Introduction to FCCLA Part 1

Introduction to HOSA – Part 2 Lesson Plan

Student Learning Objective: Instruction in this lesson should result in students achieving the following objectives: 1. Identify various facts about the HOSA organization. 2. Describe the different national HOSA Competitive Events.

List of Resources: Leadership Grab Bag (see attached sheet for details) Website Scavenger Hunt (one for each student) Competitive Events Puzzle Pieces (see attached sheets)

List of Equipment, Tools, Supplies, and Facilities: Writing surface Leadership Grab Bag items (see attached sheet for details) Website Scavenger Hunt copies List of Competitive Events Competitive Events Puzzle Pieces Computers with Internet access

Terms: The following terms are presented in this lesson (shown in bold italics): There are no new terms for this lesson.

Introduction/Interest Approach: Use an interest approach that will prepare students for the lesson. Teachers often develop approaches for their unique class and student situations. A possible approach is included here.

Review yesterday’s lesson briefly, spending time to discuss the term “leadership”. Pass the leadership grab bag around the room and have each student take a zip-lock bag from the grab bag. Now, instruct the students to find the person who has the item that matches theirs. When they find their partner, they should brainstorm ideas on how their item relates to leadership. Give them about 2 minutes to formulate their answers. Go around the room and have each pair share their item and how it relates to leadership with the class.

/ HOSA Lesson Plan # 2 Summary of Content and Teaching Strategies: Objective # 1 Identify various facts about the HOSA organization. Anticipated Problem: When was the organization founded? Etc.

Using the HOSA websites (www.hosa.org, www.hosa.cccs.edu) have students complete the Website Scavenger Hunt

Check the answers together as a class.

Objective # 2 Describe the different national HOSA Competitive Events. Anticipated Problem: How many national Competitive Events are there? What are the names of the Competitive Events and their focus?

II. HOSA offers a variety of Competitive Events that allow students to make a difference in their own lives, careers and communities. These Competitive Events give members the satisfaction of knowing the have made a positive impact and can provide them with recognition for their accomplishments.

A. See listing of Competitive Events

/ HOSA Lesson Plan # 2

Review/Summary. Use the student learning objectives as the basis for review and summary. Have students explain the content associated with each objective. Use their responses in determining which objectives and concepts need to be re-taught.

Application. Use the Website Scavenger Hunt and the National Competitive Events Puzzle Activity to apply the information presented in this lesson.

Evaluation. Evaluation should be based on student comprehension of the learning objectives. This can occur during instruction, review, or later as students apply the information. The attached sample written test can also be used.

Answers to Sample Test Part One: Matching 1. e 2. a 3. f 4. d 5. b 6. c

Part Two: Completion 1. 1976 2. Find the answer on the national website: www.hosa.org

Part Three: Short Answer 1. make realistic career goals, be flexible for inevitable career changes, manage basic survival skills, build self-esteem, develop enthusiasm and maintain motivation, communicate more effectively, interact with health care and community professionals, develop workplace readiness skills.

Acknowledgements. Introduction lesson plans were originally developed by Marta Lockwood, Illinois FCCLA State Adviser. The HOSA Website Scavenger Hunt was originally developed by Cindy Perry, Health Science teacher at Ebbertt Education Center in Anderson, Indiana.

Name: Test Introduction to HOSA – Part 2

Part One: Matching Instructions: Match the Competitive Event with the correct category. a. Health Science Events b. Health Professions Events c. Emergency Preparedness Events d. Leadership Events e. Teamwork Events f. Recognition Events 1. Parliamentary Procedure, Creative Problem Solving, Biomedical Debate 2. Medical Terminology, Dental Terminology, Medical Math, Nutrition 3. National Service Project, HOSA Happenings, Outstanding HOSA Chapter 4. Researched Persuasive Speaking, Extemporaneous Health Poster, Medical Photography 5. Clinical Specialty, Medical Assisting, Nursing Assisting, Physical Therapy 6. Epidemiology, MRC Partnership, EMT

Part Two: Completion Instructions: Complete the following statements. 1. HOSA was founded in the year ______. 2. ______is where this year’s National Leadership Conference will be held.

Part Three: Short Answer Instructions. Answer the following questions. 1. List 3 of the 8 ‘things’ that HOSA helps students develop.

2. List one Competitive Event and explain how that Competitive Event helps members prepare for a career.

Leadership Grab Bag Activity

Preparation: Prepare two or three identical zip-lock bags (depending on how many you want in a group) for each item listed below. Place the zip-lock bags with the single items in a large grocery bag.

Examples of items to use: Paper clips, post-it notes, rubber bands, chewing gum, computer disks, Kleenex tissues, pennies or nickels, pencils with erasers, white out, matches, lifesavers candy, index cards, highlighters, etc.

