Biomedical Innovation & Health Careers
- Posted by Laurel Hale
- Categories College Career & Life Readiness, Latest News
- Date March 8, 2017
Overview
Biomedical Innovation and Health Careers is a two period (5th and 6th) science class that is recognized by colleges and universities throughout the country as a rigorous, college-prep science class where you apply critical thinking and designing skills to solve problems.
This course is a two-period blocked class that involves:
- Long-term research projects
- Job shadowing
- Mentoring from healthcare professionals
- Medical Terminology Certification
- CPR Certification
Prerequisites
Juniors and Seniors
To enroll, you must have taken one of these classes, earning a B or better (or with approval from Biomedical Innovation instructor):
- Medical Interventions
- Human Body Systems
- Anatomy and Physiology
- AP Biology
Successful students will be self-motivated and willing to work without direct instructions for several days in a row
Credits
• 1.0 Science credit
• 1.0 CTE credit

Experiments and Activities
Here are a few of the labs and activities you will do in Biomedical Innovation:
- Designing hospital facilities
- Conduct experiments and heart, lung, and muscle function
- Examine medical equipment and make it better
- Test well water for toxins and apply the results to human health
- Investigate an epidemic and design solutions to help
- Use PCR, restriction enzymes, transformation, plasmids and cloning methods to solve problems
- Perform an autopsy on a fetal pig
- Design your own long-term project
- Work with mentors
- Job-shadow professionals
Biomedical Innovation and Health Careers will also include industry-level certification for Medical Terminology as well as CPR/1st Aid!

In Biomedical Innovation and Health Careers, students apply their knowledge and skills to answer questions and solve problems related to biomedical sciences. Students design innovative solutions for healthcare challenges of the 21st century as they work through progressively challenging, open-ended problems such as clinical medicine, physiology, biomedical engineering, and public health. Students have the opportunity to work on independent projects and may work with mentors from the health care industry. Throughout the course, students are expected to present their work to an audience that may include representatives from education, business, and the health care community. This course will include learning the standards to earn industry certification in medical terminology and will also participate in approximately 35 hours of worksite learning, including job-shadowing a variety of professionals in the healthcare industry. Biomedical Innovations and Health Careers will be partnering with colleges to receive college credit.
Topics
Problem 1 Design of Effective Emergency Room
Research and design an effective emergency room
Problem 2 Exploring Human Physiology
Design and conduct and long-term research study
Problem 3 Design of a Medical Innovation
Research and design improvements on medical products
Problem 4 Investigating Environmental Health
Explore toxicology and environmental effects on health
Problem 5 Combating a Public Health Issue
Develop a public health campaign to prevent a disease
Problem 6 Molecular Biology in Action
Use DNA technology to solve a missing persons case
Problem 7 Forensic Autopsy
Perform an autopsy on a fetal pig
Problem 8 Independent Project
Design, conduct, and present a research project. The sky’s the limit!
For more information or to register contact your school counselor.
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