hillwood hca final

Teacher Team Externship Program

“Real World Work Experience”

Electronic Template 2010,

A Pilot Program with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the High School Academies of Metro Nashville Public Schools

Interdisciplinary Curriculum Unit Overview Business Process:

Structure of Corporate Headquarters and inter-departmental and community relationships.

School: Hillwood Comprehensive High School

Academy: The Academy of Health Sciences

Team Members:

Andrea Beebe

Amanda MacMoran

Margaret Shuff

Amy Pawlak

Jana Myrick

Dr. Donna Harper

Externship Company: Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)

Project Description:

Students will create a plan on how HCA should revamp their outreach program on Diabetes to Latinos in

Nashville. They will integrate Spanish, English, Science, Health Science and Social Studies into the

culminating project. To do this each class will approach the topic from a multifaceted perspective.

Students will create public service announcements, marketing campaigns, interpreting primary

documents, doing in-depth research, and analyzing patient data. The culminating project will be

presented to a panel of HCA Corporate employees and the COO of Southern Hills Hospital.

Making Academic Connections:

English:

3002.1.6 Use print and electronic reference sources as aids in understanding all aspects

of a word (e.g., spelling, part of speech, definition, cognates, etymology, synonyms).

SPI 3002.1.15 Proofread a written passage for errors in punctuation and/or capitalization

and/or spelling.

3002.2.1 Follow multi-tasked or multi-dimensional instructions to perform a specific role

in a task, answer difficult questions, and solve challenging problems

3002.2.7 Listen actively in group discussions by posing relevant questions and by

eliminating barriers to communication.

3002.2.9 Organize oral presentations to emphasize the purpose of the presentation, citing

first the simple examples or arguments and then the more abstract ones

3002.3.14 Generate notes while collecting information, following a logical note-taking

system.

CLE 3002.4.1 Define and narrow a problem or research topic.

3002.6.8 Synthesize information across multiple informational and technical texts and

sources.





Science (Biology):

3210.4.2 Complete and interpret genetic problems that illustrate sex linkage, co-dominance,

incomplete dominance, multiple alleles, and polygenic inheritance.

3210.4.3 Apply data to complete and interpret a genetic pedigree.

3210.4.5 Associate gene mutation with changes in a DNA molecule.

SPI 3210.4.4 Determine the probability of a particular trait in an offspring based on the

genotype of the parents and the particular mode of inheritance.

SPI 3210.4.5 Apply pedigree data to interpret various modes of genetic inheritance.

SPI 3210.4.8 Determine the relationship between mutations and human genetic disorders.

Health Science:

1.1 The student will communicate with patients who have cultural differences in which the client or

patient verbalizes understanding.

4.3 – 4.5 The student will illustrate preventive health practice and differentiate between illness

prevention and wellness.

5.0 The student will analyze facility/patient information for data collecting purposes.

Social Studies:

3. 1.0.5 Colonization and immigrations patterns from the countries that settled the Americas.

4. 6.5.0 Post-reconstruction shift in immigration to the West

5. 6.4.0 Post-reconstruction blacks remain in the South and some move West

6. Industrial Revolution

6.5.5 .Change in business techniques

7.2. Change in business structure

7.6 Use of immigrants in business

7.5 And 7.2 Effect of immigration on unionization

7. 20th

Century

8.5 And 9.5 Anti-immigration legislation in the 1920s

9.5 Changing immigration in the 1970s

9.4 , 9.5, 9.6 Diversity interest in the 1970s

10.4, 10.5, 10.6 1990s hostility to immigration

Exceptional Education:

R.1.Develop oral language and listening skills

R.2. Demonstrate knowledge of concepts of print

R.4. Develop and extend reading vocabulary

R.5. Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and check for

understanding after reading

W.1.Write for a variety of purposes

C.1. Identify differences among people

C.2. Recognize that culture is learned behavior that includes customs, beliefs, rules, life ways,

language, food, and clothing





C.3. Recognize people use diverse languages to communicate with one another

C.4. Recognize communities have customs and cultures that differ

C.5. Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music,

and religion)

C.8. Identify how communities reflect the cultural background of their inhabitants

Spanish:

1.1In the target language, engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express

feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

1.2Understand and interpret both written and spoken forms of the target language on a variety

of topics

3.1 Reinforce and acquire further knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language

4.2 Recognize that cultures use different patterns of interaction and apply this knowledge to

one’s own culture.

