Category VI

HOSA Competitive Events

Category I (Health Occupations Related Events)

Category II (Health Occupations Skills Events)

Category III (Individual Leadership Events)

Category IV
(Team Leadership Events

Category V
(Recognition)

Category IV
(Team Leadership Events)

Biomedical Debate	Career Health Display
Community Awareness	Creative Problem Solving
HOSA Bowl	Medical Reading
Parliamentary Procedure

-- Biomedical Debate --

A team of 3-4 students researches an ethical topic. After a preliminary round, the top teams debate either the Affirmative or Negative side, plan their strategy and debate an opposing team.

-- Career Health Display --

A team of 2 students researches a career in a health occupation. They then create a display that is 3 feet high that will explain the chosen career.

-- Community Awareness --

This is a community service event. Chapter members work within their community to select a health-related issue and then raise community awareness of that issue. The product of the project is a notebook of activities and a presentation of the project.

-- Creative Problem Solving --

Teams of 3 - 4 members are given a secret problem related to a health issue. They have 30 minutes to analyze the problem and then 10 minutes to present their solution to a panel of judges, who will ask questions about their solution and the problem solving process.

-- HOSA Bowl --

Teams of four HOSA members take a 50-item, multiple choice written test on HOSA facts, parliamentary procedure, medical information, and medical history. Top scoring teams advance to a single elimination tournament by ringing a buzzer before the other team and correctly answering the most questions in 10-minute rounds.

-- Medical Reading --

Teams of three members read five books that have been selected by the National Competitive Events Program and answer a series of questions individually and some questions collaboratively. Reading comprehension is the key for this competitive event.

-- Parliamentary Procedure --

In this event, teams of 5 - 8 members learn about parliamentary procedure. For competition, they take a 50 item multiple choice written test. Then, after having 10 minutes to analyze a secret problem, they conduct a simulated business meeting, addressing the motions in the secret problem.