General Information

Here you will find essential information about the conference, fees, events, and practically everything pertaining to HOSA. Please use this as a resource to check actively if you have any questions or concerns

Format of SLC

Oregon HOSA SLC is a 2-day conference that is held at the Double Tree hotel in Portland. Students will be staying in the Double Tree hotel in reserved rooms. Students will compete in their application events during one of the 2 days.

Costs & Fundraising

Format of ILC

The International Leadership Conference is usually a 3-day long conference usually held in another state at a hotel or convention center. To qualify to compete at ILC, students must place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in their events at the state conference (SLC). ILC follows a similar format as SLC, however, there are over 20,000 competitions that attend the conference.

To participate in HOSA at Westview, students are required to pay a $35 fee at the beginning of the school year. This fee covers the affiliation costs & helps us pay for both SLC and ILC.

To participate at the State Leadership Conference (SLC), the fee varies. There is a set $95 fee for HOSA affiliation at the conference and usually an additional $100 that covers hotel costs. Depending on the dates of the conference, there may be additional costs to pay for substitutes. We understand that these costs may be high for students, which is why we will be holding fundraisers once every two months to make sure that everyone who wants to attend can, without worrying about costs. The money from fundraising will be used to reduce the overall cost for students, and additional aid may be available per the school's budget for clubs/extracurricular activities. If you know you cannot afford the cost, please contact us beforehand.

To participate at the International Leadership Conference (ILC), the fee often exceeds $1000. This covers registration costs, hotel/airfare costs, and other fees that make you able to compete at the conference. Fundraising efforts will also help us lower the costs of sending students to ILC.

All fees are expected to be paid ON TIME. There will be penalties if you pay your fee later than the due date. We may also have to charge you if you pull out of the attending the conference LATER than the drop date.

Events

Event guidelines will be linked once the 2020-2021 ones are released

Health Science Events (I) ***

Dental Terminology: written test dealing with dental terminology, including prefixes, suffixes, roots and anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology
Knowledge Tests:
- Medical Law & Ethics: written test requiring competitors to apply, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information related to medical law, ethics and bioethics.
- Human Growth & Development: written test requiring competitors to apply, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information related to human growth and development
- Nutrition: written test requiring competitors to apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate information related to nutrition and health
- Pathophysiology: written test requiring competitors to apply, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information related to pathophysiology
- Pharmacology: written test requiring competitors to apply, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information related to pharmacology.
- Cultural Diversities & Disparity in Healthcare: written test requiring competitors to apply, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information related to cultural diversity and disparities in healthcare
Medical Math: written test dealing with selected problems involving conversions between the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales and the metric and household systems of measurement. Competitors will solve complex math problems utilized in health professions, in addition to identifying and interpreting related symbols and abbreviations
Medical Reading: written test dealing with information and knowledge gained from reading the selected books each year. Competitors will apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate the reading material
Medical Spelling: event that requires competitors to spell medical terms
Medical Terminology: written test dealing with selected terms common to health professions and health specialties.

Health Professions Events (II)

These events comprise of a written test measuring knowledge and understanding at the recall, application or analysis levels. Higher-order thinking skills will be incorporated as appropriate. And a performance of a selected skill(s) identified in a written scenario. The scenario will require the use of critical thinking skills. The scenarios and topics will be different for each event, but the format will be the same.

Biomedical Laboratory Science ***: the purpose of this event is to To provide HOSA members with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in medical laboratory and biotechnology careers.
Clinical Nursing ***: the purpose of this event is to To provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in clinical nursing.
Dental Science ***: the purpose of this event is to provide HOSA members with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in dental careers.
Medical Assisting ***: the purpose of this event is to provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills as a medical assistant.
Nursing Assisting ***: the purpose of this event is to provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in nursing assisting.
Personal Care **: the purpose of this event is to provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in nursing assisting.
Pharmacy Science ***: the purpose of this event is to provide HOSA members with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in pharmacy careers.
Physical Therapy ***: the purpose of this event is to provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of physical therapy.
Sports Medicine ***: the purpose of this event is to provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of sports medicine/ athletic training.
Veterinary Science ***: the purpose of this event is to provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in veterinary care.

Teamwork Events (III)

Biomedical Debate ***: The purpose of the event is to use debate as a platform for exploring the pros and cons of a biomedical issue.
Community Awareness: Community Awareness is a service project designed to raise community awareness of a
health and/or safety related issue of local, state and/or national interest
Health Career Display: Teams consisting of two (2) competitors shall develop a visual display of a specific career or cluster of careers in health
Forensic Medicine ***: The purpose of this event is to encourage HOSA members to analyze careers in forensic science and to work as a team to apply their knowledge and skills in creating a solution to a forensic science-related problem.
Health Education: This event involves a team of 2-4 members who select a health-related concept or instructional objective, then prepare a lesson, provide instruction, and evaluate results.
HOSA Bowl * , ***: the purpose of this event is to stimulate and motivate HOSA members to participate in teams and to test their knowledge on various topics and situations in health, HOSA, and parliamentary procedure.
Medical Innovation: Teams consisting of two to four (2-4) competitors shall develop a visual exhibit and demonstration of a medical innovation to be presented to the judges. Competitors will also create a 60 second video demonstration of their innovation to be uploaded to Tallo by May 15th.
Public Service Announcement: In this event, teams consisting of three-six (3-6) members will produce a 30-second visual Public Service Announcement (PSA). The PSA will promote a health service organization, bring awareness to a health situation, or educate the public at large in regard to health and well-being
Creative Problem Solving***: The purpose of this event is to encourage HOSA members to analyze the problem solving process and to work as a team to apply their problem solving skills in creating a solution to a hypothetical health or HOSA-related problem.
Muscle/Skeletal ID (state event that doesn't qualify for ILC)

