Medical Math
Purpose: To encourage HOSA members to improve their ability to identify, solve, and apply mathematical principles involving temperature, weights, and measures used in the health community.
Description: This event shall be a 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 in a 50 item test plus 10 tie-breaker problems. Written tests will measure knowledge and understanding at the recall, application and analysis levels. Higher-order thinking skills will be incorporated as appropriate.