·Quarter 4·

Health 10
• Guided Learning Activity Sheet
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FOR THE LEARNERS

This Guided Learning Activity was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learnings at your own pace and time. You will be
enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active learner. This will
help you attain the prescribed grade-level knowledge, skills, attitude, and values at your own
pace outside the normal classroom setting.

The guided learning activity sheet is composed of different types of activities that are
arranged according to graduated levels of difficulty—from simple to complex. You are expected
to:
a) answer all activities on separate sheets of paper/bond paper;
b) submit the outputs to your respective teachers on the time and date agreed upon.

HEALTH 10

At the end of this GLAS, the students are expected to:

ü discusses the components and steps in making a personal health career plan;
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ü prepares a personal health career following the prescribed components and steps;
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ü explores the various health career path & selects a particular health career pathway
based on personal competence and interest; participates in a health career oriented
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ü decides on an appropriate health career path H10PC-Ivc-d-4

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 Lesson 1: Planning for a Health Career

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Specific objective:

• state the importance of health career;

WHAT IS IT

PLANNING FOR A HEALTH CAREER

Choosing a career is not an easy thing to do. You don’t just look at the pay and the security
it offers you; you also need to consider your primary interests and passion which can open doors
to other careers that you have not considered.

With lots of professions in healthcare, you might consider getting into a health career.
There is a high demand for workers in the healthcare industry not just locally but also globally.
Health careers are among the most lucrative job options available all over the world, especially
these days, with an aging population and medical advances. There is a continuous demand for
health professionals.

A health career offers a good salary and job security. Educational learning is widely
available in the country with a path for advancement in different specialized fields of interests.
You get to work with people and more importantly make a difference in the life of others.
What is a career?

A career is an occupation or profession that requires special training.

Health careers are designed to familiarize students with the various careers in the medical
profession and allied health services. Students will learn skills necessary for their career path,
which in this case is in healthcare. These include working with others, communication skills,

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legal and ethical responsibilities, cultural considerations in healthcare industry, problem
solving, decision making, accepting personal responsibility, and selfmanagement.

Health career Planning refers to an individual’s plan to make a career choice, growing in
the chosen career or making a career shift. Career planning involves the very important step of
self-assessment.

Self-assessment is necessary to understand one’s capabilities and drawbacks. The various

career options should be explored in detail to find a fit between one’s abilities and the
opportunities provided by a career option. It involves continuous learning and improvement to
build and grow in the chosen career path.

Why pursue a Health career?

You will make a difference in people’s lives.

Things we consider:
ü Good Salary
ü Job Security
ü Do work that interests you
ü Find a Health Career that fits your educational plans
ü A clear path to advancement
ü Work with people (or not)

What are the components and steps in making a health career plan?

1. Self - Assessment

Discover your personal strengths through self-assessments (values, interests, personality,

testing, skills, etc. It is the first step in career planning and means finding out more about what
you want from work. It includes analyzing your values, skills, and interests to find out what you
want from your career. Your goal is to find the role(s) that match with as many of your personal
attributes as possible.

2. Career Exploration

You can explore different careers and work environments through career fairs, online
research, meetings, internships, alumni connections, professional resources. Careful research
into your career options is important. Do not rely on preconceptions. The key is to create a well-
rounded picture of the environment in which you will be working and think carefully about
whether you can see yourself succeeding on that career path.

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 3. Decision Making

Before you decide on taking a career that works for you, you can evaluate and narrow
down your options through listing the pros and cons, comparing your personal strengths and
interests, and deciding which career fulfills both current and future goals. It is now time to act
on what you already know and make some clearer choices. To be comfortable with the choices
you make, you must be confident in your decision making. There is no 'right way' to go about
this and people have different approaches that work for them.

4. Plan of Action

Plan achievable goals and develop strategies to reach your goals, organize your goals into
smaller steps, identify actions for each step, utilize helpful people and resources, review and
adapt your plan regularly

WHAT I CAN DO:

PERFORMANCE TASK #1: STATE IT

Directions: Complete the sentence.

