Diagnostic Services is designed to prepare students to pursue careers in the fields of diagnostic medical imaging, medical laboratory testing, optometry, and other patient diagnostic procedures. Upon completion Program of Study, proficient students will be able to describe new and evolving diagnostic technologies, compare and contrast the features of healthcare systems, explain the legal and ethical ramifications of the healthcare setting, and begin to perform foundational healthcare skills. 

Course Sequence

Level 1: Health Science Education

Level 2: Anatomy & Physiology

Level 3: Diagnostic Medicine 

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Offered at Cookeville High School & Upperman High School

Emergency Medical Services program of study is designed to prepare students to pursue careers in the field of emergency medicine. Upon completion of this program, proficient students will be able to: identify careers and features of the EMS system; define the importance of workforce safety and wellness; maintain legal and ethical guidelines; correlate anatomy and physiology concepts to the patient with a medical or traumatic injury; and perform EMS skills with a high level of proficiency. 

Course Sequence

Level 1: Health Science Education

Level 2: Anatomy & Physiology

Level 3: Medical Therapeutics

Level 4: Emergency Medical Services I OR Dual Enrollment EMS Program

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Offered at Cookeville High School & Upperman High School

Nursing Service is designed to prepare students to pursue careers in the field of nursing. Upon completion of this program, a proficient student will be able to implement communication and interpersonal skills, maintain residents’ rights and independence, provide care safely, prevent emergency situations, prevent infection through infection control, and perform the skills required of a nursing assistant. At the conclusion of this program students may sit for the Certified Patient Care Technician (CPCT) exam, or if students have logged 40 hours of classroom instruction and 20 hours of classroom clinical instruction, and if they have completed 40 hours of site-based clinical with at least 24 of those hours spent in a long-term care facility through a Department of Health approved program, they are eligible to take the certification examination as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).

Course Sequence

Level 1: Dual Enrollment Nursing Services I

Level 2: Dual Enrollment Nursing Services II

Level 3: Dual Enrollment Nursing Services III

Level 4: Dual Enrollment Nursing Services IV

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Offered at Cookeville High School, Monterey High School & Upperman High School

Course Sequence

Level 1: Health Science Education

Level 2: Anatomy & Physiology

Level 3: Medical Therapeutics OR Dual Enrollment Sport & Human Performance I  

Level 4: Dual Enrollment Sport & Human Performance II

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Offered at Cookeville High School