Updates on courses, HOSA, and events
Course Updates
The Health Science pathway offers 6 courses for grades 9-12. These courses will be focusing on the topics below the first part of the fall semester. If you have expertise in one of these fields and can provide unique opportunities to enrich a course, feel free to reach out to the appropriate teachers.
GT Block
- Introduction to the Design Thinking process with project-based learning applied to the topics of employability, biologically inspired design, healthcare foundation skills.
Contact teachers:
Dr. Sean Fallon: fallons@fultonschools.org
Mr. Fouts: foutsj@fultonschools.org
Ms. Holmes: holmess9@fultonschools.org
Essentials of Healthcare
- Introduction to Body Systems
- Anatomical Directional Terms & Body Planes
- Integumentary System
Contact teacher:
Ms. Cramer: cramere@fultonschools.org
Dr. Stephanie Fallon: fallons1@fultonschools.org
Ms. Holmes: holmess9@fultonschools.org
EMR
- Medical ethics of the profession
- Patient assessment
- Safety
- Anatomy
- Review of symptoms
Contact teacher:
Mr. Fouts: foutsj@fultonschools.org
Surge Tech
- History of surgery and surgical technology
- Orientation to Surgical Technology
- Legal Concepts, Risk Management, & Ethical Issues
- Special Populations
- Physical Environment & Safety Standards.
- Structure, function, and indications of various surgical instruments.
- Sterile gowning and gloving, setting up for surgery, and maintaining a sterile field.
Contact teacher:
Dr. Dawes: dawesc@fultonschools.org
Patient Care Fundamentals
- Exploration of Medical Ethics in the Patient Care Setting
- Nursing Lab Practical: Patient Admissions
Contact teacher:
Ms. Cramer: cramere@fultonschools.org
Allied Health
- Preform of skills representative of one the three areas of allied health care in the laboratory and clinic setting.
Contact teachers:
Dr. Stephanie Fallon: fallons1@fultonschools.org
Biotech Essentials
- Micropipetting and serial dilutions
Contact teacher:
Mr. Kuhn: kuhn@fultonschools.org
Biotech Applications
- Protein analysis and plant cloning
Contact teacher:
Mr. Kuhn: kuhn@fultonschools.org
Biotech Research
- Research proposals
Contact teacher:
Mr. Kuhn: kuhn@fultonschools.org
HOSA Update
- HOSA SLC Conference: Mrs. Holmes and Ms Zahirsky accompanied our students to the HOSA ILC (International Leadership Conference) this June in Texas. As Ms. Holmes put it, “We left Georgia with top 10 contenders in Georgia and we returned with top 10 contenders on the planet.” Congratulations to our HOSA leaders and their teacher sponsors!
Event
- Healthcare information night: Tuesday 8/29/23 6:00pm-8:00pm in the Auditorium. Pathway updates and information.
- 2024 Spring event: We will be hosting our first annual “Save-a-Life” event on Friday, March 22nd, 2017. Activities will include but are not limited to: Mass Casualty Disaster Drill on campus, Red Cross Blood Drive, CPR and AED training, Emergency Medicine boot camp, Fire and Rescue Drills. We are looking for community sponsors and volunteers to help make this an incredible event.