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Health
Quarter 4 – Module 1:
Components and Steps in
Preparing a Health Career Plan

CO_Q4_Health 10_ Module 1

Health - Grade 10
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4 - Module 1: Components and Steps in Preparing Health Career Plan
First Edition, 2021

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Quarter 4 – Module 1:
Components and Steps in
Preparing Health Career Plan
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
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Thank you.
 What I Need to Know

Planning for a career is an important stage that you must take as a student.
It is not an easy task to do. There are a lot of stages to take and factors to consider.
You might consider taking a career in healthcare which is a fast-growing industry
here and abroad. Health career offers good salary, job security and most especially
you will make a difference in people’s lives. There are a lot of careers you may
consider in healthcare. Knowing the different components of health career plan and
preparing one is beneficial. A health career plan has four steps. Each step will lead
you to a suitable health career.
Working on the module is a stress-free experience. Why? Because you can do
the tasks or activities here at your most convenient time and place. Assistance of
your parents, siblings or relatives in answering the module may be allowed
particularly in doing performance tasks.

Let us check what you know about

Components and Steps in Preparing a
Health Career Plan.
Are you ready? Let’s proceed.

In this module, you are expected to discuss the components and steps in
making a personal health career plan (H10PC-IVa-b-1).

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 What I Know

Read each item carefully and write the letter of the best answer in your activity
notebook.

Don’t worry of your score because the

result of your activity will not be
graded. It is just my way of checking
your prior knowledge about our
lesson. Are you ready? Let’s get it on!

1. The following are the steps in making a health career plan,

except .
a. Self-assessment
b. Career Management
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

2. There are steps in planning for a career. If you rank order the steps from the
first to the last, which do you think is the third step?
a. Self-assessment
b. Career exploration
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

3. In this step, you will be able to discover your personal strengths for your
health career plan.
a. Self-assessment
b. Career Exploration
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

4. Which of the following is a component of decision making in health career

plan?
a. Attending conference and seminar
b. Knowing your personal strengths and interest
c. Narrowing down of health career choices
d. Designing short-term and long-term health career goals

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5. In making a personal health career plan, which of the following statements
under Plan of Action is true?
a. Choosing health career based on personal competence and interests
b. Developing strategies in pursuing a health career
c. Evaluating personal competence and interest
d. Knowing your health career for both current and future goals.

6. If you are trying to reflect on your skills, abilities and interests in planning
for a health career, you are doing a…
a. Self-assessment
b. Career Exploration
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

7. Which of the following is not a method or way of exploring health careers?

a. Searching in the internet
b. Conducting interviews
c. Knowing your hobbies and interests
d. Attending internships

8. Which is a component of decision making in health career plan?

a. Gathering Personal Resources
b. Utilizing helpful people
c. Listing down the pros and cons
d. Considering Personal choice

9. Lino is conducting an informational interview with Ms. Julie Ann, a

radiologic technologist. What step in making a health career plan is she
doing?
a. Self-assessment
b. Career Exploration
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

10. Which of the following statements is true in planning for health career?
a. Knowing the work environment
b. Developing personal skill
c. Reviewing your career plan
d. Asking help from alumni

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 Lesson
Components and Steps in
1 Preparing a Health Career Plan

What’s In

Health careers refer to the different careers related to medical and other allied
health professionals. The tasks of health care workers and professional are enormous
yet rewarding because their works focus on wellness and prevention of illnesses. In
this module you will learn basic skills in designing a career path in healthcare. As
healthcare providers, you must have the skills in communicating, decision making,
problem solving, and stress management. You should also be aware of legal and
ethical responsibilities and cultural considerations in healthcare industry.

This module will help you explore the components and steps in health career
planning.

What’s New

The activity will help you discover

the components and steps of preparing a
personal health career.
Are you ready? Do activity 1.

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Activity 1: Components and Steps in Health Career Planning
Directions: Read each statement below then identify to what category in health
career planning they belong. Write SA for Self-Assessment, CE for Career
Exploration, DM for Decision Making and PA for Plan of Action. Write your answers
in your activity notebook.

