Health Sciences
Therapeutic Services & Emergency Services
Our CTE Programs:
Visit our CTE website (here) to learn more about the following CTE programs.
Preparing students for high-wage earnings by equipping them with advanced communication skills, creative thinking and problem solving skills.
Health Science Education
Prerequisites: None
This course is designed for students who are interested in exploring a career in the Healthcare industry such as: Physician, Physician Assistant, Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Sport Medicine / Athletic Trainer, Genetics, and many other healthcare careers. The course includes a combination of educational standards along with student-led lab activities/projects, which will include the study of the human body. This course is required before taking any other Health Science classes.
Students who enroll in this course will be able to join HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). HOSA provides opportunities for community service activities, leadership, and regional and state competitions.
Medical Therapeutics
Prerequisites: Health Science Education
This course is designed to prepare students for a career in healthcare such as nursing, physician, pharmacy or other therapeutic careers. The class will investigate diseases, disease processes, and treatment options available to patients. Students will obtain the knowledge and skills to perform hands-on physical assessments, vital sign assessments, body system assessments, and monitoring patient overall health status using medical technology, equipment, and medical instruments. Students will learn important verbal/written communication skills along with the necessary leadership skills to be successful in the healthcare environment.
Upon completion of this course students may apply to enroll in Clinical Internship.
Anatomy & Physiology CTE
Prerequisites: Health Science Education
This course is an upper level anatomy & physiology course designed toward healthcare professionals. Students develop an understanding of the structures and functions of the human body. Students will obtain knowledge to identify organs and structures of the support and movement systems, relate the structure and function of the communication, control, and integration system, and demonstrate a professional, working understanding of the transportation, respiration, excretory, and reproduction systems.
Upon completion of this course students may apply to enroll in Emergency Medical Services.
Clinical Internship
Prerequisites: Health Science Education, Rehabilitation Careers and/or Medical Therapeutics; must be a 12th grade student. Students must meet application/interview requirements during 11th Grade year. T
his course is designed to allow students the opportunity to job shadow in numerous health related facilities such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation therapy, medical offices, etc. In these facilities, they will be partnered with a preceptor to explore specific skills that will be needed to be successful in a health career. The students will be guided through many medical policies and procedures to include standard precautions, basic vital signs skills, HIPAA and Confidentiality, and Healthcare Provider CPR.
An opportunity will be given to the students to obtain college credit in CPR.
Rehabilitation Careers
Prerequisites: Health Science Education
The course will provide students with an understanding of and appreciation for population approaches to improving the health of our nation and the world, as well as knowledge of various career paths in public health.
Nursing Education
Prerequisites: Health Science Education, Medical Therapeutics
This course introduces students to major theoretical perspectives on student learning and nursing education/practice/research and how this body of knowledge can be used to guide educational policies and practices in nursing education to promote student learning and development.