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Health Science 2A

Course Description:

This one-semester course is intended to help you understand the skills required to achieve success in modern-day careers related to health care. This course has 18 lessons organized into three units. Each lesson contains one or more Lesson Activities. This course will cover diverse topics such as the healthcare system, diagnostic services, stress management, health informatics, medical math, and professional conduct. You will submit the Discussion document to your teacher, and you will grade your work in the Lesson Activities by comparing them with given sample responses. The Lesson Activities (self-checked) are the major components of this course. There are other assessment components, namely the mastery test questions that feature along with the lesson, the post-test questions that come at the end of the unit, and an end-of-semester test. All of these tests are a combination of simple multiple-choice questions and technology enhanced (TE) questions. 

Course Details:

Course Title (District): Health Science 2A
Course Title (NCES SCED) : Health Science
Course Provider : Burr Oak Community School District
Content Provided By : My Virtual Academy
Online Instructor Provided By : My Virtual Academy
Standards Addressed : Common Core State Standards
Academic Terms : Open Entry / Open Exit
NCES SCED Code : 14251
Subject Area : Health Care Sciences
Course Identifier : Health Science
Course Level : High School (Secondary)
Available Credit : 0.5
Sequence : 1 of 2

How To Enroll:

Enrollment Website : https://www.myvirtualacademy.com/programs/specialized-programs/specialized-programs-application/
Email : [email protected]
Phone : 800-297-2119

Students and Parents: It is important to work closely with your local school counselor or registrar to follow the school's enrollment procedures. By clicking the "Start Registration Request" button below, you will be able to notify the school of your interest in registering for the online course. However, it is the responsibility of the district or school to review the registration request and approve or deny the request. Please make a note to follow up with your school after submitting a registration request.

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Additional Course Information:

Additional Cost: $0.0

Additional Cost Description:

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This course will help you meet the following goals: • Describe the healthcare system and analyze how multidisciplinary teams collaborate to provide quality health care. • Discuss the career and advancement opportunities in therapeutic, diagnostic, health informatics, and support services, and in the field of biotechnology. • Identify communication skills essential for healthcare professionals, such as leadership, critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and conflict resolution. • Discuss the various stress management techniques for healthcare workers and patients. • Discuss the qualities that are required for professional conduct and the ways to maintain healthy personal and professional relationships. • Describe dealing with cultural diversity with sensitivity to provide quality healthcare to diverse ethnic groups. • Discuss technology and appropriate procedures for gathering, filing, and reporting information in the field of healthcare. • Demonstrate how precise mathematical calculations are essential in health care.

Unit 1: Career Pathways

Unit 2: Employability Skills

Unit 3: Professional Skills 

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To be successful in our program, it is important for the student to remain in constant communication with the online instructor. The online instructor will be communicating with the student 1-2 times per week. Communication between the student and online instructor will be phone, email, texting, Zoom Meeting and/or discussion boards. Online instructors provide families with their weekly office hours and My Virtual Academy is open Monday – Thursday from 8 AM – 8 PM, Friday from 8 AM – 4 PM and Saturday from 8 AM – 2 PM with staff available to answer questions/concerns. Messages received after hours will be returned the next school day. Parents/Guardians/Students will have access to the curriculum and grade book 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

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