1. Choosing a health career

2. Conducting interviews
3. Considering hobbies and interests
4. Considering suggestion of family
5. Creating road map towards health career goals
6. Designing plans to reach health career goals
7. Developing strategies to achieve health career goals
8. Evaluating skills and abilities
9. Exploring strengths and weaknesses
10. Job shadowing and Job temping
11. Knowing personality and experiences
12. Listing down of pros and cons of chosen health career
13. Listing health career options
14. Narrowing down of health career options
15.Volunteering and attending internship

Now that you are done with activity 1,

you can proceed to the next part. Keep
going!

What is It

A Health Career Plan is an individual action or initiative in making career

choice, in growing in chosen career or in making a career shift which involves a very
important discernment.

Similarly, Career planning involves four important steps which include: Self-
Assessment, Career Exploration, Decision Making, and Plan of Action.

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 Step 1. Self-Assessment. This is the first step in knowing
the health career that suits you. This step requires an honest
evaluation of yourself. It is necessary for you to know yourself.
You need to understand your capabilities and shortcomings.
The components of this step are your strengths,
weaknesses, interests, hobbies, personal experiences, family
income, skills, and competencies.
Step 2. Career Exploration. Exploring health career
options through different ways or methods is an essential step
to choosing a particular health career path to take. You can
do this through reading articles, browsing the net, attending
fora, and meetings. This stage is about knowing where to look
and what to look for. It refers to searching different careers
and work environments that suit you.
This step includes listing down of health career options,
conducting informational interview, job shadowing (on-the-job learning), job temping
(short term job), attending internship, and volunteering.
Step 3. Decision Making. Once you have assessed
yourself and explored the health career that you are interested
to pursue, you are now ready to make decisions. In this step,
you need to consider both current and future goals in life by
narrowing down your choices.
This step includes listing of pros and cons, comparing
your personal strengths and interests, choosing a specific
health career to pursue, considering suggestion of family, and
finally deciding a health career to take.
Step 4. Plan of Action. Now that you have chosen a
health career, you are now ready to make a career plan. At
this point, you will design your action plan or identify and
organize the necessary steps to achieve your desired goals.
This step includes designing a plan to reach health
career goals, identifying short-term and long-term goals,
identifying education and training requirements, developing
job search strategies, and creating road map considering
possible problems that may arise along the way.

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 There are ways to come-up with your Personal Health Career Plan. These are
textual, tabular, and graphical forms.
Textual Form

PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN

(You can write here the different activities that you will do
following the prescribed component or step in planning a health career.
You will be guided by the different questions at each step.)

Self-Assessment. (What are your strengths and weaknesses?

What are your skills and abilities? What are your interests or hobbies?
What are your life experiences that motivated you to pursue a health
career?)

Career Exploration. (What career path are you going to explore?

What are the job descriptions of chosen health career? What are the
methods that you will do to search relevant information about your
chosen health career and work environments that suit your personal
interests and competence?)

Decision Making. (What health career are you going to pursue?

What are the pros and cons in pursuing your chosen health career?
Why are you going to pursue your chosen health career?)

Plan of Action. (What are the necessary steps that you will do in
reaching your personal health career goals? What are your short- term
and long-term goals? What are different education and training
required in your chosen health career? What are your strategies to solve
possible problems that may arise along your way?

I am

and I will become a/an

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Tabular Form

Name:

PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN

(Fill out the required information)

Self-Assessment
Areas of Assessment Description
Strengths
Weaknesses
Talents
Interests/Hobbies
Skills
Family Income
Experiences
Others (Please specify)

Career Exploration
Description of the Reason why I am
Health Careers
Health Career interested in this

Decision Making
Rank according to
Career Justification
choice of course

Plan of Action
Chosen Career Specific action to do
(Your rank No. 1
Name of School to School Financial
in Decision
Making) Course enroll Address Mechanism

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Graphical Form

PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN

•Self-Assessment. (List down the components here such as your strengths,

weaknesses, talents, skills, interests, hobbies, family
Step 1 income, experiences and among others.)

•Career Exploration. (List down components here such asyour health

career options, the methods used to explore the chosen
Step 2 health career, environment or work description of the health career.)

•Decision Making. (List down the components here such as pros and cons of the
chosen health career, reasons in choosing a specific
health career considering your personal competence and interests and the
Step 3
suggestions of family members or career experts.)

•Plan of Action. (List down the components here such as chosen health career,
required education and training of the chosen health
career, identified short-term and long-term goals and strategies to solve
Step 4
problems that may arise pursuing your chosen health career.)

PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN

• List down the • List down the

components here components here
such as strengths, like methods to
weaknesses and explore the career.
interests.

Self- Career
Assessment Exploration

PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN

Plan of Decision
Action Making

• List down the • List down the

components here components here
such as short-term like pros and cons
and long-term of the chosen health
goals, etc. career

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Here is an example.

PERSONAL HEALTH CAREER PLAN OF GERALD AS A FUTURE NURSE

• Self-Assessment - Evaluates abilities, the financial capabilities

of his family, future tasks, assignments, among others.
Step 1

• CareerExploration - Searches the internet about the

environment and work conditions of being a nurse.
Step 2

• Decision Making - To become an Operating Room Nurse.

Step 3

• Plan of Action - To gather information on how to enroll in this

course including the school that offers the specific course.
Step 4

What’s More

Good job! Now that you have learned the

concepts about the components and
steps of a personal health career plan,
let’s check how far you have gone. Do
the assessment activities.

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Activity 2: Health Career Planning Word Hunt
Directions: Find the hidden words related to the components of health career
planning then identify what step will it fall. Write your answer in your activity
notebook.

S T R E N G T H S J O L K G H P I Z
Q U S T R O L M I N Z X R T I C N L
P V S H O R T T E R M G O A L S T O
R I N W L A C E F H I K L M O P E R
O B D F E G H I K L O P Q U R E R T
S L I P L A N N I N G P U S T E N F
A O R E S L K Q U R V B O N F G S T
N M I K L U F N O L I K B N R T H H
D R U S G O Y U E F C X I Z S T I U
C O N H O B B I E S P R A E T E P T
O R I C G H O T R E S K R H R T S R
N O P I L K N I K L I E W H I E T E
S F G U E O T L U Q T U S O J Y B D
D S E R T U I L M N I G H E R T Y T
O R I C K L O P I E R D W E F E O U
Y T F R I G J O B S H A D O W I N G
F S T R A T E G I E S T R W O P C Y

1. - 6. -
2. - 7. -
3. - 8. -
4. - 9. -
5. - 10. -

Assessment 1: True or False

Directions: Read the following statements carefully then write TRUE if the statement is
correct and FALSE if it is not. Write your answers in your activity notebook.
1. One suggested activity under Plan of Action is narrowing down your health
career options.
2. Skills and abilities are examples of components in Self-Assessment.
3. In Decision Making, you will identify necessary steps in realizing health career
goals.
4. To explore health career, you may conduct interview or read health-related
articles.
5. Attending to internship is a necessary activity in Plan of Action.
6. Self-assessment is a step which involves listing down of skills, abilities,
strengths, weaknesses, among others.

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 7. Short-term and long-term health career goals are components under Plan of
Action.
8. Listing down of pros and cons of chosen health career is a part of Decision
Making.
9. You can discover and evaluate yourself through career exploration.
10. Plan of Action is the last step in making a health career plan.

Activity 3: Read then Organize

Directions: Read the following components inside the box then organize the words
by placing them in the appropriate step in making a health career plan in the given
graphic organizer that follows. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

Road Map Strengths Job Shadowing

Pros and cons Internship Phobia
Short-term goals Skills Interview
Reason to pursue health career Job Temping Health Career Options
Strategies Volunteering Abilities

• •

Self- Career
Assessment Exploration

Plan of Decision
Action Making

• •

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Assessment 2: Complete Me!
Directions: Complete the graphic organizer below showing the steps in making a
health career plan then write at least two components in each step. Use your activity
notebook.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

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Components: 1. Components: 1. Components: 1. Components: 1.

2. 2. 2. 2.

Activity 4: Health Career Plan

Directions: Read each question below then briefly answer them. Write your answers in
your activity notebook.

1. What are the different forms in making a personal plan?

2. Which among the forms of making a personal health career plan are you going
to select if you will create your own plan? Why?
3. If you will ask help in making your health career plan, who among your family
members will you choose? Why?
4. Select a template to fill-out to come-up with your Personal Health Career Plan.

Assessment 3: Read then Reflect

Direction: Read carefully the situation below then briefly answer by reflecting on the
concepts you have learned in making a health career plan. Write your answer in your
activity notebook.
Diego’s Dilemma

Diego, a grade 10 student, is facing a

problem regarding what career to pursue. He
does not know what to do. As one of his friends,
he called you over the phone to talk about his
current concern.
Help your friend Diego by discussing to
him the components and steps in making his
health career plan.

