Biomedical Science courses complement really nicely with Biology courses. Whether students are working towards a medical degree or a biomedical certification, or whether there are part of a HOSA club, here you will find a variety of engaging and fun ideas and resources.
This is a Must Have Video Link to share and use throughout the school year. It is a great visual aid that students can refer to as they go through their PBS course.
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This is a Must Have Video Link to share and use throughout the school year. It is a great visual aid that students can refer to as they go through their HBS course.
Like what you see? You can purchase on my TPT store and then print to post and use as a word wall.
HOSA Advisor
All the idea shared in this presentation are my own and do not represent any specific school or district. In this presentation I share my own experiences and actions throughout the past years.
I created this presentation because many teachers have requested I create a guide to help new and existing teachers grow as HOSA advisors and better support their students.
Biomedical/HOSA Club Meeting Agenda
Having a meeting agenda is great for you as an advisor or for your HOSA leader members. It is an easy way to organize early events and club sessions as well as use as a checklist to remind students about area conferences and online testing dates.
What a great activity this is! Students can create their own patient scenarios and have other fellow peers try and diagnose their patient’s condition/disease/illness.
In this website, you will find a variety of FREE interactive medical and surgical clinical case scenarios where students can analyze patient symptoms, medical histories and put into practice their biomedical diagnosing skills.
Once students have been given an opportunity to analyze the scenarios given in the website, students can then create their own patient’s symptoms and background history from scratch. I have my students challenge themselves and role play patient and doctor.
This is an awesome activity for any biomedical or HOSA club or simply as an end of year project.
Diabetes is a growing concern amongst our youth population. What better way to educate our biomedical and HOSA students than by showing them the role our pancreas and insulin play in regulating our glucose levels.
Just like cells, learning about the insulin and glucose connection can be a very challenging and abstract topic for students. Therefore, having a variety of activities might be the best option for this topic.
Here is a list of different ideas/activities you can provide for your students:
Flow Chart- Have your students summarize the process of how food is converted into energy in a simplified form.
Feedback Loop- You can have students create a feedback loop that explains how the body reacts when the glucose levels rise above and fall below normal levels.
T-Chart- You can have students differentiate Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and then draw out the differences at a cellular level.
Illustrations- Students can illustrate (use pictures or drawings) to show how Glucose is converted into energy.
Role Playing Writing- Students can role play being a glucose molecule and write their journey traveling through the body.
Visual Aids- You can provide visual aids on the glucose and insulin connection, cellular respiration and Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes for students to use while they are going through the unit.
Here is a FREE Mitochondria PDF that you can use with your students.
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Can’t Travel or don’t have enough funds to take your students to a medical schools? What better way to interact with a medical school with this virtual tour. Have your students navigate the site and come up with questions or concerns they might have. This will certainly be an eye opening experience for them. It will make them value the different topics they are being exposed to at such a young age. Click here!
Become an advocate for your HOSA and biomedical students by certifying your campus. It’s simply, just create an account, take a short quiz and you are all set. Your school will be able to purchase Service Awards (signed by the president) recognizing students for their community service.
In 2003, the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation founded the President’s Volunteer Service Award to recognize the important role of volunteers in America’s strength and national identity. This award honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action, too.
This is a special award that students look forward to every year. If you have HOSA members participating for the Barbara James Service Award, this is a great additional award students can get using the same community service. One of the benefits that this award has it that hours don’t have to be exclusively in the medical field. Click Here!
Hearts are 3D and thus complex for students to understand. Therefore, I strongly suggest you jump out of your comfort zone and try a heart dissection. Students can analyze models and perform a dissection of a heart to explain proper and improper blood flow pathways. You can also have them diagnose complete a gross examination to diagnose heart diseases and disorders.
Additionally to the heart dissection, here is a list of different ideas/activities you can provide for your students:
Trace and Sequence- You can have students use red and blue arrows to trace the path of blood flow and then place the different steps in order.
Label- You can have students identify and label the different heart chambers and valves.
2D Heart Box- Students can illustrate (use pictures or drawings) to show how blood flows through the different chambers of the heart.
Role Playing Writing- Students can role play being a red blood cell and write their journey traveling through the body.
Visual Aids- You can provide visual aids that show students the sequence of blood flow.
Here is a Free Heart PDF Worksheet you can use with your students.
Like what you see? I have created a resource available on my TPT store that includes all the activities mentioned above.
What a more fun way to learn about vital signs than by using stations.
Have your students rotate through different vital sign stations and practice with a partner or in groups. Have students write down each other’s values and compare them to normal range values.
Here are some station ideas:
Heart/Pulse Rate
Respiratory Rate
Temperature- You can use disposable thermometers.
Oxygen Saturation
Glucose Levels- Teachers can volunteer to have students practice on them and get their glucose level readings (practice skills).
Pupillary Response- Be sure to have a light pen ready.
Once students have practiced using the different tools and getting an idea about the normal range values, students can work on a cut and paste and interactive card sort activity to assess their understanding and knowledge (available on my TPT store).
Engage your students as they enter and leave your classroom with formative assessment review questions. Questions can either be multiple choice or open-ended. Helps your student be successful and ace that test.
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