The Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) students competed in online events to determine who would advance to the second round of Area or State on Wednesday, Nov. 29 and Thursday, Nov. 30. Students were able to showcase their knowledge in a 60 minute test, and the results were released 3 days afterwards, which created a lot of excitement for the ones who had advanced.
“Getting the validation that I had learned enough about general healthcare issues simply from checking the news every so often was a great feeling,” Aditi Merchant ‘19 said. “It showed that even with a little hard work, it was possible to achieve success.”
The students advancing to state and the second round of area are listed here:
Advancing to state:
Behavioral Health-Anouka Saha
Dental Terminology-Rohan Kartha
Epidemiology-Keerthana Prayaga
Healthcare Issues Exam-Megha Jayavelu, Aditi Merchant, Jeffrey You
Medical Law and Ethics-Joonhee Cho
Medical Math-Erin Xu
Medical Terminology-Gaeun Kim
Nutrition-Pranavi Kolli, Amber Sheu
Pathophysiology-Straley Webb
Advancing to Area for Round 2:
Biomedical Debate-Sanjana Kumar, Nishka Kuttana, Hannah Liu
Biomedical Laboratory Science-Sameer Jain, Emily Liau, Michelle Lee, Aditi Merchant,
CERT Skills-Berea Suen, Melody Yin
Creative Problem Solving-Niti Malwade, Devika Patel, Khira Patel, Srija Reddy
Dental Science-Asiya Prasla
Forensic Medicine-Hamsi Nathan and James Yan, Nisha Desai and Purvi Desai
Healthy Lifestyle- Shreya Kuthiala, Sonya Moyer, Sindhuja Uppuluri
Home Health Aide-Aliya Arni
Medical Assisting-Kellie Medina
Medical Spelling-Aaron Slack, Yashvi Reddy
Physical Therapy-Yash Purohit, Keshv Srinivasa
Sports Medicine-Arjun Seth
Veterinary Science-Michael Phipps