Directions: 1. Pass the bag around the group and have each student pull one of the items out.

2. Have students find the person(s) that have the same item as they have.

3. Once paired up, the students should brainstorm how their item relates to leadership. Example: rubber bands relate to leadership because as leaders we are often forced to stretch ourselves or rubber bands can help bring things together like leaders bring people together to accomplish a task.

4. Have each group share their item and how it relates to leadership with the large group.

5. Emphasize that leadership skills can be gained through participating in HOSA. Visit the National HOSA Website (www.hosa.org) to answer the following questions:

1. What is the HOSA national theme for this school year? 2. What year was HOSA founded? 3. What is the mission of HOSA? 4. What is the National Service Project? 5. Who is the Colorado State Advisor? 6. Where is the 2015 National HOSA Leadership Conference? 7. Who is the National Region I Vice President? 8. Find the Spring 2014 issue of the HOSA E-Magazine. On what page is Arizona HOSA featured? 9. Name the 6 categories of Competitive Events. 10. What is the Biomedical Debate topic for 2014-2015? 11. Questions from the Medical Reading event will come from what five books?

Visit the Colorado HOSA Website (www.hosa.cccs.edu) to answer the following questions:

12. What are the HOSA colors and what do those colors represent? 13. Who is the Colorado Vice President of Membership? 14. When is the Colorado HOSA State Leadership Conference? 15. Where will the Colorado HOSA State Leadership Conference be held? 16. What are two Colorado HOSA Competitive Events (state level events only)? 17. What are the three areas to the Resource Center? 18. What is Article X of the Colorado HOSA Bylaws about? 19. Name two partners of Colorado HOSA. BONUS: Become a friend of Colorado HOSA on Facebook or follow Colorado HOSA on Twitter! HOSA National Competitive Events Puzzles

Using the national Competitive Events sheets below, prepare puzzles for each of the Competitive Events by doing either of the following options:

1. Print each row and mount it to a colored piece of construction paper. Cut the paper into a puzzle.

2. Print each row and cut in half (or thirds) on the solid line. Mount the picture to one side and the description to the other side of a colored piece of construction paper. Cut the paper into a puzzle.

3. Puzzles should be cut so that each person in the class would have a piece.

4. Randomly distribute the pieces among the students and ask them to find the other pieces and be seated with their partners.

5. Go around the room and have each group talk about their national Competitive Event and read the description of the Competitive Event. COMPETITIVE EVENTS – WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU? Health Science Events Event What? Who? Medical Terminology These events are online tests. They include Do you do well on tests? Do you like to Dental Terminology 100 questions. The event guidelines contain study and learn the facts? Can you copy resources to help the HOSA member in your existing knowledge to new deciding what to study. information in order to figure out the answer? Medical Spelling This event is like a traditional spelling bee. Are you a naturally good speller? Are you Competitors must correctly spell a randomly cool and able to think under pressure? Are selected word. Round One is an online test. you willing to study and learn medical terms and all the root words, prefixes, and suffixes? Medical Math Competitors learn the conversion table in the Do you love math? Are you willing to event guidelines and then solve math problems learn the conversion tables? to complete a 50-question online test. Medical Reading Five books with a basis in health will be read. Do you like to read? A test will be given where questions will Do you retain information? require the students to apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information from reading the assigned books. There are multiple choice and essay questions. Knowledge Tests These events are 100-item online tests. Do you do well on tests? Do you like to  Human Growth and Competitors select one of the knowledge tests study and learn the facts? Can you apply Development to take, study the area using the resources and your knowledge to new information in  Nutrition following the event guidelines, and then take order to figure out the answers?  Pathophysiology the test for competition.  Medical Law and Ethics Pharmacology Transcultural Health Care

Health Professions Events Event What? Who? Biomedical Laboratory Science These events involve both an online test and Do you plan to pursue a health career in skill performance related to a specific health any of the skill event areas? Clinical Nursing career. (With the exception of Clinical Specialty.) Competitors practice, practice, and Clinical Specialty practice until they are proficient in ALL the Are you willing to take the time to learn skills in the event guidelines. all the skills in the event guidelines? Dental Science

Home Health Aide Are you willing to demonstrate your skills to one or more judges? Medical Assisting Round One is an online test. Round Two (skill round) competitors are posted online. During Do you prefer to work alone? Nursing Assisting the actual skill event, competitors perform one or more of the skills in the guidelines. *Personal Care Can you apply your knowledge in a online test? Physical Therapy Skill events offer an excellent opportunity to extend classroom learning and to work directly Sports Medicine with health professionals in your chosen career field. Veterinary Science

