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HOSA COMPETITIVE EVENTS DESCRIPTIONS
- Incorporating HOSA Into
the Classroom - PDF
HEALTH
SCIENCE EVENTS (INDIVIDUAL EVENTS)
Dental Spelling
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability to spell
and define terms associated with Science and in the dental field.
Dental Terminology
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability to identify,
spell, define and apply the terminology and language of science and in
the dental field as it relates to prefixes, suffixes, roots and anatomy,
physiology, pathophysiology and science.
Medical Spelling
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability to define
and spell terms associated with science and in the healthcare community.
Medical Terminology
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability to identify,
spell, define and apply the terminology and language of science and in
the healthcare community as it relates to prefixes, suffixes, roots and
anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and science.
Medical Math
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability
to identify, solve, and apply mathematical principles involving temperature,
weights, and measures used in the healthcare delivery system.
Knowledge Tests
To encourage Health Science students to explore and learn about selected
healthcare careers and to assess knowledge in health occupation
related areas. The following are the knowledge tests for the current
year: Nutrition, Pathophysiology, Human Growth and Development,
Pharmacology, and Basic Concepts of Healthcare.
Healthy Lifestyles
To encourage Health Science students to improve their physical fitness
and/or their nutritional status by learning more about nutrition
and exercise and making a change that is documented in a portfolio.
HEALTH SCIENCE PROFESSIONS EVENTS (INDIVIDUAL
EVENTS)
Biotechnology
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity
to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in the growing field
of biotechnology.
Clinical Nursing
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop and
demonstrate knowledge and skills in clinical nursing – at the
LPN or RN level.
Clinical Specialty
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity
to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in a selected health
profession. Any skill that is NOT demonstrated in another competitive
event may be demonstrated here. Examples include: EKGs, filling prescriptions,
etc.
Dental Assisting
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop and
demonstrate knowledge and skills in dental assisting.
Medical Assisting - (Administrative and Clinical)
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills in administrative/clerical/administrative
positions in medical assisting.
Laboratory Medical
Assisting
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills in administrative/clerical/administrative
positions in medical assisting.
Nursing
Assisting
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills in nursing assisting.
*Personal
Care
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills in nursing assisting.
Physical
Therapy
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of physical therapy.
Sports Medicine
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of sports medicine.
Veterinary Assisting
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity
to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in veterinary medical
care.
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS EVENTS (TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL EVENTS)
CPR/First Aid
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills in team CPR/First Aid in emergency
care.
Emergency Medical Technician
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop and
demonstrate knowledge and skills as a team in emergency medical care.
Students should have had an EMT class before competing in this event.
*First Aid/Rescue Breathing
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop and
demonstrate knowledge and skills in basic first aid and rescue breathing
in emergency care.
CERT Skills
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate
knowledge and skills as a team in the CERT training of disaster care. Students
are strongly encouraged to have taken a CERT class in preparation for this
event.
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate how people should prepare for impending disasters in
their community. This is a team event using multimedia and other developed
handouts.
Epidemiology
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills as they determine how diseases
and infections spread in a community and throughout the world.
MRC Partnership
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity to develop
and demonstrate knowledge and skills they have learned in conjunction
with the MRC.
LEADERSHIP
EVENTS (INDIVIDUAL EVENTS)
Extemporaneous Health Poster
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability to analyze
and interpret current health issues and express and communicate this
interpretation through development of a poster.
Extemporaneous Speaking
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability to organize
and present information about an assigned topic in an extemporaneous
manner.
Extemporaneous Writing
To encourage Health Science students to improve their ability to express
themselves in writing.
Job Seeking Skills
To encourage Health Science students to develop and/or refine the skills
necessary to apply for and obtain employment.
Prepared Speaking
To encourage Health Science students to improve their skills in speaking
and their ability to organize and present facts (or information)
about a topic which is related to a specific theme.
