Students apply their knowledge and skills learned in previous PLTW Biomedical Science courses to develop innovative solutions for health challenges of the 21st century. The course includes an independent project in which the students are encouraged to work with a mentor or advisor from a university, hospital, physician’s office, or industry.   This is a capstone…

Principles of Biomedical Science provides an introduction to biomedical science through hands-on projects and problems. Students investigate concepts of biology and medicine as they explore health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, sickle-cell disease, hypercholesterolemia, and infectious diseases. This course receives weighted GPA.

This course is designed to provide an overview of the health care industry. Students will be introduced to medical ethics, teamwork, disease treatment and prevention through hands-on activities. Additionally, students will develop communication and leadership skills, identify career clusters related to health science, academic requirements for advancement such as certification, licensure, registration, and advanced degrees.…

Students examine the interactions of body systems as they explore deeply biological identity, communication, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis. Through individual and team activities, projects, and problems, students design experiments, investigate the structures and function of the human body, and use data acquisition software to monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary…

Students are introduced to the structure of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, combining singular and plural forms, medical abbreviations, and acronyms. This course allows students will develop a comprehension of medical vocabulary appropriate to medical procedures, human anatomy and physiology, and pathophysiology. This course is highly recommended for students pursuing a health science…

Students investigate the variety of interventions involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease as they follow the lives of a fictitious family. Through these scenarios students will be exposed to the wide range of interventions related to immunology, surgery, genetics, pharmacology, medical devices, and diagnostics. This course receives weighted GPA.

Student will gain a strong foundation in the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in the pharmaceutical field (e.g., pharmacy technician, pharmacist). Knowledge includes pharmacology, pharmacy law, medication safety, the dispensing process, and inventory.

Certification opportunity: Pharmacy Technician. Pharmacy II provides students with advanced knowledge and skills including pharmacology, pharmacy law, medication errors, pharmacy calculations, compounding, and workflow expectations in a pharmacy setting. To better prepare students for the pharmacy technician certification exam, students with transportation will have externship opportunities at various times of the year. Uniform may be…