BIOMED

While in this community, you can expect to learn how to:

• Analyze the functions of the human body

• Problem solve

• Be an intern at UTMB

• Identify diseases and disorders

• Conduct hands-on experiments

• Become a doctor or scientist

• Extract DNA

• Investigate a crime scene

• And more!

Benefits: Hands-on classes that benefit your future career as a doctor, nurse, x-ray tech, emergency medical technician, medical researcher, certifies nurse’s assistant, psychologist, forensic pathologist, and medical equipment designer.

Career Certifications and Endorsements that would usually cost hundreds of dollars are provided for free.

Biomedical Engineering and the Medical Professions

Students participating in this community will be exposed to curriculum and careers related to science, with an emphasis in health care, bioscience and medical engineering. There are two pathways within this community: Biomedical Engineering (Project Lead the Way-PLTW) and Medical Professions (Allied Health). The biomedical engineering pathway in this community is specifically tailored to prepare students for college entry and further their education in the medical and research sciences. Biomedical Engineering students take Pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement courses, receive career themed information, project based classroom instruction, challenging real world experiences with internship opportunities at UT Medical Branch and innovative learning opportunities. The Medical Professions pathway provides students with clinical and laboratory sequences designed to provide students with competitive health care instruction and opportunities. Medical Professions students take core academic courses, receive career themed information, and opportunities for clinical rotations at health facilities. Students participating in this community will have the opportunity to earn a STEM and Public Service endorsements from the state of Texas.

Sample Schedule for a Biomedical student:

9th Grade:

1st Period: English I PAP

2nd Period: PAP Geometry/PAP Algebra I

3rd Period: PAP Chemistry/PAP Biology

4th Period: PAP US History

5th Period: PBS

6th Period: Foreign Language

7th Period: PE or substitute

8th Period: Elective

10th Grade:

1st Period: English II PAP

2nd Period: PAP Algebra II/PAP Geometry

3rd Period: Anatomy & Physics/PAP Chemistry

4th Period: AP World History

5th Period: HBS

6th Period: Foreign Language

7th Period: Elective

8th Period: Elective

11th Grade:

1st Period: English III AP/DC

2nd Period: PAP PreCal/PAP Algebra II

3rd Period: Advanced Science or Anatomy & Physics

4th Period: AP Government/AP Economics

5th Period: Medical Internship

6th Period: Speech/Elective

7th Period: Elective

8th Period: Elective

12th Grade:

1st Period: English IV AP/DC

2nd Period: Advanced Math/PAP PreCal

3rd Period: Advanced Science

4th Period: AP Social Studies

5th Period: Biomedical Innovation

6th Period: Elective

7th Period: Elective

8th Period: Elective