If I could choose a health career, it would be ___________________________. I will pursue it

because _________________________________________________________________________________.

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 Lesson 2: Health Career Pathways

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Specific objective:

• identify the different examples of health career pathways

WHAT IS IT

HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS

Career pathways are 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.

What are examples of health career pathways?

1. Disease Prevention and Control

People who specialize in this career path focus on communicable and non-communicable
diseases. Their work includes immunization, screening of newborns, promotion of breastfeeding,
infant diseases prevention, adolescent healthcare, and life skills. Sample Careers:

Ø Community Health Work

Ø Education and Research

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 2. Personal Healthcare

Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a personal care level. These
include monitoring patients; administering and assisting in personal care and hygiene;
performing housekeeping duties; and advising clients on related healthcare issues like infant
care, hygiene, and nutrition.

3. Maternal and Child Care

These health workers deal with complex public health issues that affect women, children
and their families. These include providing information on reproductive health, family planning,
healthcare of pregnant women and their children, and improvement of health delivery system
through advocacy, education and research. Sample Careers:

Ø Midwifery
Ø Community Health Educator
Ø Outreach Specialist

4. Mental HealthCare

These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and intrapersonal

relationships and life skills. These include cognitive and psychosocial development, promotion
of healthy self-esteem through feelings and anger management and identifying warning signs or
red flags of learning disorders, such as ADHD, anxiety, mood disorders, stress, and bullying.

Sample Careers:
Ø Social Work
Ø Clinical Psychology
Ø Psychiatry
Ø Guidance Counselling

5. Community Healthcare

Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the
health of all community members. Sample Careers:

Ø Barangay/Community Health Work

Ø Rural Sanitary Inspection

6. Environmental Healthcare Management

These health workers try to establish the correlation between and among the physical,
chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment. These
include monitoring the quality of environment and impact of human activities on ecosystems,
and developing strategies for restoring ecosystems. Sample Careers:

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 Ø Air quality monitoring
Ø Soil science analysis
Ø Hazardous and solid waste management
Ø Environmental noise control
Ø Radiological assessment

7. Drug Prevention and Control

People whose careers revolve around this area seek to reduce community and individual
problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through evidence-based programs and policy
advocacy. Sample Careers:

Ø Drug Enforcement
Ø Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

8. Nutrition

Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition and their
impact on patients’ health. These include meal planning, food preparation and economics.

Sample Careers:
Ø Clinical Dietetics
Ø Food and Nutrition Management
Ø Public Health Nutrition
Ø Education and Research

9. Health Education

Those who work in this field are tasked with promotion of healthcare and training of health
workers on managing change in healthcare. Their work involves assessing individual and
community needs, planning, implementing and evaluating health programs, promoting the
understanding of various health-related bahaviors plus coordinating health education services.

Sample Careers:
Ø Education and Research
Ø Community Health Work

10. Dental Health

Dental health workers deal with various oral conditions which include chronic mouth and
facial pain, oral sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay and tooth loss, other diseases and
disorders that affect the oral cavity, and risk factors for oral diseases which include unhealthy
diet, tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, and poor oral hygiene. Sample Careers:
Ø Dental Hygiene
Ø Dental Nursing
Ø Dental health support
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 11. Occupational Safety

Careers in this path are related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work
or employment. These include protecting workers from sickness, disease, and injury arising from
possible hazards of their

12. Emergency Medical Services

People assigned in this work specialize in out-of-hospital medical care. Their skills include
first-aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and transport of patients, rapid emergency
medical response and immediate medical attention. Sample Careers:

Ø Emergency Medical Aid

Ø Paramedic

WHAT I CAN DO:

PERFORMANCE TASK #2: HEALTH CAREER ANALOGY

Directions: Read the analogy and decide how each word pair is related. Then choose the
correct type of analogy from the box below.

