CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Students in the Medical Technologies Program train in a variety of health care practices, specifically aiming toward certification as a State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA) or a Patient Care Technician (PCT).
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Program Teacher, David Langendonk | dlangendonk@sylvaniaschools.org | (419) 824-8580, ext. 6180 or (419) 824-8570, ext. 5205
Program Teacher, Melissa Cafferty | mcafferty@sylvaniaschools.org | (419) 824-8570, ext. 5151
Program Teacher, Dana Baird / dbaird@sylvaniaschools.org / (419) 824-8580, ext. 6180
FEEDER COURSES
Health Careers Foundations
This course is designed to give students with an interest in pursuing a medical or health-related career overview of the numerous health occupations. In addition to providing an introduction to the various health professions, students will learn occupational skills needed for those professions. The students will gather information about selected health care careers through participation in a series of hands-on projects. A broad concept of how health care is organized and delivered will be studied. Students will explore developing their own necessary abilities to assure success in the medical field. Building professional attitudes, ethical behavior, and communication skills are a few of the areas that will be discussed.
Semester 1/2 Credit
PROGRAM COURSES
Honors levels of all courses are available.
Level I: Medical Terminology
This course explores the root words, suffixes and prefixes of the vocabulary used in medical offices, hospitals and other health settings. Students review the nervous, skeletal, cardiovascular, muscle and other major systems of the human body, and they discuss terms related to physiology, anatomy and pathological conditions. Students learn to spell, define and pronounce common medical terms.
Level I: Principles of Allied Health
Students will be trained as emergency responders and instructed in basic management of emergency medical/pre-hospital care of the sick and injured. Emergency responders are trained to reach patients, find out what is wrong and provide emergency care. Students will receive the following certificates: American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS), CPR/AED and First Aid. Also covered: preventing disease transmission, diseases and disorders, ethics, communications, and vital signs. “Real-world” experience will be acquired through professional guest speakers, health care field trips and victim/patient care skills. All Med Tech students are required to take Anatomy & Physiology which will be automatically scheduled upon enrollment in this program.
PROGRAM COURSES
Honors levels of all courses are available.
Level II: Patient Care & Diagnostics
Med Tech II will help shape your future in the dynamic field of health care by exploring various professional health career options. You will gain knowledge in the Career Pathways of Medicine, physical therapy/sports medicine, nursing, pharmacy, laboratory, diagnostic services
Level II: Patient-Centered Care
Students will a learn medical skills in the lab that are required to meet patients' needs such as: safety and infection control, body mechanics, patient mobility, vital signs, phlebotomy, electrocardiography, nutrition, basic lab procedures, wound care and sterile technique. Students meeting all requirements will be eligible to take part in Patient Care Clinical at Toledo Hospital and the State of Ohio Nurse Assisting Testing (STNA). This will prepare you for college and or immediate employment in the health care field.
Level II: Pathophysiology
In this course, students will identify the causes, processes, and changes in body organs and tissues that occur with human illness. Topics include identification of clinical characteristics and effects of diseases, mechanisms causing alterations in cellular activity, maintenance of cellular tissue oxygenation, fluid and electrolyte balance, neuroendocrine control of the body, and diagnostic methodology. Students will interpret and use clinical data and patient health history to assemble a comprehensive health assessment.
Level II: Capstone
The capstone course provides opportunities for students to apply knowledge, attitudes and skills in a more comprehensive and authentic way. Capstones include project/problem based learning opportunities that occur both in and away from school. Under supervision of the school and through community partnerships, students may combine classroom learning with work experience. This course can be delivered through a variety of delivery methods including 50+ hours of shadowing, Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) professional club membership, The Senior Project, community service projects, HOSA competition and travel.
PHOTO GALLERY
Browse moments from MedTech's exciting history!
INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS
CPR Certification
CPR Certification is a group of problem-solving medical procedures and techniques designed to provide urgent treatment of life threatening cardiac emergencies such as cardiac arrest and stroke. CPR Plus includes Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and First Aid training.
Link to website for credential
State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA)
STNA stands for State Tested Nursing Assistant. The term is used only in the State of Ohio. Elsewhere nursing assistants are referred to differently: some are called a CNA or Certified Nurse Aide, an LNA or Licensed Nursing Assistant, or simply a NA or Nursing Aide. A certified nursing assistant is trained to help with bedside patient care: they help patients bathe, walk, eat, and they always make them feel comfortable. STNAs also track a patient’s blood pressure and other vital stats.
Link to website for credential
OSHA 10 General Industry (Healthcare)
Link to website for credential
COLLEGE CREDIT
Medical Technology
Credit is granted through the CTAG system. Successful completion of the course and its associated WebXam provides credit for the course at Ohio colleges and universities.
OPPORTUNITIES
Students in Medical Technology participate in shadowing experiences prior to clinical hours. These experiences take place at local hospitals and other health care institutions.
HOSA Future Health Professionals
HOSA is not a club to which a few students in school join. Rather, HOSA is a powerful instructional tool that works best when it is integrated into the HSE and health science related curriculum and classroom. HSE instructors are committed to the development of the total person. Those who join the HSE-HOSA Partnership recognize the importance of providing students with training far beyond the basic technical skills needed for entry into the health care field. The rapidly changing health care system needs dedicated workers who, in addition to their technical skills, are people-oriented and capable of playing a leadership or followership role as a member of a health care team.