Industry Vocabulary:

HCA – Hospital Corporation of America SRG – Strategic Resource Group

SCRI – Sarah Cannon Research Institute PMI – Project Management Institute

COO – Chief Operations Officer IND – Investigational New Drug

CEO – Chief Executive Officer Diabetes

CSG – Clinical Specialist Splitters and Loyalists

CFO – Chief Financial Officer Summary

PPACA – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Critique

DRG – Deregulatory Guideline Paraphrase

BHS – Behavioral Health Sciences Primary Source

EHR – Electronic Health Records Secondary Source

ED – Emergency Department

RN – Registered Nurse

LPN – Licensed Professional Nurse

CMA – Certified Nursing Assistant

GPO – Group Purchasing Organization

HPG – HealthTrust Purchasing Group

EMS – Emergency Medical Services

Infrastructure

Language Line

Latino

Hispanic





Essential Question: How should HCA revamp their outreach program on diabetes to the Latino

community?

Project Description:

Students will create a plan on how HCA should revamp their outreach program on Diabetes to Latinos in

Nashville. They will integrate Spanish, English, Science, Health Science and Social Studies into the culminating

project. To do this each class will approach the topic from a multifaceted perspective. Students will create

public service announcements, marketing campaigns, interpret primary documents, doing in-depth research, and

analyzing patient data. The culminating project will be presented to a panel of HCA Corporate employees and

the COO of Southern Hills Medical Center.

Integrated Curriculum Unit Implementation

Student Performances

Subject: Spanish

Students will

create a marketing

campaign to get the

word out to the

community about

Diabetes classes.

Students

will research the

prevalence of

Diabetes in other

Latin American

countries.

Students

will investigate how

the Maya people of

Mexico view and

treat illnesses such as

Diabetes.

Topic: Diabetes in the Latino Community of Nashville

Subject: English

Students

will research various

topics surrounding

socioeconomic and

health related issues

with emphasis on

diabetes with

relationship to the

Latino community.

Students

will utilize skills with

narrowing a

research topic;

generating notes

while researching;

accessing electronic

sources; following

multi-task

instructions; and

actively listening to

multifaceted

presentations.

Subject: Science

Students

will analyze

pedigree data to

interpret various

modes of genetic

inheritance.

Students

will research various

genetic disorders,

including Diabetes.

Students

will research

disorders that are

common in various

ethnic groups.

Subject: Social

Studies

Students will

construct a map

showing the shift of

Latino demographics

in various historical

time periods,

concentrating on the

modern.

Students will

write a variety of

styles, including

questions and

research

Students

interpret primary

documents and

write the analysis.

Subject: Health

Science

Students

will create a facility

evaluation tool in

order to identify and

improve

facility/client

relationships.

Students

will analyze and

present information

for data collecting

purposes in order to

determine reason for

lack of attendance at

Diabetes education

classes.

Students

will research and

present preventive

health practices for

Type 2 Diabetes.





1. Students can interview various employees of Southern Hills Medical Center involved in the

previous attempt at educating the Latino community on Diabetes.

Personalization Options

Project Activities and Timelines

Activity Staff Responsible Deadline Product/Result

Research Latino demographics and analyze

section of Nashville with largest population.

D. Harper

4/11

Maps, graphic

organizers

Spanish language marketing campaign to

advertise Diabetes classes at Southern Hills

Hospital

Beebe

3/11

Billboard ad,

Radio ad, Fliers,

TV commercial

Create a research paper and visual presentation

on the topic.

Shuff

12/10

Research paper,

visual

presentation.

Analyze pedigree data to study inheritance

pattern of Type 1 Diabetes

Pawlak

2/11

Notes, Diagrams

Research a Spanish Speaking country on the

internet with a peer tutor

Macmoran and

Beebe

10/10

presentation

Create a public service announcement

Myrick and

Beebe

3/11

Media

Research PowerPoint of genetic disorders more

common in certain ethnic groups

Pawlak and

Myrick

3/11

PowerPoint

Critique and summarize different forms of

research on the topic

All teachers

10/10 to 4/11

varies

Culminating Activity:

Interactive presentation combining the various

projects completed during the year to a panel of

HCA representatives

All teachers and

selected

students

5/11

Multimedia

presentation,

Oral report,

Written report.

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