Career Exploration Module – DAY ONE
Lesson Title
Career Module
Introduction
Cluster
Pathway
All Pathways
Essential
Question
What is the
Health Science
Cluster?
TEKS
1.A, 1.B, 2.A
Prior Student
Learning
Students should
already be
aware that there
are 15 other
career clusters
Estimated time
45 minutes
Objectives
- Discuss the Health Science Cluster
- Identify and explore career opportunities within the Health Science
Cluster
- Identify and discuss the five pathways within the Health Science
Cluster
Materials/Equipment/Handouts Needed
- Introduction PowerPoint (computer, projector, screen, etc.)
- Career Pathway Matching Activity
- Vocabulary List
Introduction/Engage
Initiate a class discussion by asking each student to give one example of a
career in the Health Science Cluster without repeating another student’s
response.
Activities
- Lecture: Introduction PowerPoint
- Discuss upcoming career module experiences and expectations
- Assignment: Career Pathway Matching Activity
- Review and distribute Health Science Career Module Vocabulary List
Lesson Closure
- Review the five Health Science Pathways using questioning
techniques
- Review and collect Career Pathway Matching Activity sheets
- Homework: Instruct students to begin searching for vocabulary list
definitions
Assessment
- Verbal responses to questions
- Completion of Career Pathway Matching Activity
Extension
- Challenge students to make a list of personal skills and interests
Accommodations for Learning Differences
- Accommodations Manual
- Guidelines and Procedures for Adapting Instructional Materials
- Sample Curriculum Customizations for Learning Differences
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Lesson Plan/Curriculum Modification Checklist
Instructor Format for Curriculum Customization for Learning
Differences
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Career Pathway Matching Activity
Materials needed:
Career Pathway Worksheet
TEKS:
§127.4.(c)(1)(A)(B), (2)(A)
Approximate time:
15-20 minutes
Directions:
1. Give each student a Career Pathway worksheet and go over the directions with
them.
2. Students may use computers and the internet to find information needed on the
activity sheet.
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CAREER PATHWAY MATCHING ACTIVITY
Group Members:
Class:
Period:
Date:
___ Score:
out of 40
The Health Science Cluster is divided into five career pathways according to the tasks of planning,
managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services,
and biotechnology research and development. The five pathways of the Health Science Career Cluster
are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Therapeutic Services
Diagnostic Services
Health Informatics
Support Services
Biotechnology Research & Development
Instructions: Using the list above, place the letter of the career pathway next to the occupation
that it relates to. Be prepared to explain your responses.
