HEALTH

Question 1

Refers to an individual’s plan to make a career choice, growing in the chosen career or making a career shift

Answer 1

Health Career Planning

Question 2

Involves the very important step of self-assessment

Answer 2

Health Career Planning

Question 3

Definition of Health Career Planning (2)

Answer 3

Refers to an individual’s plan to make a career choice, growing in the chosen career or making a career shift
Involves the very important step of self-assessment

Question 4

Why pursue a health career (11)

Answer 4

• Job security and demand
• Prestige and respect for the profession
• High potential for paid education
• High earnings potential
• Opportunities for advancement
• Day-to-day excitement
• Job variety
• Opportunity to travel and relocate
• Constant learning
• Job satisfaction
• Make a difference in people’s lives

Question 5

Components and Steps in Health Career Planning

Answer 5

1. Self- Assesment
2. Career Exploration
3. Decision-Making
4. Plan of Actiom

Question 6

Focused on defining and exploring one’s own interest, values, previous experience, and career goals

Answer 6

Self-Assessment

Question 7

Way of gathering information about self and environment with a goal of fostering progress and career development

Answer 7

Career Exploration

Question 8

The process of choosing the best alternative for reaching the objective or goal

Answer 8

Decision-Making

Question 9

Health Career Pathways

Answer 9

1. Disease Prevention and Control
2. Emergency Medical Services
3. Personal Healthcare
4. Occupational Safety
5. Maternal and Child Care
6. Dental Health
7. Mental Healthcare
8. Health Education
9. Community Healthcare
10. Nutrition
11. Environmental Healthcare and Management
12. Drug Prevention and Control

Question 10

Specializes in communicable and non-communicable diseases

Answer 10

Disease Prevention and Control

Question 11

Specializes in out-of-hospital medical care which include first-aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and transport of patients, rapid emergency medical response and immediate medical attention

Answer 11

Emergency Medical Services

Question 12

Perform healthcare related tasks in a personal care level

Answer 12

Personal Healthcare

Question 13

This path is related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment

Answer 13

Occupational Safety

Question 14

Deals with complex public health issues that affect women, children, and their families

Answer 14

Maternal and Child Care

Question 15

Deals with various oral conditions which include chronic mouth and facial pain, oral sores, periodontal (gum) disease, and other oral diseases

Answer 15

Dental Health

Question 16

Specializes in dealing with interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships and life skills

Answer 16

Mental Healthcare

Question 17

Tasked with promotion of healthcare and training of health workers on managing change in healthcare

Answer 17

Health Education

Question 18

Focuses on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health of all community members

Answer 18

Community Healthcare

Question 19

Find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition and their impact on patients’ health

Answer 19

Nutrition

Question 20

Workers try to establish the correlation between and among the physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment

Answer 20

Environmental Healthcare Management

Question 21

Careers revolving around this area seek to reduce community and individual problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through evidence- based programs and policy advocacy

Answer 21

Drug Prevention and Control