Emergency Preparedness Events Event What? Who? CERT Skills Community Emergency Response Team This 2-person team event will require you includes skills needed to respond to their to use critical thinking skills in the community’s immediate needs in the aftermath scenario and will be timed and evaluated. of a disaster, when emergency services are not Round One is an online test. immediately available. CPR/First Aid These skill events are for two-member teams Do you want to work with a partner? Do EMT who take an online test, then work together to you want to become skilled in providing demonstrate their skills in a simulated emergency care? Are you willing to study emergency situation. and practice the skills and knowledge outlined in the event guidelines? *Life Support Skills This event is similar to other skill events. It is Do you want to learn more about first aid? designed for secondary HOSA members with Do you like to compete against other special needs, and involves the demonstration HOSA members to prove your skills? of selected skills as described in the event guidelines. Epidemiology This event is a written test and a case study Do you like to figure out the why and how relating to epidemiology – the study of the of people falling ill? Do you want to effects of health and disease in populations. improve your scientific literacy? Do you want to learn more about public health careers? MRC Partnership This event is to encourage HOSA members Do you like to develop relationships with and chapters to develop a partnership with the adults involved in health care? Do you Medical Reserve Corps. like to plan activities to promote HOSA and the Surgeon General’s priorities? Do you want to learn more about the Medical Reserve Corps? Public Health This team event is to teach others about public Do you like to speak in front of health emergencies. Each year, a topic is audiences? Do you like to present selected for the public health emergency. The information to groups of people? Do you team develops a presentation to educate the have a desire to learn more about public public on the specific topic. health?

Leadership Events Event What? Who? Researched Persuasive This event allows you to take a stand, either Do you want to improve your public Speaking for or against one of two selected topics. speaking skills? Can you use facts to You’ll research the topic to gather facts to support your opinion convincingly? Are support your opinion, write a paper, and then you willing to write a paper that clearly give a speech to a panel of judges. takes a stand, and supports the issue at hand? Extemporaneous Competitors are given a secret topic that is Do you want to improve your writing Writing health related, and have one hour to write an skills? Can you express yourself clearly in essay on the topic. writing? Do you have a general understanding of health related issues? Do you have neat handwriting? Medical Photography Competitors showcase photographs taken of Do you like photography? Like to take different health science careers. pictures? Like to explore different health science careers? Job Seeking Skills In this event, competitors write a resume, fill Do you want to improve your ability to get out a job application, and then participate in a a job? Do you have access to a computer simulated job interview. Your resume must and printer where you can create an look professional. Your job application must impressive resume? Do you understand the be complete and very neatly done. Finally, you role and responsibilities of someone in the must be able to speak with knowledge and job you are applying for? Do you have confidence in your interview. neat handwriting or good work processing skills? Extemporaneous Competitors in this event create a visual Do you like to express yourself creatively? Health Poster display of a health career issue/topic using Can you take information and illustrate poster board and art supplies. The key focus is that information? Can you work neatly and on the development of the secret topic (health artistically? issue) and the quality of information presented. *Interviewing Skills This event includes filling out a job application Do you want to improve your ability to get and being interviewed by judges. It is for a job? Do you understand the role and secondary HOSA members with special needs. responsibilities of someone I the job you are apply for? *Speaking Skills This event involves giving a prepared speech Do you want to improve your public to a panel of judges. It is for secondary HOSA speaking skills? Can you express yourself members with special needs. clearly, distinctly, and with passion? Can you write a speech that is uniquely you and shows a deep understanding about HOSA? Prepared Speaking This event involves giving a prepared speech Do you want to improve your public over the National HOSA theme to a panel of speaking skills? Can you express yourself judges. clearly, distinctly, and with passion? Can you write a speech that is uniquely you and shows a deep understanding about HOSA? Healthy Lifestyle This event involves choosing a lifestyle change Is there a way you’d like to improve your and documenting that process. The event lifestyle? Do you like learning about includes a Round One test and a notebook with nutrition, exercise, healthy habits and documentation. disease prevention?

Teamwork Events Community This is a community service event. Chapter Do you work well as a member of team? Awareness members work within their community to Will you carry out your responsibilities as select a health-related issue and then raise part of the project? Would you like to community awareness of that issue. The present your ideas and activities in a product of the project is a portfolio of activities creative and professional way (either by and an audiovisual presentation that presents computer or by other, more traditional, the project. The presentation will consist of 2-4 means)? Do you truly desire to help your HOSA members. community by providing health information? HOSA Bowl Teams of 3-4 HOSA members take a 50-item Do you work well as a member of a team? multiple choice online test on HOSA Do you like to study and memorize health knowledge, parliamentary procedure, medical care facts, HOSA information, and knowledge and medical history. Teams that parliamentary procedure? Do you have score high enough go on to play in a single quick recall under pressure? elimination tournament by ringing a buzzer before the other team and correctly answering the most questions. Health Education This event involves a team of 2-4 members Do you work well as a member of a team? who select a health-related concept or Do you like to teach others? instructional objective, then prepare a lesson, Would you like to present your ideas and provide instruction, and evaluate results. The activities in a creative and professional instruction must include the use of presentation way (either by computer or by other, more tools such as a student-made video, computer traditional, means)? demonstration software, slides, overhead transparencies, or any other form of media.