Researched
Persuasive Speaking
To encourage Health Science students to improve their skills in researching
a health issue, preparing written documentation supporting a thesis,
and presenting information orally.
*Interviewing Skills
To encourage Health Science students to develop and/or refine the skills
necessary to apply for and obtain employment.
*Speaking
Skills
To encourage Health Science students to improve their skills in speaking
and their ability to organize and present facts (or information) about
a topic which is related to a specific theme.
Medical
Photography
To encourage Health Science students to improve their skills in digital
photography while exploring health care careers.
TEAMWORK EVENTS
Community Awareness
The purpose of the Community Awareness project is to provide Health Science
students with the opportunity to:
- Develop a project to promote community awareness using issues that
may be of local, state, and/or national interest.
- Assist communities to become more
aware of the pros and cons of the issue selected.
- Promote goodwill and public relations for local HOSA chapters.
Creative Problem Solving
To encourage Health Science students to analyze the problem solving process
and to work as a team to apply their problem solving skills in creating
a solution to a hypothetical healthcare-related problem.
HOSA Bowl
To stimulate and motivate Health Science students to participate in teams
and to test their knowledge on various topics and situations in Health
Science, HOSA, and parliamentary procedure.
Parliamentary Procedure
To develop leadership skills by using parliamentary procedure to conduct
a simulated business meeting. This event is based on team competition;
therefore, members learn the importance of cooperation and working
together through competitive performance.
Career Health Display
To encourage Health Science students to improve their
ability to present themselves and communicate career information
to others by 3D poster or other representation.
Biomedical Debate
To provide Health Science students with an opportunity to develop and
demonstrate skills in debating a biomedical issue. The topic is given
annually.
Medical Reading
To encourage Health Science students to improve their reading comprehension,
oral communication, and teamwork skills by reading five textbooks
which are assigned annually.
Health Education
To encourage Health Science students to work as a team to plan and teach
health-related concepts to another group of students or people in
the community.
Public Service Announcement
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity work as a
team to develop a multimedia presentation for a public service issue.
New topics given annually.
Forensic Medicine
To provide the Health Science students with an opportunity work as a
team to demonstrate knowledge and skills as would be used by those
investigating a crime scene.
RECOGNITION
Outstanding HOSA Chapter
To encourage all
HOSA chapters to plan yearly
activities in keeping with
the goals and purpose of
HOSA as described in the
national handbook. To encourage
the development of local
club activities that benefit
HOSA members, the school,
and the community. To provide
documentation of the chapter's
activities at the local
level and to give recognition
to those chapters who fulfill
these aims and purposes
to the highest degree.
Outstanding HOSA Member
To encourage Health Science students to contribute to their school, community
and HOSA chapter through outstanding service and involvement, and
to develop the skills, abilities and attitudes necessary to pursue
a career in the health care community.
National Recognition Program
To demonstrate the skills, abilities, and attitudes necessary
to pursue a career in healthcare. This event is used to distribution scholarship
money for active HOSA members who are seniors in high school.
Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Issues Exam
To encourage Health Science students to investigate, analyze and apply
their knowledge of current healthcare-related issues.
National Service Project
To encourage Health Science students to provide community service through
the adoption of goals and implementation of strategies related to
the support of a national healthcare organization.
Barbara James Service Award
To
encourage
Health
Science
students
to
become
contributing
members
of
their
communities.
Chapter Newsletter
HOSA has a chapter newsletter competition. The following is the process
for submitting and judging the newsletter. The critical aspect is
the quality of the information submitted. Many of the articles submitted
in the newsletter may appear in the HOSA Magazine.
HOSA Week
To encourage Health Science students to become contributing
members of their communities through activities conducted during HOSA week
as well as participating in recruitment and retention activities.
* Only for students classified under the provision of Public Law 10 entitled"Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1992."
For a complete list of the
full descriptions of each event and the event guidelines and judging
sheets, please visit http://www.hosa.org/natorg/sectb/index.html
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