• Students analyze the current health care delivery system and the various career opportunities in each delivery system.
• Students make a chart or graph showing health care needs from a random sampling of the community and compare that need to the services available from the various delivery systems.
• Students prepare a resource pamphlet listing the various state and federal agencies that regulate health care providers.

Growth and Development Standard 2: Students will understand the concepts and principles of human body system structure and function in relation to human growth and development. They will classify normal and abnormal physiology and physical characteristics according to the basic developmental stages. Samples of specific activities or tasks that give students the opportunity to demonstrate that they can meet the standard:

• Students prepare a graphic depiction of the physiological changes during various developmental stages of growth.
• Students interview their own parents and other family members and develop a personal growth portfolio to include pictures, growth charts, and anecdotal notes from parents.

Safety Standard 3: Students will understand the principles of asepsis, body mechanics, and protective safety measures. They will differentiate safety issues and risks inherent to specific health careers including, but not limited to exposure to infection, hazardous and biomedical waste and materials, behavioral problems, and fire and disaster.
Examples of the types of work students should be able to do to meet the standard:

• In a group, students present workplace safety policy and procedures through a role play activity. They will demonstrate appropriate lifting techniques, sterile techniques, and combative behavior control.
• Students prepare a disaster evacuation plan for a selected health care facility in the community (acute, long term care or rehabilitation).

Communication and Decision Making Standard 4: Students will exhibit critical and creative thinking, logical reasoning, and problem solving skills. They will apply numerical estimation, measurement, and calculation as appropriate. They will recognize problem situations; identify, locate and organize needed information or data; and propose, evaluate, and select alternative solutions.
Examples of the types of work students should be able to do to meet the standard:

• Given a health care scenario of a modern-day disease outbreak or unusual health care controversy, students identify issues and possible remedies for controlling the spread of the disease and present findings to the class.
• Students calculate the yearly cost and benefits of various health care plans and conclude which plan would be most beneficial and cost effective. They compare the data for the 16-24 age group, 35-50 age group, and over-65 age group.

Ethical and Legal Responsibilities Standard 5: Students will evaluate ethical considerations, legal constraints and professional codes affecting health care delivery systems. They will interpret individual responsibility for professional conduct within ethical and legal boundaries.
Examples of the types of work students should be able to do to meet the standard:

• Students choose a current ethical issue such as “Who gets the heart” or assisted suicide and present a panel debate on that topic.
• Students research a selected health care career and outline basic legal boundaries that determine the scope of practice for the practitioner.

Career Planning Standard 6: Students will analyze the relationship of personal traits such as interests, values, aptitudes, and abilities to career choices and job satisfaction. They will compare their personal profiles to various health career educational requirements and job experience, environmental factors, and work related expectations to analyze and define their career plan.
Examples of the types of work students should be able to do to meet the standard:

• Students will complete an individual career and education plan based on aptitude, interest, and career opportunity research.

Health Maintenance Standard 7: Students will use knowledge of prevention of disease processes for the maintenance of optimum health. They will apply appropriate fundamentals of fitness to develop an individual health plan.
Examples of the types of work students should be able to do to meet the standard:

• Students will research a contagious disease and prepare a fact sheet on transmission and prevention.
• Students will prepare a personal physical fitness plan that will help decrease their chance of contracting the contagious disease presented on the fact sheet.

• Students research the various injuries that are common to specific sports and their long-range effect on the athlete. They compare the average salaries and “work” life of athletes in various sports, and the number of athletes who are actually successful in contrast to the number of potential candidates. The students in groups come to a consensus on “is it worth it?” and justify their position.