Parliamentary In this event, teams of 5-8 members learn Do you work well as a team member? Will Procedure about parliamentary procedure. For you study Robert’s Rules of Order (Newly competition, they take a 50-item online test. Revised) and learn how to conduct a Then, after having 10 minutes to analyze a business meeting? Do you think well on secret problem, they conduct a simulated your feet? business meeting, addressing the motions in the secret problem. Creative Problem Teams of 3-4 members will take an online test. Do you work well as a member of a team? Solving Top-scoring teams will continue to the Do you have good critical thinking and problem solving round where they are given a problem solving skills? Do you think well secret problem related to a health issue. They on your feet? have 30 minutes to analyze the problem and then 10 minutes to present their solution to a panel of judges, who will ask questions about their solution and the problem. Biomedical Debate This event will consist of a formal debate Do you like to debate? Do you like to loosely following the Lincoln-Douglas debate collect information and organize data? Do format. The new topic of debate will be you work well as a team member? announced annually. The teams will consist of 3-4 members. Round One is an online test. Health Career Display Teams of two competitors shall develop a Do you like to express yourself creatively visual display of a specific career in health, or and can concisely and expressively a cluster of careers, by using a variety of illustrate information? Do you work well mediums. as a team member? Forensic Medicine Tests and forensic medicine case studies—oh If you watch and are fascinated by the my! Try your hand at both in this event. forensic experts on CSI and have a strong Round One is an online test. stomach, this event is for you! Public Service What do you have to say about health Creative? Outgoing? Like promoting Announcement sciences? Partner with some friends and come health topics? Interested in producing a up with ways to increase awareness or educate DVD? the general public on a healthcare issue or service. Medical Innovation A team of students analyze up-and-coming Do you like being up-to-date with (pilot event) technologies in health care that relate to science, inventions? Do you like biotechnology? computers, engineering, biotechnology, math, Do you like to analyze products? and/or the delivery of health care, and to share their understanding with others.

Recognition Event What? Who? Outstanding HOSA Chapters plan activities all year following the Is your chapter active and involved? Are Chapter areas in the Outstanding HOSA Chapter you willing to take pictures and keep guidelines, and then create a scrapbook that records of chapter activities? Are you contains proof of those activities. The willing to follow the event guidelines and scrapbook is judged. do all the things an outstanding chapter is judged by? MRC Volunteer This is an individual event that recognizes Do you like to develop relationships with Recognition individuals with at least 30 hours of service in adults involved in health care? Do you a year toward activities with the Medical like to plan activities to promote HOSA Reserve Corps (MRC). and the Surgeon General’s priorities? Do you want to learn more about the MRC? Healthcare Issues This event is a 50-item online test. It measures Do you do well on tests? Do you like to Exam a HOSA member’s knowledge of current study and learn the facts? Can you apply health issues. All members who reach a your existing knowledge to new mastery level are awarded certificates of information in order to figure out the achievement. answer? National Service Does your chapter want to learn more and do Do you want to make a difference for Project more for another Healthcare organization? another organization and the people they Look for this year’s service organization on serve? the national website. All chapters who participate are recognized. Barbara James Service This event provides recognition to individual Do you want to make a difference in your Award HOSA members for outstanding volunteer community? service in their community. HOSA members fill out an application that describes their volunteer efforts, and are recognized for their achievements. HOSA Happenings Chapters are encouraged to submit their Does your chapter have a newsletter or newsletters or websites for recognition at the website? Well… send a copy to Colorado national level, and for possible inclusion of HOSA! chapter activities in the HOSA National Magazine. Pin Competition The Pin Competition winner’s design will be Are you creative and artistic? Do you like (Colorado event only) featured on the trading pins used at the to draw pictures depicting Colorado and National Leadership Conference. HOSA to the US? Anatomy in Clay® This event, sponsored by Anatomy in Clay®, Are you good with human body anatomy? Competition showcases member’s knowledge of anatomy. Directional terms? Bones? Have you (Colorado event only) worked with MANIKEN® models?

Learn more about these events by visiting www.hosa.org or www.hosa.cccs.edu.