Find the Allied Health Professional – K-2 Lesson

*French resources included as attachments*

Overview

This Allied Health activity will introduce students to other careers, besides doctors and nurses, within the Healthcare system. It will give them a solid foundation of the allied health professionals’ roles and the services they offer to patients here in New Brunswick.

NB Curricular Connections

Explore Your World

• Strand: Well-Being – Big Idea: Physical Health and Active Participation – Skill Descriptor: Analyze personal safety and healthy practices.
• Strand: Diversity and Social Responsibility – Big Idea: Democratic Practices – Skill Descriptor: Act as a responsible and responsive community member.
• Strand: Well-Being – Big Idea: Emotional Health and Positive Identities – Skill Descriptor:
  • Explore activities that foster enjoyment and well-being.
  • Identify interests, passions, and strengths.

English Language Arts K-2

• Strand: Interactions – Big Idea: Exchanges – Skill Descriptor:
  • K, 1: Begin to ask and respond to questions.
  • K, 1: Give and follow simple, one or two-step directions or instructions.
  • 2: Ask and respond to questions to clarify and gather further information.
  • 2: Give and follow directions or instructions
• Strand: Interactions – Big Idea: Reception – Skill Descriptor:
  • K, 1: Receive the ideas and opinions of
  • 2: Receive and reflect on the ideas and opinions of others.

What you’ll need

• Allied Health Careers presentation (PowerPoint included)
• Printable Allied Health Career Posters (included)

Instructions

1. Prep the room for the activity. Tape profession posters (included) around the room.
2. Begin with a discussion about different careers within a hospital:
   1. Have you been to the hospital?
   2. Who usually helps you at the hospital?
   3. Who works in a hospital?
3. Read through the Allied Health career presentation with students.
4. Before beginning the game, identify and read out all the career posters around the room so that the students have a good idea of where each sheet is located. Ask and discuss what each of those people do.
5. Game time!
   1. Read out each scenario and allow 10 to 20 seconds for the students to talk to each other.
   2. Once they are done discussing, have them walk to the career poster they deem would correspond to the scenario.
   3. Then, announce the correct answer to that scenario and explain why.
6. Reflection: After the game is finished, ask students the question, “Who works in a hospital?” again, and see whether they can name more than just doctors and nurses now.

Career Mindfulness

1. Discuss with students how these allied health professionals work together or depend on each other in a hospital setting?
2. Discuss about the consequences of when there is shortage in one of these professions?
   1. Example: What happen to patients is when there is not enough paramedics (or other allied health professionals)?
3. What are some interpersonal traits you think are important to be a good (successful) allied health professionals?
   1. Example: punctuality, attentive, patience …

Below is the PowerPoint for the Lesson

Allied Health Activity

TROUVE LES PROFESSIONNELS PARAMÉDICAUX PPT

Reflection Activity 

Please see the attached PDF for several choices on how you and your learners can reflect upon today’s activity. 

NB Global Competencies

1. Collaboration.pdf (gnb.ca)
2. Communication.pdf (gnb.ca)
3. CriticalThinking.pdf (gnb.ca)