An Introduction to An Introduction to Advanced HealthAdvanced Health

An Overview of Advanced HealthAn Overview of Advanced Health

The purpose of this The purpose of this course is to provide course is to provide information and information and instruction on major instruction on major health concepts, health concepts, issues, and careers issues, and careers for those students for those students who are interested in who are interested in the health and the health and medical professionsmedical professions

The Main Objectives of The Main Objectives of Advanced HealthAdvanced Health

Students must apply, Students must apply, connect, and understand connect, and understand the major health the major health concepts, diseases, and concepts, diseases, and issues in their lives.issues in their lives.

Students will be given Students will be given information on the various information on the various diseases and health diseases and health issues, asissues, as well as on the well as on the health and medical health and medical careers.careers.

Course ContentCourse Content

The Human BodyThe Human Body

GeneticsGenetics

The Aging BodyThe Aging Body

PreventionPrevention

RehabilitationRehabilitation

Death and DyingDeath and Dying

NutritionNutrition

Vessel DisordersVessel Disorders

Disorders of Nutrition and Disorders of Nutrition and MetabolismMetabolism

DrugsDrugs

ImmunologyImmunology

DiseaseDisease

Sexually Transmitted Sexually Transmitted DiseasesDiseases

Biology of HIV/AIDSBiology of HIV/AIDS

CancerCancer

Heart and Blood Heart and Blood DisordersDisorders

Course ContentCourse Content

Current events in health and Current events in health and medicinemedicineField trips to a local hospital Field trips to a local hospital or medical schoolor medical schoolGuest speakers from the Guest speakers from the health professionshealth professionsMedical terminologyMedical terminologyPre-health guidancePre-health guidanceProjects on health careers Projects on health careers and diseases/disordersand diseases/disordersReading comprehension on Reading comprehension on major health and medical major health and medical topicstopicsSymbol identificationSymbol identification

Skills to be Emphasized in the Skills to be Emphasized in the Advanced Health CourseAdvanced Health Course

The following skills will be The following skills will be emphasized in this courseemphasized in this course::Application of content to Application of content to the students’ daily livesthe students’ daily livesApplication of skills via Application of skills via class activities and class activities and discussionsdiscussionsHealth promotionHealth promotionInterpretationInterpretationProcessing basic skills and Processing basic skills and critical thinking skillscritical thinking skillsReading comprehensionReading comprehensionVocabularyVocabulary

Advanced Health ClubAdvanced Health Club

For any student For any student who is interested who is interested in both science, in both science, health, and health, and medicine, they medicine, they may want to join may want to join the Advanced the Advanced Health Club!Health Club!

Advanced Health ClubAdvanced Health Club

This extracurricular This extracurricular club is for those club is for those students in grades students in grades 9 through 12 who 9 through 12 who want to pursue a want to pursue a career in the health career in the health and medical and medical professionsprofessions

Advanced Health ClubAdvanced Health Club

In addition, club In addition, club members partake in members partake in various service various service projects that benefit projects that benefit the worldwide the worldwide communitycommunity

Advanced Health ClubAdvanced Health Club

Activities include the Activities include the followingfollowing::Club meetingsClub meetingsGuest speaker Guest speaker presentationspresentationsVisits to local hospitals and Visits to local hospitals and medical schoolsmedical schoolsNBC 6 & Telemundo NBC 6 & Telemundo Caravan of Joy Christmas Caravan of Joy Christmas Toy DriveToy DriveFight Cancer ProjectFight Cancer ProjectJuvenile Diabetes WalkJuvenile Diabetes WalkMS WalkMS WalkWorld AIDS Day FundraiserWorld AIDS Day Fundraiser