1. Wolfpack HOSA
Second Meeting | | 7 PM | Riddick 315

2. Welcome Back!
Trivia Question: The United States is currently the only industrialized nation without a universal health care system in place. Approximately how many people in the US don’t have any form of health insurance?

3. What is HOSA?
- HOSA is a national student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education Division of ACTE.
-Provides scholarship opportunities at both the State and National levels.
-Allows students to learn and apply skills needed in health related fields through competitive events.
-Brings students who share similar health care interests and want to serve their community together!

4. Requirements
-HOSA is one of the Pre-Health Clubs at NC State as well as an organization in almost all of the US and Puerto Rico!
-Pre-Health Clubs have $15 dues to provide service opportunities to all of the clubs that are part of it.
-Wolfpack HOSA dues are an additional $20 ($10 National, $5 State, $5 to our chapter to provide activities and opportunities to you!
-Can pay HOSA dues at our meetings and Pre-Health Clubs dues at our meetings or in the envelope at the Health PAC office.
-4 point requirement for both clubs to remain active! (service or meeting)

5. Remaining Spring Meetings!
This semester…
Remaining Spring Meetings!
February 25th- SLC Prep, Future Officer Interest
March 25th- Officer Speeches/Elections, Final SLC Prep
April 22nd- State Conference Recognition/New Officer Inductions/End of Year Celebration!

6. This semester… Service Raleigh - Saturday, March 23rd
- Register using group password: hosanc
(register before March 1st to get a shirt!)
Freshberry Fundraiser (Late March)
Officer Elections (March 25th)
Blood Drive (Monday, April 8th)
State Leadership Conference (April 11th-12th)

7. State Leadership Conference
Thursday, April 11th & Friday, April 12th
Sheraton Four Seasons/Koury Convention Center— Greensboro, NC
Over 50 different competitive events!
Networking opportunities!

8. Helpful Resources for Events
Official Competitive Events Resources: provide list of books used to study for events
Competitive Events Guidelines: provides sample questions, rules, and format of event
StudyBlue
Past competitors!

9. Guest Speaker:
Claire lucas
Past National HOSA President

11. Sample Competitive Event
Featured Event: Medical Terminology
Type: Health Science Events
Questions improving members abilities to identify, spell, define, and apply prefixes, suffixes, roots and anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and occupations related to the health care community.

12. Question 1
The suffix for breathing is
cide
ion
pnea
stalis

13. Question 2
The study of the structure, composition and function of body tissue is
biology
cytology
endocrinology
histology

14. Question 3
Meggie was in an automobile accident and tore her deltoid muscle. The surgical procedure to repair the muscle is
myelotomy
myorrhapy
myotomy
diathermy

15. Sample Competitive Event
Featured Event: Medical Spelling
Type: Health Science Events
Questions improving members abilities to define and spell terms associated with careers in the health care community.

16. Question 4 An infection of the kidney is pilonefritis pyelonephritis
pilonephritis
pyelonefritis

17. Question 5
A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain is a
newrologist
noorologist
nirologist
neurologist

18. Question 6 The process of swallowing is deglutition dayglutiion
deglootition
daiglution

19. Officer Elections!
Elected based on members votes/past HOSA participation.
Officer Positions:
President Elect
Secretary
Reporter
Treasurer
Historian
Parliamentarian
Officer Info Interest Application (will be ed out)
Two minute speech– Why should you be officer? @ the next meeting!

20. Next Meeting:
March 25th
@ 7 pm
Riddick 315
Thanks for coming!!!