Preparing Students for an Early Career in the Medical Field

Timothy A. Meyer, MA, ATC Science Teacher Certified Athletic Trainer Wheeling High School

Julie Levene Science Teacher Health Careers Lead Instructor Wheeling High School

Wheeling High School:

Preparing students with a global perspective through relationships, rigor, and relevance."

Health Careers Pathway (Fall, 2009)

The Northwest Career Partnership, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Illinois State Board of Education and grant partners selected Wheeling High School as the lighthouse school in Illinois to develop a health careers pathway accessible to all students.

Why Implement a Pathway in Health Careers?

Healthcare is a

field thats growing

The U.S. Bureau of

Labor Statistics (BLS) projects a 24 percent growth in jobs between 2008 and 2018nearly 4 million new jobs.

Stats on Healthcare Jobs

Of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the economy, half are related to healthcare due primarily to the aging of the baby-boom generation and new technologies.

* Most healthcare jobs require less than four years of college education, although health diagnosing and treating practitioners are among the most educated workers.

Health Careers Program

Introduction to Health Careers & Medical Terminology

Foundations for any of the 5 Health Career occupation pathways

5 Health Careers Pathways

Health Informatics
Therapeutic Services Support Services

Diagnostic Services
Biotechnology Research and Development

Diagnostic & Therapeutic Pathways: CNA & EMR Certifications

Core Science Courses:
Biology Chemistry Physics

Program Overview

1st year: Intro to Health Careers

2nd year: Medical Terminology

3rd year: Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

4th year: Emergency Medical Responder Basic (EMR).

Electives: Sports Medicine 1 & 2, Human Physiology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Psychology, Advanced Biology

Organization of Curriculum
Year 1 (Introduction to Health Careers) and Year 2 (Medical Terminology) include a combination of curriculum that focuses on Health Science Fundamentals, Medical Terminology, Human Anatomy, and Human Physiology.

1st Year- Intro to Health Careers

Career Exploration Medical Terminology & Body Systems Basic Anatomy & Physiology Emphasizing: Teamwork, Organization, & Communication Interdisciplinary Focus: Reading & Writing

2nd Year- Medical Terminology

Career Exploration, Employability, Law & Medical Ethics Medical Terminology & Body Systems Basic Anatomy & Physiology Certifications: CPR Certification for Healthcare Providers Emphasizing: Leadership & Diversity Interdisciplinary Focus: Social Science

Program Outcomes
Develop the knowledge and skills as a foundation for pursuing continuing education towards a career in the healthcare industry (occupational, technical, or professional). Increase his/her education and employment opportunities through effective communication, teamwork skills, and organizational skills.

Program Outcomes
Be able to use technology effectively in the healthcare setting to meet the needs of his/her employer and clients

Demonstrate increased achievement in reading, science, and math due to the effective use of technology as a teaching/learning tool in the classroom.
Obtain CPR Healthcare Provider Certification

Program Outcomes
Develop a career portfolio (careercruising.com)

Be able to describe the basic structures and function of cells, tissues, organs, and systems as they relate to homeostasis. Recognize the parts of a medical term in order to define the term as it relates to a specific part of the human body or healthcare field.

Selecting Students for the Health Careers Pathway

Outreach program at local middle Look at student

schools
Current students present at 9th

interest/motivation expressed in essays

Be sure to include special ed,

grade orientation evening

Application with essay component

general ed, ELL and gifted students.

Be prepared to build capacity for

success with summer prep/fall tutoring.

Technology
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We are a paperless class!

Save the environment Learn new technology

Teaching Technology: Eno- Interactive White Board ELMO Desktop Camera Moodle iTouch Tablet Computers Medical Charting Software Textbook Website/CD ROM

Check out our moodle page!

All assignments are accessed and turned in online.

Student Projects: Newscast (video) Podcast Webpage Design

Google Docs ePortfolio Career Cruising Online

Medical Terminology Moodle Page

Introduction to Health Careers

A Paperless Class

Benefits
All assignments are posted

Challenges
Cost for hardware,

and turned in via Moodle (online)

1:1 Laptop Program
Students can access

software, insurance, etc.

Internet access for all

students outside of regular school hours

Tech support

assignments from home computer (accountability)

ENO Board
Go ahead. Write on it!

Interactive White Board:

Brainstorming
Highlighting notes Games

Labeling
Active participation Save student work &

post to class moodle page Save teacher work for absent students Discipline specific tools in white board software (RMeasiteach)

The Internet is your friend, just make a computer lab reservation!

Favorite Student Websites: Brainpop.com Quia.com pbs.org Careercruising.com Google.com Favorite Teacher Websites: Edutopia.org pbs.org Discoveryeducation.com

(safari) Techtrekers.com/webque sts

What about it?

www.google.com or www.google.com/educators Document creation & storage @ Useful Apps available on the Google homepage (click on

more at the top, then click on even more)

Fantastic Web Search Features, books, blogger, calendar,

images, uncle sam (gov search), scholar, squared

Puts accountability/responsibility on student while teaching

organization and smart research techniques

 www.google.com/docs Students can create (own) and invite other students to work on a document

together (share)
Encourages collaboration among students & promotes teamwork Documents are stored online through google Teachers can track progress or individual participation through revision

history feature.
Teachers can provide feedback on the document itself. Variety of formats available currently that are compatible with Microsoft

Office Suite (document, spreadsheet, presentation, forms, drawing)

Measurement of Success??
Student growth will be monitored through the Explore-

Plan-IACT-ACT testing schedule.

Additionally, near the end of year two, students will have

an opportunity to earn college credit through Harper College when they score 80% or higher on Harper Colleges Medical Terminology proficiency exam

For more information:

Tim Meyer Julie Levene

tim.meyer@d214.org (847) 718-7390

Julie.levene@d214.org (847)718-7206

Attend a Health Careers Pathway workshop at the IACTE Conference in February 2012