH CAREER

PATHS AND CAREER

ORIENTATION PROGRAM
Prepared by: Mr. Levine Dave N. Nacino
 ALLIED HEALTH

• The branch of the health care field that delivers services

involving identification, evaluation, and prevention of
diseases and disorders, dietary and nutrition services, and
rehabilitation and health systems management.
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1. Technicians
Trained to perform procedures, and
their education lasts less than 2 years.
They are required to work under the
supervision of technologists or
therapists.
Ex: Cardiovascular technicians,
ophthalmic medical technician and
medical assistant.
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2. Therapist / Technologist
Educational process is more intensive.
They know how to evaluate patients,
diagnose conditions and develop
treatment plans. They assist
physicians.
Ex: Anesthesiologist assistant,
neurodiagnostic technologist and
pathologists’ assistant.
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 1. AUDIOLOGIST

• Identifies and rehabilitates

hearing impairments and
related disorders.
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 2. CHIROPRACTOR

• Diagnoses and treats

neuromuscular disorders with
emphasis on treatment through
manual adjustment and/or
manipulation of the spine.
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 3. CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGIST

• Assesses, diagnoses, treats and

helps prevent mental disorders.
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 4. DIETITIAN /
NUTRITIONIST

• Promotes good health through

proper diet and treatment of
diseases.
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 5. EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN

• AKA 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 chance of survival.
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6. GUIDANCE COUNSELOR

• Assists students with personal,

family, education and career
decisions and concerns.
• Help them develop job-finding
skills and other life skills to
prevent and deal with
problems.
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 7. HEALTH EDUCATOR

• Specializes in health education

and promotes the development
of health knowledge, skills and
positive attitude towards the
health and well-being of
students.
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8. MASSAGE THERAPIST

• Performs the scientific

manipulation of the soft tissues
of the body for the purpose of
normalizing those issues.
• Uses manual techniques that
include applying fixed or
movable pressure on affected
parts of the body.
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 9. MEDICAL ASSISTANT

• Performs, under the direction

of a physician, various routine
administrative and
nontechnical clinical tasks in
hospitals, clinics, and other
similar facilities.
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 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 .
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 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.
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 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.
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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.
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 14. ORTHOTHIST /
PROSTHETIST

• Makes and fits prosthetics or

artificial parts for the human
body.
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 15. PARAMEDIC

• Gives emergency medical

treatment or assists medical
professionals in emergency
situations.
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 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.
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 17. RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST /
RADIOGRAPHER

• Healthcare professionals who perform

imaging procedures, such as X-ray
examinations, Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) and Computed
Tomography (CT) scans.
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 18. PHYSICAL THERAPIST

• Examines, evaluates, and treats

physical impairments through use of
special exercise, application of heat
or cold, and other physical
modalities.
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 19. SPEECH LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGIST

• Diagnoses and treats patients

with functional and organic
speech defects and disorders.
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 20. PHLEBOTOMIST

• Professionals with special

training in phlebotomy or
drawing blood from patients.
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 21. RADIATION THERAPIST

• Administers radiation therapy

services to patients and observes
patients during treatment.
• It includes tumor localization, patient
follow-up, patient education and
record keeping.
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22. RESPIRATORY THERAPIST

• It specializes in the promotion of

optimum cardiopulmonary function
and health.
• It regularly deals with various
chronic respiratory diseases such as
asthma and emphysema.
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 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.