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High school health academy students describe hands-on physical-therapy clinicals and workplace certifications
Summary
Students and instructors at a local high school health academy described a multi-year program that starts in ninth grade, offers anatomy and physiology courses, clinical placements with local health providers and certifications including CPR and CMAA to prepare students for health-care careers.
Students and instructors at a high school health academy described a multi-year pathway that begins in ninth grade and gives students hands-on clinical experience with local health providers and workplace certifications.
An instructor explained the program sequence and how clinical placements work. “We are able to provide our students with the real life experiences, from clinicals. It starts ninth grade year. So our ninth grade year we build them with med skills, then they go into A and P, which is anatomy and physiology, and then health foundations. And then their senior year, they're in their programs where they're able to get their certifications and CPR certifications so that they can provide real life experiences and, go…
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