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. |
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Tentative Course of Study |
Course Descriptions |
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FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH SCIENCE |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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 |
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Pending Textbook Adoption for School Year 2024-2025 |
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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. |