SOCIAL WORK MIDWIFERY RURAL SANITARY INSPECTION

DRUG ENFORCEMENT DENTAL HYGIENE

1. Nutrition: Clinical Diabetes Mental HealthCare: _______________________

2. Health Education: Health Programs Maternal and Child care: __________________
3. Mental Healthcare: Psychiatry Community Healthcare: ___________________
4. Personal Healthcare: Hygiene Drug Prevention and Control: _____________
5. Occupational Safety: Health Inspector Dental Health: ____________________________

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 Lesson 3: Medical and Allied Health Profession

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Specific objective:

• classify the medical practices and services of the health professionals

WHAT IS IT

MEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSION

Along with medical professions, there are hundreds of allied health professions which
complete the workforce in contributing to the whole-person care of patients, support to
healthcare professionals, and the efficient operation of healthcare organizations.

Medical and Allied Health Professions

The medical profession is a group of individuals qualified to practice medicine. Allied

health professions, on the other hand, are lines of work that still deal with healthcare, but are
distinct from medicine. They have distinct and specialized knowledge and skills that actively
work with people accessing health and disability that are offered services across a range of
settings. These professions include clinical laboratory or medical technology, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, dietetic services, medical record personnel, radiologic services, speech
language pathology and audiology, and respiratory therapy.

Who are the medical and allied health professionals?

Allied health professionals are healthcare practitioners with formal education and clinical
training credentials through certification, registration and/or licensure. They collaborate with
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physicians and other members of the healthcare team to deliver high quality patient care
services for the identification, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disabilities, and disorders.

These professions may be categorized into either technicians or Therapists/Technologists.

Technicians are those who undergo training to perform specific procedures. They are required
to work under the supervision of technologists or therapists. This category includes physical
therapy assistants, medical laboratory technicians, radiological technicians, occupational
therapy assistants, recreation therapy assistants and respiratory therapy technicians.

Therapists or technologists have more intensive training, which includes acquiring

procedural skills. They evaluate patients, diagnose conditions, develop treatment plans, and
understand the rationale behind various treatments to judge their appropriateness and potential
side effects. They also assess patients’ responses to therapy and make appropriate decisions
about continued treatment or modification of treatment plans. Furthermore, they are licensed
to perform these tasks.

Allied health professionals provide services and engage in activities which include:

a. prevention - keep illness or injury from happening

b. assessment/evaluation-appraisal of the condition based on the patient’s subjective

report

c. identification/diagnosis- analysis based on signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings

d. treatment - management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or disorder

e. rehabilitation/habilitation - treatment designed to recover from injury, illness, or

disease towards a normal condition as possible

f. advocacy - a method by which patients, their families, attorneys, health professionals,

and citizens’ groups can work together to develop programs that ensure the availability of

high-quality healthcare for a community

g. promotion of health and well-being - the process of enabling people to increase control

over their health and its determinants, and thereby improving their health

h. education - the process of sharing and gaining knowledge

i. research - the diligent inquiry or examination of data, reports, and observations in a

search for facts or principles

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 WHAT I CAN DO:

PERFORMANCE TASK #3: CLASSIFY

Directions: List three (3) examples of Medical and Allied health professions. Identify if it is
categorized to Technicians and Therapist each profession. Copy the table below for your
answers.

TECHNICIANS THERAPISTS/TECHNOLOGISTS
1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

Lesson 4: Health Care Practitioner/Provider

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Specific objective:

• determine the specific health care practitioner/ provider in a specific illness or

even diseases

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 WHAT IS IT

• Health Care Provider- a person who helps identify, prevent, or treat an illness or disability
• Health Care Practitioner/ Provider- an independent healthcare provider who is licensed
to practice on and provide general and/or specialized care to a specific area of the body.”
• Allied Health Professionals- a trained healthcare provider practicing under supervision of
a physician or healthcare practitioner. They include pharmacists, dental hygienists,
physical therapists, and nurses.

What are the allied health professions that we presently have in the Philippines?

These are the common allied health professionals practicing in the country with available
education and professional training.

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 wellbeing 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

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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
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

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 WHAT I CAN DO:

LEARNING ACTIVITY #1: GUESS WHO?

Directions: Determine the specific health care practitioner/provider being described. Write
your answer on a short bondpaper.