Emergency Preparedness Events (V)

Leadership Events (IV)

Extemporaneous Writing: Competitors shall report to the location of the event where they will be presented the secret topic by the event manager. They will have one hour to use a computer to write and save an essay on the secret topic.
Healthy Lifestyle ***: The purpose of this event is to provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to learn healthy living concepts and apply their learning to a personal healthy lifestyle goal.
Job Seeking Skills: Competitors shall apply for any health-related position for which they are already trained or
are currently being trained. Competitors will prepare a cover letter and resume, complete a job application and participate in a job interview with judges.
Interviewing Skills **: Competitors shall apply for any health-related position for which they are already trained or
are currently being trained. Competitors will prepare a cover letter and resume, complete a job application and participate in a job interview with judges.
Speaking Skills **: Competitors shall develop a speech related to a selected international topic. The topic for the year will be announced at the conclusion of the previous International Leadership Conference (ILC) in June.
Prepared Speaking: Competitors shall develop a speech related to a selected national topic. The topic for the year will be announced at the conclusion of the previous International Leadership Conference (ILC) in June.
Health Career Photography: In this event, competitors will use digital photography to illustrate various health professions. Competitors will photograph three different health professionals performing an aspect of their job, edit the photos using computer software technology as needed, provide a written description of the career and then may present their three printed pictures to a panel of judges.
Extemporaneous Health Poster: This event shall be in the form of an individual creation of a poster conducted in a setting with work tables and sufficient space for each competitor to carry out his/her form of artistic expression, to be completed within three (3) hours of work time.
Research Poster Presentation: Competitors shall write a paper and develop a speech in which they must take a stand,
either in favor of or opposed to a health-related issue

CERT Skills ***: the purpose of this event is to provide HOSA members with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills they will need to respond to their community’s immediate needs in the aftermath of a disaster, when emergency services are not immediately available.
CPR/First Aid ***: the purpose of this event is to To provide the HOSA member with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in team first aid and basic life support.
Epidemiology ***: This event shall be a written examination of concepts related to the study of epidemiology. Individual competitors shall be expected to recognize, identify, define, interpret and apply these concepts in a 75 item multiple choice test, from select websites.
Emergency Medical Technician ***: the purpose of this event is to provide HOSA members with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills as a team in emergency medical care.
Life Support Skills**: the purpose of this event is to to provide HOSA members with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge and skills in basic life support for health care providers.
Public Health: This event involves a team of 2-6 members who create an effective, dynamic and creative public health presentation and share the presentation in their community. The presentation will educate the public on the annually announced topic.

Events That Require Tallo Submission

If your event requires that you upload something BEFORE the conference to a website called Tallo, click HERE for information on how to use it and deadlines for submissions! You will not be able to receive an award if you do not meet the deadlines for submissions!

* this event does not count towards the event maximum limit

** to compete in this event, the student MUST be classified under the provision of the 2004 reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and submit a form of eligibility to Tallo to compete in that event

*** these events require a multiple choice test to be taken before the state conference online. The tests will be held in the February before the conference and will be administered at school

Info on online testing, etc:

Online testing is usually around February, and the tests are not taken during the actual state conference (even though it says so in the guidelines). Make sure you give yourself enough time to prepare for them compared to your other events. Registration for online testing will be early-mid winter. You only take the tests in the conference when you attend ILC, if you qualify. To qualify for ILC, you have to place top three in your category. This year, the international conference will take place in Orlando, FL (Disney World!!), so study hard!

If the event you wanted to pursue isn’t on here, it’s because Oregon HOSA doesn’t participate in all the events listed on the official HOSA website. Only the following events listed are the events offered at SLC.

Competitor Eligibility

Eligibility for State Competitions

Students must be affiliated and paid members to compete at the State Leadership Conference.
Each Oregon HOSA member is eligible to compete in a maximum of three (3) Oregon HOSA Competitions in Category I, II, III, IV, and V combined.
Oregon HOSA provides the following competition opportunities in each of the categories
- Category I – Competitors may register for a maximum of three (3) events in this category.
- Category II, III, IV, & V – Competitors may register for a maximum of one (1) event in all of these categories combined.
  - Exception: HOSA Bowl do not count towards the event maximum limit

Eligibility for National Competitions

If students qualify for more than one event for National HOSA competition, students must choose only one (1) competitive event for the International Leadership Conference, with the exception of Category VI – Recognition Events. Students may compete in an unlimited number of Recognition Events at the national level.