HOSA History
Before officially founding HOSA in November 1976 in Arlington, TX, representatives met at a hotel in this Western U.S. city in November 1975 to plan the organization.
What is Salt Lake City, Utah?
HOSA expanded internationally beyond North America by establishing chartered chapters in this Asian nation.
What is China?
This organ in the human body is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood throughout the circulatory system.
What is the heart?
Events like Medical Terminology and Pathophysiology consist solely of this type of assessment format.
What is a Multiple-Choice Exam?
The medical prefix -itis indicates this condition in a tissue or organ.
What is inflammation?
This legendary healthcare leader and former U.S. Surgeon General served as an Honorary National HOSA Chairman and spoke at multiple ILCs.
Who is Dr. C. Everett Koop?
HOSA membership spans four distinct divisions: Middle School, Secondary, Postsecondary/Collegiate, and this fourth category.
What is Alumni (or Professional)?
The adult human skeleton is typically composed of this exact number of bones.
What is 206?
The metal of the medal awarded to 1st place international winners at the Grand Awards Session.
What is Gold?
The medical prefix tachy- (as in tachycardia) means this.
What is fast or rapid?
The very first National HOSA Leadership Conference (NLC/ILC) took place in the spring of 1978 in this city.
What is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma?
Active global membership in HOSA – Future Health Professionals currently falls within this range.
over 375,000
Known as the "master gland," this endocrine gland located at the base of the brain controls many other glands in the body.
What is the pituitary gland?
In team events like Creative Problem Solving or CERT Skills, this is the standard size limit for team members.
What is 2 to 4 members (depending on the event)?
What does the surgical suffix -ectomy refer to?
What is surgical removal/excision?
In 1982, this federal cabinet-level department officially recognized HOSA as an essential component of health science education.
What is the U.S. Department of Education?
Beyond the 50 U.S. states and DC, this U.S. territory was among the earliest offshore areas to establish a chartered association.
What is Puerto Rico?
This long bone located in the upper arm articulates with the scapula at the shoulder joint.
What is the humerus?
The term for the initial written testing round used to narrow down large pools of competitors before physical skill evaluations.
What is Round 1 (or the Qualifying Exam)?
What medical term refers to the blue or purplish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen?
What is cyanosis?
In 1990, a group of HOSA National Officers met this U.S. President during a historic visit to the White House Oval Office.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This division has consistently been the fastest-growing demographic segment within HOSA over the past decade.
What is the Middle School Division?
These functional units inside the kidney are responsible for filtering waste out of the blood to form urine.
What are nephrons?
This competitive event category includes events like Community Awareness, Health Career Display, and Health Education.
What are Teamwork Events (or Leadership Events)?
Translate the root word "hepat/o" and the suffix "-megaly" combined into hepatomegaly.
What is enlargement of the liver?