Bollman Technical Education Center

Teachers:

Med Prep: Lissa Bartle

English: Terri Lane

Science: Elizabeth Wong

Interested in pursuing a career in the medical or health fields?  As the largest industry in 2006, health care provided 14 million jobs nationwide. According to the US Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook: (http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm)

• 7 of the 20 fastest growing occupations are health care related.
• Health care will generate 3 million new wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry.

• Most workers have jobs that require less than 4 years of college education, but health diagnosing and treating practitioners are among the most educated workers.

Health care combines technical skills with compassion to create a rewarding career in helping people of all ages, cultures, and diagnosis' to live the best possible life that they can.  Healthcare workers can work in a variety of settings: hospitals, clinics, residential facilities, physician's offices, home health, outpatient care settings, ambulatory care, and laboratory facilities.  A health care worker can choose to work in a small office or a large urban hospital.

Health care will generate 3 million new wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry. Seven of the twenty fastest growing occupations are health career related.

The Medical Preparation Program at BTEC can get you started!

Med Prep provides students general workplace skills and specific health industry knowledge that can assist them in attaining employment in a variety of entry level positions within health care settings or continue their education at the post-secondary level. Upon completion of the Med Prep program, students are eligible to take the state exam to become a Certified Nurses Aide.

Med Prep is for serious students with a long-term goal of employment in the medical field; a strong program commitment is essential for success. Students will complete 50 volunteer hours, participate in one or more service learning activities, and be a member of Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA).

Read a few of the comments from past students about how Med Prep has helped them to prepare for a career.

"My Med Prep experience has been very insightful. I have learned so much, not only about the medical field but about what it really takes to be in the medical field."

"Throughout the program, I have gained knowledge on skills, medical terminology, body systems and health science careers. I don't think these are the most important part of the program. The most important part of the program that I learned was self-discipline, respect, honesty and integrity."

"Who would have guessed on my day to go to the emergency room a 17 year old high school student would help save a life? I don't know one other person my age that can say that, but I can. Thank you, without you I couldn't have done it."

"Med Prep has had an impact on my life that no other course has ever done before or could even compare. It has transformed me into a more mature, responsible and caring individual."

2008-2009 Syllabus

Careers
http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/ClusterDocuments/hsdocuments/1HSModel.pdf

Course Credits

First Semester: (1 CCHE Academic Elective and CCHE Academic Core)
The two-hour block class consists of classroom lectures, labs, field trips and health industry speaker presentations.
Credits: 1/2 ScienceCP Anatomy/Physiology Science and 1/2 Fine/Practical Arts.

Second Semester: (1.5 CCHE Academic Elective and CCHE Academic Core)
The three-hour block class consists of classroom lectures and clinical rotations to both a long-term health-care facility and acute health-care facility. Rotations allow students to apply skills learned in the classroom in a practical setting. Instruction is provided on-site and in the classroom. For off-site locations, students are required to provide their own transportation and proof of insurance; student carpooling is not permitted.
Credit: 1/2 Science CP Anatomy/Physiology and 1/2 Composition II, and 1/2 Health (option) or 1/2 Physical Education (option). Total semester credits may not exceed 1.5 credits.

Counseling Notes:

• Students must arrange their own transportation to clinicals. Due to liability issues, students may not carpool.
• Due to the intense, pre-professional nature of this program, perfect attendance is mandatory.
• This program is open to 11th and 12th grade students only.
• Pre-requisite: Anatomy/Physiology
• Science/Math Teacher or counselor recommendation is required prior to enrollment.
• Immunizations must be current, including TB vaccination and Hepatitis B series (series takes approximately six months).
• Students must have a watch with a second hand.
• First Semester class meets for a double period daily; Second Semester class meets for a triple period daily.
• Students must earn 75% or better first semester and have MedPrep instructor recommendation for second semester continuation.
• Upon completion of MedPrep semester II, students are eligible to take the state exam for Nurses Aide certification.