What is Health Science Education?
Health Science is an educational program designed for all students in grades 9-12 who are interested in a health career.
State Health Science Education Web Site
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Health Science Education provides students in grades K-12 a knowledge of health careers. The program in Tennessee focuses and emphasizes a major in health science education. It is designed to help students who complete their major continue their study in postsecondary education.
Goals of Health Science Education
- Provide students with an adequate knowledge of health care careers and supply competent, trained workers into the workplace or a pathway that leads to entrance into a one-, two- or four-year program at a college or university.
- Recognize health care needs and provide students with updated information on new and innovative technology in health care.
- Support a cooperative effort between high school and postsecondary education for allied health and nursing programs.
- Collaborate with the health care industry to update and change knowledge and skills for all students enrolled in Health Science Education.
Health Science Education is a program designed to prepare students for careers in health care. The program provides students with the following career opportunities:
- An academic foundation that includes reading and writing (charts, reports, manuals...); the performance of mathematical operations, such as computations involving weights and measures; and the application of science knowledge, such as biology, chemistry and physics.
- Hands-on experiences in a health care facility. These include job shadowing, clinical internships, cooperative education and other work-based experiences.
- An opportunity to become a certified nurses aide.
- health care mentors who assist with learning opportunities in a health care facility.
- Community involvement with health care partnerships.
- Opportunities for Tech Prep programs to earn college credit while in high school.
- Preparation for employment in new and innovative health care careers.