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 What I Have Learned

A health career is one of the fast-growing profession/vocation that a student

must consider. In order to be guided on what health career to pursue, you must
know how to make a health career plan. Health Career Planning refers to the process
of creating an individual’s plan to make a career choice, growing in the chosen career
or making a career shift. Career planning involves four important steps which are as
follows: 1. Self-Assessment, 2. Career Exploration, 3. Decision Making, and 4. Plan
of Action.

Each of the four steps in health career planning has components which you
should consider. Each component is essential in making a personal health career
plan.

What I Can Do

LET’S EXPLORE!
Directions: Using the given graphic organizer below, write the different components
and steps in making a health career plan. Write a short discussion of the diagram
highlighting the process of making a health career plan. Do the activity in your
activity notebook.

• List down the components here

Step 1

Step 2 • List down the components here

• List down the components here

Step 3

• List down the components here

Step 4

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 Assessment

Post test

Directions: Read each item carefully and write the letter of the best answer in your
activity notebook.
1. Vina is evaluating her strengths, weaknesses, skills and abilities. What step
in health career plan is she doing?
a. Self-assessment
b. Career exploration
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

2. What is the second step in health career planning?

a. Self-assessment
b. Career exploration
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

3. Christian planned to explore his health career options through on-the-job

learning in a nearby health center. Which of the following component of career
exploration is exemplified?
a. Attending fora
b. Job shadowing
c. Job temping
d. Searching the net

4. Lyka searched the internet, listed down career options and attended
internships and fora. What other activities will you suggest to Lyka for Career
Exploration?
a. Develop job search strategies
b. Design plan to reach career goals
c. Read articles about career options
d. Compare personal strengths and interests

5. Rudy had assessed himself and explored the health career that he is interested
to pursue. What step will he do next?
a. Self-assessment
b. Career exploration
c. Decision Making
d. Plan of Action

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6. Which of the following is not a component of decision making in health career
plan?
a. Listing down of pros and cons
b. Considering suggestion of family
c. Choosing a specific health career
d. Designing a plan to reach career goals

7. Linda would like to narrow down her choices to decide on what specific health
career will she pursue. What advise are you going to give to Linda?
a. Evaluate skills and abilities
b. Consider suggestion of family
c. List down health career options
d. Design plans to achieve career goals

8. The following are the components of plan of action in health career plan,
except
a. Identifying short-term and long-term goals
b. Narrowing down your health career options
c. Designing a plan to reach health career goals
d. Identifying education and training requirements

9. Joseph is at the last step in creating his health career plan. Which of the
following components should be considered?
a. Considering hobbies and interests
b. Conducting informational interviews
c. Choosing a specific health career to pursue
d. Creating road map towards health career goals

10. Which of the following is not a form of presenting a Personal Health

Career Plan?
a. Graphical Form
b. Pictorial Form
c. Tabular Form
d. Textual Form

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 Additional Activities

Let’s create a concept map

On a piece of bond paper, create your concept map. Be creative. The use of
coloring materials is highly encouraged. Make sure to apply what you have learned
from this lesson.
SUGGESTED RUBRIC FOR CONCEPT MAP
Criteria 3 2 1
The concept map The concept map The concept map
Clarity shows clear and shows clear and poorly shows clear
meaningful meaningful and meaningful
connections connections connections
between relevant between relevant between relevant
concepts on health concepts on health concepts on
career plan. career plan but can health career
still be improved. plan.
The concept map The concept map The concept map
shows adequate shows inadequate shows inadequate
Completeness number of relevant number of relevant number of
concepts and concepts and relevant concepts
relationships. relationships with and relationships
1 to 2 concepts with more than 2
missing. concepts missing.
The concept map The concept map The concept map
Accuracy shows accurate shows 1 to 2 shows more than
concepts used on inaccuracies of 2 inaccuracies of
health career plan. concepts used on concepts used on
health career plan. health career
plan.
The concept map is The concept map The concept map
Neatness easy to read and has at most 2 has more than 2
free from errors errors and errors and
and erasures. erasures. erasures.

Congratulations! You’re done.

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