_______________ 1. The one who diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders.

A. Audiologist C. Nurse
B. Medical Technologist D. Chiropractor

_______________ 2. It is the one who guided students with personal, family, education, and
career decisions and concerns.

A. Guidance Counselor C. Audiologist

B. Dietitian D. Pharmacist

_______________ 3. The assistant of the Physician at medical clinics and hospitals.

A. Medical Technologist C. Social Worker

B. Pharmacist D. Nurse

_______________ 4. Concern on the right foods that we should eat.

A. Dietitian C. Physical Therapist

B. Paramedics D. Social Worker

_______________ 5. Medical practitioner whose expertise is making external human body parts.

A. Physical Therapist C. Orthotist/Prosthetist

B. Audiologist D. Occupational Therapist

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 Lesson 5: Allied Medical Professions

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Specific objective:

• identify the significant function of the different allied medical professions

WHAT IS IT

Allied Medical Professions specialized training 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 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 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. Medical Radiation Scientist- performs complex diagnostic imaging studies on patients
and plans and administers radiation treatments.

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 9. Music Therapist- uses music within 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 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.

WHAT I CAN DO:

PERFORMANCE TASK #4: WRAP UP

Directions: Select 4 among the 14 allied medical professions specialize training in other
countries that are very much needed in our country and explain why.

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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 Lesson 6: Health Career Orientation Program

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Specific objective:

• organize thoughts of personal future desired career plan

WHAT IS IT

HEALTH CAREER ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Are you interested to know what causes illnesses? Would you like to help people get and
stay healthy in any aspect of health?

Medical research, scientific research, and technical breakthroughs have made the health
science industry one of the most exciting and personally rewarding fields to explore. And the
most popular jobs in this cluster include those of doctors, dentists, nurses, chiropractors,
pharmacists, radiology technicians, and physical and occupational therapists.

A health career orientation is an activity-based career exploration to broaden your

knowledge about careers in the health field. Health career orientation helps you to:

ü evaluate and assess such factors as personal needs, interests, and skills
ü provide an opportunity to identify and explore health careers
ü learn about the duties and responsibilities of health professionals
ü acquire an awareness of a wide variety of educational training and resources for both
academic and vocational fields
ü pursue health career pathways for future education/ training

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SUMMARY

A career in health will give you the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.
A wide range of healthcare career pathways will provide you with what area you want to focus
on, flexibility, and a variety of ideas and opportunities to pursue your personal development.

You need to identify interests and skills, expose yourself to the different available careers,
and decide on a career that works for you and your plan of action.

The medical profession comprises a group of qualified and dedicated individuals whose
vision is to ensure that every person is healthy, free from any form of illness or disease. They
may be physicians with their own specialized field, or allied health professionals who compliment
them, such as nurses, physical therapists, medical technologists, among others. To start a
career in health, you must go through several years of formal education, an extensive clinical
training, and finally, certification to be officially recognized and duly licensed to practice as a
health professional.

Health career orientation will help you identify and explore health careers and acquire
awareness of a wide variety of educational training and resources for both academic and
vocational that motivate you to pursue a career in health.

Terminologies:
a) Career – an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with
opportunities for progress.
b) Orientation- the act or process of orienting or the state of being oriented.
c) Skills- are the expertise or talent needed to do a job or task.
d) Pathway– a way that constitutes or serves as a path
e) Interest – the state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone

WHAT I CAN DO:

PERFORMANCE TASK #5: MY FUTURE SELF

Directions: Accomplish the PERSONAL DATA SHEET then answer the question below. Use a
short bond paper for this activity.

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 PERSONAL DATA

Name

Grade Level And Section

Address

Birthday

Birthplace

Contact Number

Email Address

SHS Perferred Strand

Future College Course

Personal Skills

What would I be someday?

Make a short paragraph with the theme “How I see myself after college”.

COMPILED AND EDITED BY:

TEACHERS FROILAN C. BAHENA SCHOOL YEAR 2023-2024

SCHOOL TOLEDO NATIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

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