{"id":7757,"date":"2018-01-09T16:02:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T22:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=7757"},"modified":"2018-01-17T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:56:13","slug":"lutheran-high-school-south-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/lutheran-high-school-south-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"High Schoolers Study Medical Terminology in Dual Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Otitis media.
\nCerebrovascular accident.
\n<\/em>Sphygmomanometer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Say all of the above three times FAST \u2013 especially that last word (pronounced sfig-moh-muh<\/em>-nom-i-ter). Now, what do they all mean?<\/p>\n

Just ask one of the Lutheran High School South students enrolled in a new \u201cforeign\u201d language course \u2014 medical terminology. These students dually enroll at LHSS and Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, and take the same medical terminology course as Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students.<\/p>\n

The high school students enrolled in this advanced, college-level course plan to pursue careers in health care. They take the course for credit in an online format.\u00a0With the support of a lead instructor, the Lutheran South students learn how to manage their time, meet testing deadlines and complete learning tasks virtually, all within an activity-rich online setting.<\/p>\n

Nearly 6 million college students have at least one online course as part of their typical course load, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose Lutheran South students who participate in this class will have a marked advantage in their future college careers, where they will likely need to perform in a virtual manner,\u201d says Ashlyn Cunningham, OTR\/L, assistant professor of occupational therapy at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, who helped design the partnership. Cunningham is the parent of a Lutheran South student, and an alumna of the school.<\/p>\n

Lutheran South recognized a need to support students who desired to pursue health or medical vocations in 2015, and created a Health Professions Program to allow students to tailor their high school curriculum to include courses which would help prepare them for college.<\/p>\n

The partnership with Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ launched the following year, with a specific focus on offering practical lab experiences as part of the Medical Careers Exploration course. During this field experience, students travel to Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s campus to participate in lab training, assisted by Cunningham and her husband, Robert Cunningham, PhD, OT\/L, ATP, who directs Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s occupational therapy program<\/a>, and Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students who hone their own skills while supporting Lutheran South students in their learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cLutheran South and Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ are well-matched in the partnership,\u201d says Cunningham. \u201cBoth schools are committed to student-centered, active learning environments, and both provide technology-rich learning options \u2014 each having 1:1 iPad programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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