2017-2018

HOSA-Future Health Professionals

Science, technology, engineering and math studies are believed to provide the skills needed by
individuals to face the complex problems of the future. STEM is the term used for these
collective subjects. The STEM Education Coalition calls for improved STEM education at every
level to promote U.S competitiveness and the future prosperity of this country.

Through the HOSA Competitive Events Program, a constantly expanding and improving series of
health related competitive events are provided. Competition within a state is held in the spring as
a means of identifying those members eligible for competition at the HOSA International
Leadership Conference.
HOSA members participate in state and international conferences and meet HOSA members and
health professionals from across the state and nation and international community. Members
who participate in the competitive events program are immediately recognized as professionals
in training interested in pursuing careers in the health professions. The benefits of the competitive
events program are realized as students prepare for competition. Members gain confidence when
they improve their skills in preparation for competition and can transfer this learning to other
settings.
HOSA's competitive events are aligned to the National Healthcare Foundation Standards, and
helps students graduate career and college ready.

Events are offered in six categories:

In the listing of events by category, there are four competitive events designated by an asterisk
(*) for those classified as special needs students with individualized education plans.
BENEFITS OF COMPETITIVE EVENTS PARTICIPATION

Competitive events cover a wide range of learning outcomes. Learning starts in the
classroom where students are introduced to all aspects of health care. HOSA gives
those students an opportunity to select a specific area of study and then expand his/her
learning in a specialty area. Content knowledge is as important as skill development,
and in all of HOSAs regular skill events, HOSA members take a written test of content
knowledge before advancing to the skill demonstration part of event.
Selected events actually provide an audience for the purpose of sharing ideas with the
public. Events such as Community Awareness, Health Education, Public Health and
Public Service Announcement all ask students to understand complex health issues, and
to adapt their audience presentation to the composition of their audience.
The competitive events program encourages students to take a stand in responding to
what they read or hear. Competitors in Biomedical Debate are required to question the
assumptions and premises of opposing team members. In Researched Persuasive
Speaking, students are required to understand a health issue in order to take a stand in
favor of, or against, the issue. The essay questions in Medical Reading challenge
students to comprehend and critique an authors writing.
Students learn to analyze scientific evidence for events such as Researched Persuasive
Writing and Speaking and in Forensic Medicine where they evaluate scientific evidence
to determine the cause of death, manner of death, and factors that contributed to the
death.
Competitive events participants are actively engaged in using technology for research
and learning. Events such as Healthy Lifestyle, Epidemiology, CERT Skills, Public
Service Announcement, Public Health, and Biomedical Debate depend extensively on
web-based resources for event preparation. Students choose to use computers in
events such as Public Service Announcement or Clinical Specialty when the computer
adds to the effectiveness of their presentation.

HOSA and STEM Education are both focused on preparing the student to pursue a career in the
biomedical sciences and health professions. A crosswalk of HOSA Competitive Events and
STEM Education follows to demonstrate the correlation between the two.

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 CROSSWALK
HOSA COMPETITIVE EVENTS AND STEM EDUCATION

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH

Biomedical Lab Science

Biomedical Debate

CERT Skills

Clinical Nursing

Clinical Specialty

Community Awareness

CPR/First Aid

Creative Problem
Solving

Dental Science

Dental Terminology

EMT

Epidemiology

Extemporaneous
Health Poster

Extemporaneous
Writing

Forensic Medicine

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EVENTS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH

Health Career Display

Health Career
Photography

Health Education

Healthcare Issues Exam

Healthy Lifestyle

Home Health Aide

HOSA Bowl

HOSA Happenings

*Interviewing Skills

Job Seeking Skills

KT Behavioral Health

KT Health Career Exploration

KT Human Growth and

KT Medical Law and

KT Nutrition

KT Pathophysiology

KT Pharmacology

KT Transcultural Health

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EVENTS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH

*Life Support Skills

Medical Assisting

Medical Innovation

Medical Math

Medical Reading

Medical Spelling

Medical Terminology

MRC Partnership

MRC Volunteer
Recognition

Nursing Assisting

Outstanding HOSA
Chapter

Parliamentary
Procedure

*Personal Care

Prepared Speaking

Public Health

Public Service
Announcement

Physical Therapy

Researched Persuasive

Writing and Speaking

*Speaking Skills

Sports Medicine

Veterinary Science

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