Health Care Cluster        

Clinical Internship

Grade Level:  12^th (last class period of day)

Credits:  1(full year) Teacher Approval

Students may choose to complete a clinical internship after completing Medical Therapeutics, Diagnostics Medicine, or EMS.  The internships are designed to be completed in a hospital, nursing home, medical office, rehab center, or other health care facility.

Diagnostic Medicine

Grade Level: 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Credits:  1 (full year) (even years ex. 2009/2010)

Diagnostic Medicine creates a picture of an individual’s health status at a single point in time.  This could include careers as cardiology, imaging, medical laboratory, radiography, nuclear medicine, sterotactic radiosurgery, speech pathologists, respiratory speech pathologists, respiratory therapist, clinical laboratory technician, pathologists, medical doctor in  histotechnologist, orthotist, prosthodonist, prosthetist, plastic surgeon, and others.

Health Science Education

Grade Level: 9^th- 10^thh

Credits: 1 (full-year)

Students are introduced to health careers, safety measures, growth and development, body systems, basic anatomy and physiology, CPR/first aid, and environmental and community health.  This overview is designed to help students look at health care from a provider perspective and to help choose a specific area of focus.  This course serves as a foundation for all health science courses.  First Aid and CPR certification will be obtained.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Grade Level: 11^th- 12^th (even years ex. 2007/08)

Credits:  1 (full-year)(Honors option available)

Prerequisite: Health Science

Emergency Medical Services provides students with knowledge and skills for the emergency medical field responsibilities to include CPR, first aid and the use of emergency equipment.  Upon completion of this course, a student may enroll in a clinical internship which can articulate to post-secondary education or an entry level position in the emergency room.

Forensic Science Honors

Grade Level: 11^th – 12^th (odd years ex. 2008/09)

Credits: 1 (full-year)

Prerequisite: Health Science

Forensic Science is an overview of how science is applied to solving crimes.  Topics including history of forensic sciences, collecting of evidence, analyzing results and hands-on application of many laboratory techniques used in solving crimes and identifying people and future careers.  Students will participate in a mock (staged) crime scene to apply knowledge and skills gained.

Nursing Education

Grade Level: 12^th

Credits:  1 (full-year but 2 periods blocked)

Prerequisite: (Health Science) (Honors option)

Students learn and apply skills for successful entrance into a nursing career.  The skills include verbal and nonverbal communication, physical and psychological assessments, direct patient care, emergency medical techniques, and team membership.  The clinical internship of 100 hours in a long term care facility is required for the Tennessee state test for nurses’ aide.  Additional hours are implemented in the classroom and clinical settings upon completion of this course.  A student may enroll in postsecondary education or enter the work force in an entry-level position.  This course meets all federal and state requirements for a certified nurse’s aid.  Student must obtain TB test, hepatitis B vaccine series prior to clinical rotation.  All students will be required to obtain 100% accuracy on OSHA/Standard Precautions test.  Students must provide transportation to and from clinical site.  The class is a two period block with one (1) credit offering due to the travel requirements for onsite hospital and nursing home visits and work.

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