Health Science: Curriculum & Outline

  • Career and Technical Education
    ALSDE - approved  CTE  Course of Study Standards linked HERE.
    Supplemental Resources: Subject area courses may utilize the following supplemental resources:                                                                                                                       
    Below are the adopted textbooks for CTE courses as well as the course outline and description.
    Course Textbook Title Author Edition Publisher Copyright Year Tentative Course of Study Course Descriptions
                   
    FOUNDATIONS OF
    HEALTH SCIENCE
      Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science A one-credit foundational course that introduces students to integrated academics, employability and career
    development skills, legal and ethical issues, communications, safety, and life skills. This course is a prerequisite to all
    courses in the Health Science cluster.
    HUMAN BODY STRUCTURES
    AND FUNCTIONS
      Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science A one-credit course designed to help students learn care content that emphasizes the structure and functions of cells,
    tissues, organs, organization of the human body systems, and medical terminology. Scientific processes, problem-based
    learning and critical thinking are integral parts of the course.
    LONG TERM CARE
    NURING ASSISTANT
      Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science This course fulfills the seventy-five (75) hour Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) requirements for training
    of long-term care nursing assistants in preparation for certification through competency evaluation. Emphasis is placed
    on the development of the knowledge, attitudes, and skills required of the long-term care nursing assistant. Upon
    completion of this course, the student should demonstrate satisfactory performance on written examinations and
    clinical skills.
    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY   Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science A one-credit course designed for students to develop healthcare-specific knowledge for a career in the medical field.
    The course uses an integrated approach for teaching the language by incorporating medical terminology with
    anatomy and physiology and the disease process.
    PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN   Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science Patient Care Technician is a one-credit course that provides students the opportunity to become effective and efficient
    multi-skilled healthcare providers. Students will develop a working knowledge of advanced patient care skills, vital
    signs, 12-lead EKG’s, oxygen therapy, basic phlebotomy via simulation, and specimen collection and processing.
    Essential workforce skills and safety will be emphasized, as well as, professional ethics and legal responsibilities.
    Students will ascertain employability skills and soft skills required by business and industry. Upon successful completion
    of the required theory, lab, and simulation, students may be eligible to sit for Patient Care Technician Certification.
    SPORTS MEDICINE ADVANCED   Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science Sports Medicine Advanced is a one-credit course with a strong emphasis on musculoskeletal injuries as well as the 
    psychological and sociological responses to injuries and illness. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills,
    and patient care skills related to prevention, rehabilitation, and management, and communicate appropriate outcomes 
    through oral and written communication. Course content will include an understanding of basic pathophysiology,
    kinesiology, and principles of treatment. An analysis of a variety of health situations involved in the sports medicine
    pathway will be conducted through project-based learning, laboratory, simulation, and clinical experiences. 
    SPORTS MEDICINE FUNDAMENTALS   Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science Sports Medicine Fundamentals is a one-credit course that will provide an overview of the field of sports medicine as
    well as expose students to fundamental skills. The importance of legal and ethical concerns will be emphasized.
    Students will learn about career opportunities, medical terminology, safety, assessment and emergency preparedness
    in sports medicine. 
    SPORTS MEDICINE INTERMEDIATE   Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science Sports Medicine Intermediate is a one-credit course that teaches fundamental skills to include therapeutic exercise
    regimens within the field of sports medicine. Students will explore the study of sports medicine and its relationship to
    risk management and injury prevention. Students will demonstrate an understanding of anatomy and physiology, with
    emphasis on the musculoskeletal system. The importance of health promotion, wellness, injury, and disease prevention
    will be emphasized. Students will examine sports medicine facilities, policies, procedures, and protocols utilized in
    patient care.
    CTE LAB IN HEALTH SCIENCE   Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year
    2024-2025
          2023 Alabama Course of Study: Health Science This one-credit course is an extended laboratory experience to address the advancement and specialization of
    careers within Health Science through individualized or small group instruction. This course allows students to
    enhance the essential and intermediate skills learned through program courses within the career cluster and
    prepare for industry credentialing opportunities.