M A P E H 10

MUSIC•ARTS•PHYSICAL EDUCATION•HEALTH

Quarter 4

Self-Learning Module 3

Planning for a Health career

Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Health 10 Self-Learning Module on Planning a Health career.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and reviewed by educators
from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-in-Charge Schools Division
Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of
Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC)in
developing this instructional resource.
This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed
21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity,
Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the
module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You
also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own
learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the
tasks included in the module.

For the Learner:

Welcome to the Health 10 Self-Learning Module on Planning a Health career.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning material while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - These point to the set of knowledge

and skills that you will learn after completing the
module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts and skills that you
already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the lesson.

 Post-test – This measures how much you have learned from the entire module.

EXPECTATIONS

In this module the learner should be able to:

1. distinguish the medical and allied healthcare professions;

2. identify the medical practices and services of the health professionals; 3. give
impact on the job descriptions of the health providers.

PRE–TEST
Word Completion: Fill in the missing letters to complete the word.

1. M e _ _ c a l _ _ o f _ s s _o_ - body of individuals qualified to practice medicin 2.

H _ a _ _ h _a r _ _r s - designed into familiarizing students with various careers in
the medical professions.
3. C _ r _ e _ - an occupation or profession, especially one requiring a special
training followed as one’s lifework.
4. _ _r e_ _ P_ _ h _ _ y_ - clusters of careers and occupations that are grouped
because of shared skills.
5. _ l I _ _ d _ e_ _t h _ r _ f _ s _ _ o _ s- healthcare professions that
complement the medical profession, such as nursing, pharmacy, medical technology,
physical therapy.
 RECAP
Matching Type: Match column A with column B with the use of an arrow that corresponds to the
correct answer.

A B

1. Nutrition A. Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a

personal care level.

2. Health Education B. Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals’ food and
nutrition and their impact on patients’ health.
C. Those who work in this field are tasked with promotion of healthcare
3. Personal and training of health workers on managing change in healthcare.
Healthcare

4. Drug Prevention D. Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection,

and and Control improvement of the health of all community members.

5.Community E. People whose careers revolve around this area seek to reduce
community and individual problems related to alcohol and drug abuse
Healthcare through evidence-based programs and policy advocacy.

LESSON
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. Health Care Provider- a person who
helps identify, prevent, or treat an illness or
disability Health Care Practitioner/ Provider- an
Medical and Allied Health Professions
independent healthcare provider who is licensed
The medical profession is a group of to practice on and provide general and/or
individuals qualified to practice specialized care to a specific area of the body.”
medicine. Allied health professions, on the other hand, 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.
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
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.
 A C T I V I TY

Direction: List three (3) examples of Medical and Allied health professions. Identify if it is
categorized to Technicians and Therapist each profession. Use the table below for your
answers.
TECHNICIANS THERAPISTS/TECHNOLOGISTS

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

WRAP–UP

CROSSWORD: Find the missing letters to complete the word. Write your answers in your
module or worksheet.
Can you identify Allied Health Professionals Terms? Read the descriptions given below.
Guide Question:

• Horizontal
1. A trained healthcare provider practicing under supervision of a physician or healthcare
practitioner.

• Vertical
2. A person who helps identify, prevents, or treats an illness or disability.
4. A group of individuals qualified to practice medicine.
5. a concern of certain medical group who are licensed to practice.

• Cross
3. An independent healthcare provider who is licensed to practice on and provide general
and/or specialized care to a specific area of the body.

VALUING

DIRECTION: Write your answers in the box below of your module or worksheet.
REFLECT -How do you see yourself …
 …today …after Senior High School… …after college

POST TEST
Activity I. Identification: Write the correct words on the space provided before each number.

__________1. A professional who include work likes pharmacists, dental hygienists,

physical therapists, and nurses.
__________2. These professions may be categorized category includes physical
therapy assistants, medical laboratory technicians, radiological technicians, occupational
therapy assistants, recreation therapy assistants and respiratory therapy technicians.
__________3. Professional who evaluate patients, diagnose conditions, develop
treatment plans, and understand the rationale behind various treatments in order to
judge their appropriateness and potential side effects.
__________4.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.
__________5. The diligent inquiry or examination of data, reports, and observations in a
search for facts or principles.

Activity II. Enumeration

Give at least five (5) Allied health professionals provide services and engage in
activities.
1.
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