2. CAREER PATHWAYS
• Clusters 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 for
personal development.
3. WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF
HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS?
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6. #1: 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.
7. #2: CHIROPRACTOR
• Diagnosis and treats
neuromuscular disorders with
emphasis on treatment through
manual adjustment and/or
manipulation of the spine.
• Treats disorders (such as back and
neck pain) chiefly of the
musculoskeletal system especially
through the manual adjustment
or manipulation of the spinal
vertebrae to correct nervous
system dysfunction
8. #3: 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.
• Also help students deal with
personal, social and behavioral
issues.
9. #4: DIETITIAN /
NUTRITIONIST
• Promotes good health through proper
diet and treatment of diseases.
• Experts in the use of food and nutrition
to promote health and manage disease.
They advise people on what to eat in
order to lead a healthy lifestyle or
achieve a specific health-related goal
• There are also allied medical
professions whose specialized trainings
is available in other countries.
10. #5: 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.
• They teaches about physical,
mental, emotional and social
health. It motivates students to
improve and maintain their
health, prevent disease, and
reduce risky behaviors.
11. WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT
THEM NOW?
ARE THEY IMPORTANT IN OUR SOCIETY?
12. LEARNING TASK 1: CAREFULLY READ THE STATEMENT BELOW
AND ORGANIZE THE JUMBLED LETTERS TO REVEAL THE
CORRECT WORD. WRITE YOUR ANSWER A PIECE OF PAPER.
(5 MINS)
1. Diagnosis and treats neuromuscular disorders with emphasis on treatment through manual adjustment
and/or manipulation of the spine. (R O T C A R P O R I H C)
2. Performs the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing
those tissue. (E G A M S S A P I S T E T H R A)
3. Investigates, diagnoses, and treats defects of binocular vision and abnormalities related to eye
movement. (T I S T O R T H O P)
4. 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. (C E G U I D A
N L O R S E C O U N)
5. Specializes in health education and promotes the development of health knowledge, life skills, and
positive attitudes toward the health and well-being of students. (E A H H T L C A T O R E D U)
CHIROPRACTOR
MASSAGE THERAPHIST
ORTHOPTIST
GUIDANCE COUNCILOR
HEALTH EDUCATOR
13. LEARNING TASK 2: “FACT OR BLUFF”
• ____________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. 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.
• ____________4. Neurophysiologist- develops and monitors exercise programs to help people regain
muscle strength and function lost due to injury or disease.
• ____________5. Emergency Medical Technician- also known as ambulance technician.
FACT
FACT
FACT
BLUFF
FACT
14. LEARNING TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS.
• 1. Which health career is best aligned with your values, interests, and skills? Why?
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• 2. Which health career fulfils both your current and future goals?
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• 3. What health career will you choose that will help you create the life you want to live and do the work
you will love to do?
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