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National Healthcare Foundation Skills Assessment

The National Healthcare Foundation Skills Assessment aligns with industry standards for career and technical education. Learn about assessment items covering body planes, safety practices, and legal responsibilities. Stay updated on CTE assessments in finance, marketing, and more. Contact Patty Cantú for information.

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National Healthcare Foundation Skills Assessment

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  1. National Healthcare Foundation Skills Assessment Michigan State Board of Education Meeting October 13, 2009

  2. Perkins IV Requirement • Student attainment of career and technical skill proficiencies, including student achievement on technical assessments, that are aligned with industry-recognized standards

  3. Assessment and AccountabilityAdvisory Group • Originally formed to provide input to OCTE to develop the Perkins State Plan • Will continue as an advisory group throughout the CTE assessment program

  4. Health Science Assessment • NCHSE was the advisory group used to develop the Health Career Cluster standards • National Healthcare Foundation Skills Assessment was developed in alignment with the standards

  5. Assessment Item: Academic Foundation 1.12 Recognize body planes, directional terms, quadrants, and cavities. If the body were cut in a transverse plane, what organs would be in the same half? • Spinal cord and occipital lobe of the brain • Heart and thyroid gland • Right ovary and right lung • Brain and bladder

  6. Assessment Item: Safety Practices 7.21 Apply personal safety procedures based on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regulations. What book would include Material Safety Data Sheets? • Red Cross "Emergency Care and Safety" • "CDC Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards" • "Living and Driving Safely" by Mothers Against Drunk Driving • A hospital "Policies and Procedures Manual"

  7. Assessment Item: Legal Responsibilities 5.24 Understand informed consent. Which of these patients would require the consent of another person before a medical professional can provide treatment? • A married 18 year-old girl with an abscessed tooth • An adult patient who refuses to have x-rays taken • A boy on his middle school baseball team who twisted his ankle • An unconscious man who needs emergency surgery

  8. National Cut Scores • As with most occupational licensing and certification exams, a group of business and industry experts determines the necessary knowledge and skills needed for an entry level worker

  9. Status of CTE Assessments • 2009-2010 • Continuation with Finance • Marketing • Education and Training • Transportation, Distribution and Logistics • Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

  10. Contact For more information, contact: Patty Cantú, Director Office of Career and Technical Education 241-2900 cantup@michigan.gov

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