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- Accounting with QuickBooks
- Application of Business Technology
- Art of Animation I
- Art of Animation II
- Art of Digital Photography
- Art of Graphic Design I
- Art of Graphic Design II
- Auto MLR I
- Auto MLR II
- Auto MLR III
- Child Development
- Computer Aided Design / 3D
- Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Dental Assistant
- Dental Assistant Advanced
- Exploring Computer Science (UC)
- Fashion Design & Merchandising I
- Hospital Occupations
- Medical Assistant Back Office Clinical Assistant
- Medical Core
- PLTW - Aerospace Engineering
- PLTW - Automation and Robotics
- PLTW - Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSE)
- PLTW - Design and Modeling (DM)
- PLTW - Energy and Environment
- PLTW - Engineering Design and Development (EDD)
- PLTW - Flight and Space (FS)
- PLTW - Human Body Systems (HBS)
- PLTW - Introduction to Computer Science (ICS)
- PLTW - Introduction To Engineering Design (IED)
- PLTW - Medical Detective
- PLTW - Medical Interventions
- PLTW - Principles of Biomedical Science (PBS)
- PLTW - Principles of Engineering
- Professional Internship
- Sports Medicine
- Video Production II
- Video Production I
- Writing For Stage and Screen
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Course name:Medical Interventions (PLTW-MI)Course Description:Medical Interventions (MI) allows students to investigate the variety of interventions involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease as they follow the lives of a fictitious family. A “How-To” manual for maintaining overall health and homeostasis in the body, the course will explore how to prevent and fight infection, how to screen and evaluate the code in our DNA, how to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer, and how to prevail when the organs of the body begin to fail. Through these scenarios students will be exposed to the wide range of interventions related to immunology, surgery, genetics, pharmacology, medical devices, and diagnostics. Each family case scenario will introduce multiple types of interventions, reinforce concepts learned in the previous two courses, and present new content. Interventions may range from simple diagnostic tests to treatment of complex diseases and disorders. These interventions will be showcased across the generations of the family and will provide a look at the past, present, and future of biomedical science. Lifestyle choices and preventive measures are emphasized throughout the course as well as the important role that scientific thinking and engineering design play in the development of interventions of the future.
Students practice problem solving with structured activities and progress to open-ended projects and problems that require them to develop planning, documentation, communication, and other professional skills.Articulated: No
UC "a-g" approved: YesOffered at school:- Saddleback High School
Last Modified on August 24, 2015