National Health Science and Biomedical Initiative

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National Health Science and Biomedical Initiative

• The California Center for College and Careers
• National Consortium of Health Science and
  Technology Education

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Here come the Baby Boomers
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Three-year Process

• Year 1 Schools in 8 states participate as beta
  sites to develop and pilot 2 units/site.
• Year 2 Minnesota (Rochester Public Schools) was
  added along with another Illinois site. Sixteen
  units developed.
• Year 3 Roll out workshops for year 1 units.
  Development of four elective courses and
  work-based protocols written.

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Goals of Biomedical Initiative

• Improve academic achievement through authentic
  project-based learning related to healthcare
  issues
• Introduce students to the variety of healthcare
  career options and opportunities available
• Increase the number of students interested in
  pursuing a care in health care

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Good GoalsHow is it Done?

• Interdisciplinary, integrated units based on
  healthcare issues, practices and procedures
• Four core courses
• Four elective courses
• Work-based Learning Experiences
• Protocols

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Critical Components

• Teacher Administrative buy-in
• Common Prep Time
• Cohort of students common to all teachers
• Partnerships with Healthcare providers and others

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Available Units

• Risky Business
• Nutrition and Health
• Bioethics
• Career Explorations
• Catch the Fever Biological Evolution of
  Microorganisms
• Waiting to Inhale
• Second Opinion The Rise of complementary/alternat
  ive Medicine in the United States

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Units continued

• The Current World Status
• Role of Government
• Work Place Injuries

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Sample Unit Bioethics

• Do No Harm
• Essential Question What is the appropriate
  government role in medical decisions that affect
  the lives of individuals?

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Bioethics

• Subunit 1-Conducting and Regulating Biomedical
  Research.
• Biology Cell Division Differentiation
• Cells Gone Wild
• Biology/English- Stem Cell Research
• Project
• US History/Health Science Shaping
• the Research Agenda
• US History Bad Blood

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Bioethics

• Subunit 2 Creating and Regulating
• Pharmaceutical Advertising
• English Advertising the Art of Persuasion
• History Consumerism in the 20th Century
• English Vintage vs. Modern
  Pharmaceutical Advertising Analysis
• History Regulating Direct-to-Consumer
  Advertising
• English Pharmaceutical Advertising Project

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Bioethics

• Subunit 3 Regulating Individual Medical
  Decisions
• Biology Viral Structure and Replication
• Biology Vaccine Development and Mechanisms
• US History Polio Vaccination and the Public
  Good Choice or Compulsion?
• US History Government Interventions

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Integrated Units

• Aligned with National Standards for Science
  Education, Social Studies and English
• Resources sited

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Integrated Units Roll-out

• Units will be released in beta team states
  2007-08 School Year
• All 10 units will be made available to anyone
  attending a one-day informational/training
  workshop
• Minnesotas workshop will be in Roseville at the
  Department of Education building.
• Feb. 28, 2008

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Contacts

• Carole Stacy cstacy_at_mhc.org
• Bev Campbell becgroup_at_sbcglobal.net
• Penni Hudis PD_at_ConnectEDCalifornia.org
• Nancy Allen nallen_at_ed.sc.gov