CE Topics and Updates

HOSA: Build a Better You! Revised event guidelines will be online in August. General changes will include:  Editorial improvements to help clarify the guidelines.  Test plan and resource updates.

Event Title Changes Public Health Public Health Emergency Preparedness will become: Public Health. National Recognition Portfolio. National Recognition Program will become: National Recognition Portfolio.

CERT Skills The guidelines are being revised to reflect the 2011 CERT curriculum updates. The revision will include an additional skill(s) and an update of current skills.

Public Health Topic: Public Health National Prevention Strategy 6/prevention a.html Teams will use the National Prevention Strategy: America’s Plan for Better Health and Wellness as their resource for developing a public health presentation.

Public Health Topic: Public Health National Prevention Strategy The presentation will be about one or more of the following strategies that contribute to the prevention of disease and the promotion of healthy practices.  Injury and violence free living  Tobacco free living  Preventing drug abuse and excessive alcohol use  Active living  Healthy eating

Researched Persuasive Speaking Topics: Researched Persuasive Speaking Hospital Hiring Practices: Persons Who Smoke or Have Visible Tattoos Need Not Apply Junk Food Ban in Schools

Healthy Lifestyle Addition of text resource – Dr. A’s Habits of Health by Dr. Wayne Scott Anderson Revised test plan Editorial changes

Biomedical Debate Topic: Biomedical Debate Physician Participation in Lifestyle Rationing Should doctors decide whether to treat you or perform certain kinds of surgeries based on whether you are a smoker or not, along with whether you are obese? Physicians say they already routinely deny many cosmetic surgeries and fertility treatments to smokers and the obese, and these factors are used to determine eligibility for many organ transplant procedures.

Public Service Announcement Topics: Public Service Announcement No Pressure! Tips for Recognizing and Preventing Hypertension

Medical Reading Books for Brain Rules The Third Wave Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl The Deadly Dinner Party The End of Illness

Medical Reading MAJOR CHANGE for Individual event in Health Science category. One written test 50 multiple-choice questions 5 short essay

Outstanding HOSA Chapter Major changes for The event concept remains the same but the rating scale format is now changed to a rubric. For example…

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New Knowledge Test DELETE Concepts of Health Care Medical Law and Ethics ADD Medical Law and Ethics Resources:  Medical Law and Ethics by Bonnie F. Fremgen  Medical Law, Ethics and Bioethics by Lewis, Tamparo and Tatro

Public Health Total amount of preparation time will be reduced to 11 minutes and presentation time to 10 minutes.

Prepared Speaking and Speaking Skills Topic for : HOSA: Caring for the Future

General Rules and Regulations Communication Rule – It is the competitor’s responsibility to communicate fully and effectively with judges. In spelling events, this may include verbalizing capitalization, separate words, and punctuation. For skill events, this may include “thinking out loud” so that judges are clear on why the competitors are doing what they are doing.

General Rules and Regulations Revision of Team Eligibility Rule 25% A team event must include at least 25% of the members who were members of the winning team at the state level. Other "qualified" student members may be substituted or added in the remaining team positions so that the number of team members is consistent with the rules for that event.

Events with Written Tests Beginning in , sample test questions will be included in the event guidelines.

For the MOST current guidelines: Go to