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

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 M A P E H 10
MUSIC • ARTS • PHYSICAL EDUCATION • HEALTH

Quarter 4
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Self-Learning Module 1
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. Moreover, 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 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 learners are expected to:

• state the importance of health career;

• identify the different components and steps in making a health career plan;
• create a personal health career plan.

PRE–TEST

Direction: List as many words associated with the word “Health Career”. Learner’s answers
may vary.

HEALTH
CAREER

RECAP

Direction: Sentence Completion. Write the correct word on the space provided to complete
the sentence.

Global Health _____1______ are programs and projects which help address global
health issues, concerns, and trends. It is a new trend in _____2_____ Health Organization
which concerns in cooperation with member-nations and private international organizations
as partners. Some of these health issues are about _____3____ health, pollution, climate
____4_____, environmental sanitation, tobacco control, prevention and control of
communicable and ___________5__________ diseases.
 LESSON

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, 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. 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:
• Good Salary
• Job Security
• Do work that interests you
• Find a Health Career that fits your educational plans
• A clear path to advancement
 • 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.

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
 ACTIVITY
Direction: If given the chance to choose a health career. Write your own health career plan
using the components and steps.

MY HEALTH CAREER PLAN

Self-Assessment

Career exploration

Decision Making

My Plan of Action

WRAP – UP

Direction: List down your ideal courses in the future.

Three (3) best courses in Three (3) best medical/

college health related courses.
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.

VALUING

Direction: Complete the sentence.

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

because ________________________________________________________________.
 POST TEST

Set A Direction: Identify the following and choose the correct answer in the box below. Write
the answer on the blank provided.

_________ 1. This steps in career plan discovers your skills and interests.
_________ 2. Identify actions to meet your goals.
_________ 3. A process of where we need to take some things into considerations.
_________ 4. This offers a good salary and job security.
_________ 5. It is an occupation or profession that requires special training.

Self – Assessment Health Career

Plan of Action
Career Decision Making

Set B Direction: Answer the following by writing True or False on the space provided before
the number.

_____ 1. Health career will make a difference in people’s lives.

_____ 2. Most physicians enjoy above-average earnings.
_____ 3. Health practitioners does not require strong focus and the ability to multitask
continuously.
_____ 4. There are limited benefits associated with working in the healthcare industry.
_____ 5. Every field in the medical industry is in high demand all around the world.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

References
Callo, Lualhati F., Mark Kenneth S. Camiling, Johannsen C. Yap, Janeth P. Cagulang, Jose
C. Duria, Encarnita Deveraturda, Jo-Ann G. Grecia. Physical Education and Health. Pasig
City: Department of Education., 2015