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Health
Quarter 4 – Module 1:
Planning for a Health Career
HEALTH – Grade 10
Quarter 4 – Module 1: Planning for a Health Career
First Edition, 2020

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Health
Quarter 4 – Module 1:
Planning for a Health Career
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
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 at home.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as
they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

As a learner, you must learn to become responsible of your own
learning. Take time to read, understand, and perform the different
activities in the module.
As you go through the different activities of this module be
reminded of the following:
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any
part of the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the
exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer Let Us Try before moving on to the other
activities.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking
your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are done.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this
module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always
bear in mind that you are not alone. We hope that through this material,
you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep understanding
of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 Let Us Learn
Before we start, I would like to know how far you know about planning
a health career. Specifically, it seeks to achieve the learning competency,
Discusses the components and steps in making a personal health
career plan; H10PC—Iva-b-1

And we will focus our learning objectives with the following:

1. Define Health Career;

2. Realize the importance of health care professionals in our
society;
3. Discusses the components and steps in planning a personal
health career plan.

Are you ready? Let’s do this. Now, let us start learning about this
module. See you and good luck!

Let Us Try
Know Me
Instruction: List down words associated with the word “Health career”.

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Guide Questions:

1. How do you define “Health Career” based on the words you wrote in
the activity?

____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.

2. Which among the health profession that you know, and you’re most
likely to become in the future? Why?

____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.

Let Us Study

PLANNING FOR A HEALTH CAREER

What is a CAREER?

A CAREER is a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken

as a permanent calling (Merriam-Webster, 2020)

HEALTH CAREERS are designed to acquaint learners with the various

careers in the medical field and allied health services. Learners will be taught
required skills in their career path, which is in health care. These includes:
working with others, communication skills, legal and ethical responsibilities,
cultural considerations in healthcare industry, problem solving, decision
making, accepting personal responsibility, and self-management.

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.

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It involves continuous learning and improvement to build and grow in the
chosen career path.

Why pursue a health career?

• Good Salary
• Job Security
• Do work that interests you.
• Find a health career that fits in your educational plans.
• A clear path to advancement.
• Work with people (or not)
Component and Steps:
1. Self Assessment - discover personal strengths through self-assessments
(values, interests, personality, testing, skills and etc.)
2. Career Exploration - you can explore different careers and work
environments through career fairs, online research, meetings, internships,
alumni connections, professional resources.
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.
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.

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 Let Us Practice
I CAN READ

A. Briefly discuss in the right column the following terminologies in

planning for a health career in your own understanding.

TERMS SIGNIFICANCE

• Career

• Health Careers

• Health Career
Planning

• Self-assessment

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 Let Us Practice More
MY HEALTH CAREER PLAN:

Write your own health career plan using the components and steps.

MY HEALTH CAREER PLAN

My Career Goals:
Self-Assessment
What are my skills and interests?

Career Exploration
What health careers do I want to explore?
What will I do to explore the different health careers?

Decision-Making
What health career will I choose based on my skills and interests?
What do I need to consider?

Plan of Action
What will I do to meet my goals?

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 Let Us Remember

HEALTH CAREER PLAN

(Components and steps)

1. CAREER is a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken

as a permanent calling (Merriam-Webster, 2020)

• HEALTH CAREERS - careers in the medical field and allied health

services.
• HEALTH CAREER PLANNING - a career choice, growing in the
chosen career.
• SELF-ASSESSMENT - various career options should be explored in
detail to find a fit between one’s abilities and the opportunities
provided by a career option.

2. Component and Steps:

• Self Assessment - discover personal strengths through self-
assessments
• Career Exploration - you can explore different careers and work
environments
• Decision Making - evaluate and narrow down options through listing
pros and cons
• Plan of Action - plan achievable goals and develop strategies to reach
your goals

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 Let Us Assess

I. Direction: Choose among the choices the BEST answer and write the letter
of your choice on the space provided before the number.
_______ 1. Refers to a profession for which one trains and which is
undertaken as a permanent calling to an individual.
a. Career c. Self-assessment Planning
b. Health Career d. Health Career_______ 2. This
term pertains to the various careers in the medical field and allied health
services.
a. Health Career c. Health Career Planning
b. Career d. Self-assessment_______ 3. It is
an individual’s plan to make a career choice, growing in the chosen career or
making a career shift.
a. Career c. Health Career Planning
b. Health Career d. Self-assessment_______ 4. It
refers to one’s capabilities and drawbacks.
a. Health Career c. Health Career Planning
b. Career d. Self-assessment
_______ 5. Discovery of personal strengths (values, interests, personality,
testing, skills and etc.)
a. Decision Making c. Career Exploration
b. Plan of Action d. Self-assessment
_______ 6. Exploring different careers and work environments through career
fairs, online research, meetings, internships, alumni connections,
professional resources.
a. Plan of Action c. Self-assessment
b. Decision Making d. Career Exploration

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_______ 7. Evaluating and narrow down options through listing the pros and
cons, and comparing personal strengths and interests.
a. Plan of Action c. Self-assessment
b. Decision Making d. Career Exploration
_______ 8. Planning achievable goals and develop strategies, organize your
goals into smaller steps, identify actions for each step and utilize helpful
people and resources.
a. Decision Making c. Career Exploration
b. Plan of Action d. Self-assessment

Let Us Enhance

Base on what you have read and understand from the readings above,
describe in your own words the following terms:

1. CAREER - __________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

2. HEALTH CAREERS - _______________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

3. HEALTH CAREER PLANNING -

_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

4. SELF-ASSESSMENT -
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

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 Let Us Reflect
Today you have learned and understood about Planning a Health
Career. Choosing a career is never an easy thing to do. We need to consider
our primary interests and passion not just the salary and security in which
may open opportunities to other careers that we considered less in the
process.
There is a high and continuous demand for workers in the health
industry due to pandemic, aging population and medical advances. Health
career is the most booming job options locally and across the globe. To become
stewards has been our main purpose of our existence and make a difference
from each other’s lives.
Congratulations! You have accomplished this module and you did a
great job! I hope you enjoyed answering and continue this enthusiasm with
the following modules. See you! God Bless.

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ANALYSIS:
1. Health Career are various career in the medical and allied health services which specifically focuses
on health care.
2. Well, I can see myself as a nurse in the future. It is what my heart’s desire and what I envisioned
in the future.
Let’s try this:
Answer Key
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Let’s Test Ourselves:
1. A 5. D
2. B 6, D
3. C 7. B
4. D 8. B
Let’s Do This:
TERMS SIGNIFICANCE
- A profession for which one trains and which is
• Career undertaken as a permanent calling to an individual.
- These are the various careers in the medical field and
allied health services. We are taught with required
skills in our chosen career path, which is in health
care. These includes: working with others,
communication skills, legal and ethical
• Health Careers
responsibilities, cultural considerations in healthcare
industry, problem solving, decision making,
accepting personal responsibility, and self-
management.
- Refers to an individual’s plan to make a career
choice, growing in the chosen career or making a
• Health Career Planning
career shift. Career planning involves the very
important step of self-assessment.
- It refers to 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
• Self-assessment
provided by a career option. It involves continuous
learning and improvement to build and grow in the
chosen career path.
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