2020-2021 Competitive Event Guidelines
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HOSA Handbook Section B – The HOSA Competitive Events Program:
- Enhances Leadership
- Supports Technical Development
- Guides competition at the local, district/regional, state, and international levels
The Competitive Event Program Consists of the Following:
- General Rules and Regulations – rules pertaining to all competitors in all events
- Competitive Event Appendices – additional forms and processes used as part of the CE Program
- Specific Competitive Event Guideline files (found below) which include competency based performance rating sheets.
Area/Regional/State HOSA Event Managers: Equipment and supplies needed to run and organize competitions, can be found HERE. This information is no longer written as a part of the event guidelines.
A History / Summary of the CE Program (Section B) can be found HERE.
Updates from 2020-2021 Membership Year:
4.5.2021 Math for Health Careers – clarification added to reflect the ‘fill-in-the-blank’ test-question response format
3.5.2021 Medical Math – clarification added to reflect the ‘fill-in-the-blank’ test-question response format
11.29.2020 CERT Skill III A – Scoring has been updated.
10.15.2020 Info has been added to the Medical Spelling re: discount code for Taber’s for individuals & a link for advisors.
10.6.2020 Medical Assisting – Links for the fillable pdfs in skill II and skill III have been added.
9.23.2020 Nursing Assisting & Personal Care Clarification has been made to Skill V steps #7 & #8.
9.20.2020 Clinical Specialty – The Work-based Summary and Learning and the Professional Verification Letter have been deleted due to limitations in facility access due to Covid.
9.17.2020 Healthy Lifestyle – Points for the reference page have been added to the rating sheet.
9.17.2020 Healthy Lifestyle – Points for the reference page have been added to the rating sheet.
Middle School Events
Middle School (MS)- A middle school student is one who: a) is enrolled in a state-approved health science program or is planning to pursue a career in the health professions; and b) has not been promoted to a secondary institution (grades 9-12) prior to the state’s/country’s annual conference. He/she must be in grades 6-8.
Barbara James Service Award
Barbara James Service Award
GUIDELINESDynamic Decisions
Dynamic Decisions
GUIDELINESExploring Medical Innovation
Exploring Medical Innovation
GUIDELINESExtemporaneous Health Poster
Extemporaneous Health Poster
GUIDELINESFoundations of Medical Terminology
Foundations of Medical Terminology
GUIDELINESHealth Career Exploration
Health Science
Health Career Exploration
GUIDELINESHealth Career Display
Health Career Display
GUIDELINESHealth Career Preparation
Health Career Preparation
GUIDELINESHealth Education
Health Education
GUIDELINESHealthy Lifestyle
Healthy Lifestyle
GUIDELINESHOSA Happenings
HOSA Happenings
GUIDELINESHOSA Service Project
HOSA Service Project
GUIDELINESLife Threatening Situations
Life Threatening Situations
GUIDELINESMath For Health Careers
Math For Health Careers
GUIDELINESMedical Reading
Medical Reading
GUIDELINESNutrition
Nutrition
GUIDELINESPrepared Speaking
Prepared Speaking
GUIDELINESPublic Health
Public Health
GUIDELINESSpeaking Skills*
Leadership
IDEA qualified eventSpeaking Skills*
GUIDELINESHealth Science Events
Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health
GUIDELINESCultural Diversities & Disparities
Cultural Diversities & Disparities
GUIDELINESDental Terminology
Dental Terminology
GUIDELINESHealth Informatics
Health Informatics
GUIDELINESHuman Growth & Development
Human Growth & Development
GUIDELINESMedical Law & Ethics
Medical Law & Ethics
GUIDELINESMedical Math
Medical Math
GUIDELINESMedical Reading
Medical Reading
GUIDELINESMedical Spelling
Medical Spelling
GUIDELINESMedical Terminology
Medical Terminology
GUIDELINESNutrition
Nutrition
GUIDELINESPathophysiology
Pathophysiology
GUIDELINESPharmacology
Pharmacology
GUIDELINESHealth Professions Events