_______ 1.
Clinical Lab Technician
_______ 21. Health Educator
_______ 2.
Central Services
_______ 22. Optometrist
_______ 3.
Pharmacist
_______ 23.
Geneticist
_______ 4.
Transcriptionist
_______ 24.
Biomedical Engineer
_______ 5.
Toxicologist
_______ 25. Patient Advocate
_______ 6.
Exercise Physiologist
_______ 26. Histotechnician
_______ 7.
Registered Nurse
_______ 27. Home Health Aide
_______ 8.
Phlebotomist
_______ 28. Paramedic
_______ 9.
Mortician
_______ 29. Medical Biller
_______ 10. Admissions Clerk
_______ 30. Transportation Technician
_______ 11. Acupuncturist
_______ 31. Physician’s Assistant
_______ 12. Epidemiologist
_______ 32.
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
_______ 13. Hospital Maintenance Engineer
_______ 33.
Quality Control Technician
_______ 14. Biochemist
_______ 34.
Dietician
_______ 15. Surgical Technician
_______ 35. Chiropractor
_______ 16. Reimbursement Specialist
_______ 36. Materials Management
_______ 17. Audiologist
_______ 37. Physical Therapist
_______ 18. Medical Sonographer
_______ 38. Medical Assistant (Clinical)
_______ 19. Electrocardiographic (ECG) Tech
_______ 39. Pathologist
_______ 20.
_______ 40. Mammography Technician
Speech Pathologist
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CAREER PATHWAY MATCHING ACTIVITY KEY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
B or E
D
A
C
E
B
A
B
A
E
A
C
D
E
A
C
A
B
B
A or B
C
A
B or E
E
C
B
A
A
C
D
A
B
E
A
A
D
A
A
A or B
B
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CAREER CLUSTER VOCABULARY
Materials needed:
Career Cluster Vocabulary Sheet
TEKS:
§127.4.(c)(1)(A)(B), (2)(A)
Approximate time:
15-20 minutes
Directions:
1. Give each student a Career Cluster Vocabulary sheet and go over the directions with
them.
2. Have the students define the vocabulary words.
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CAREER EXPLORATION MODULE
VOCABULARY LIST
1. Therapeutic Services
2. Diagnostic Services
3. Health Informatics
4. Support Services
5. Biotechnology Research and Development
6. Multidisciplinary Team
7. Orthopedic
8. Trauma emergencies
9. Medical emergencies
10. Radiology
11. Vital Signs
12. Signs
13. Symptoms
14. Therapy
15. Rehabilitation
16. Activities of Daily Living
17. Pathogen
18. Endemic
19. Epidemic
20. Pandemics
21. Contagious
22. Phenotype
23. Recessive
24. Dominant
25. Homozygous
26. Heterozygous
27. Genotype
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CAREER EXPLORATION MODULE
VOCABULARY LIST
KEY
Day One
1. Therapeutic Services- Primarily focused on changing the health status of the patient over
time.
2. Diagnostic Services- Primarily focused on detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases
and disorders.
3. Health Informatics- Primarily focused on management of departments, agencies and
patient data.
4. Support Services- Primarily focused on providing a therapeutic environment for the delivery
of health care.
5. Biotechnology Research and Development- Primarily focused on discovery, research and
development for new diagnostic testing, new treatments and medical devices to improve
patient care.
6. Multidisciplinary Team- Team set up to work together using their areas of expertise to find
a solution to problems effecting patient care and safety; team members may come from all
pathways of health care.
Day Two
7. Orthopedic- A branch of medicine that works with conditions involving the skeletal and
muscle systems.
8. Trauma emergencies- Damage caused by physical harm from external sources.
9. Medical emergencies- Involves illnesses or conditions caused by disease; can be due to a
pathogen or genetics.
10. Radiology- A branch of medicine that uses images to diagnose and treat disease seen
inside the body.
11. Vital Signs- Signs that are essential to life; include temperature, pulse, respirations, and
blood pressure.
12. Signs- Used to assess the patient; can be seen and/or measured.
13. Symptoms- Used to assess the patient; are described by the patient.
Day Three
14. Therapy- Treatment for a disorder; many different forms including medication, counseling or
other medical procedure.
15. Rehabilitation- A branch of medicine that focuses on enhancement or restoring function and
quality of life.
16. Activities of Daily Living- Activities that people tend to do every day without assistance, for
example eating, bathing, walking…
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Day Four
17. Pathogen- A disease caused by a biological organism such as bacteria, viruses, parasites
or fungus.
18. Endemic- A disease that is native to a local region.
19. Epidemic- A disease that spreads to many individuals at the same time.
20. Pandemics- Worldwide epidemic that affects large geographic regions.
21. Contagious- An illness that can be passed on or spread to others.
Day Five
22. Phenotype- The expression of genes seen on any trait, for example eye color.
23. Recessive- Traits that only appear when the gene is inherited from both parents.
24. Dominant- Traits that appear even when only one gene is inherited.
25. Homozygous- Two genes that are alike, either both recessive or both dominant.
26. Heterozygous- When the genes for a trait differ, the dominant one will show up.
27. Genotype- Pair of genes seen on a chromosome that makes up a trait; one from mother and
one from father.
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