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Clinical Specialty

Pick any health career, build a pre-judged portfolio with a job shadow and interview, record yourself performing one of its skills, then present it to judges in five minutes.

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About this event

Clinical Specialty is a solo event for the Secondary and Postsecondary/Collegiate divisions built around one health career of your choosing (it must be a specific health career with at least one clinical skill, and the skill cannot duplicate any skill used in another HOSA event). Round One is a career portfolio of at most 11 pages plus references, uploaded as a single PDF by May 15 and pre-judged: a title page, a career summary, education and credentialing data, a summary of an interview with a practicing professional (not your advisor), a work-based learning form documenting at least eight hours of job shadowing, a learning outcomes summary, and a skill checklist of at least ten steps taken from a verifiable text. Everyone who uploads on time advances to Round Two, a five-minute presentation to judges that must include at least part of a video of you performing the chosen skill on a battery-powered device you bring. You cover the career's responsibilities, training and job outlook, why you chose it, how your strengths fit it and how it fits into the healthcare system. The portfolio is worth 85 points and the presentation 70, for 155 total; ties are broken by the highest-value rating sheet sections. New this year, the presentation shrank to five minutes and an in-person work-based learning form was added.

What judges score

Round One Portfolio: Title Page (5), Work-based Learning Form (5), Career Summary Content (10), Education, Training, Professional Association and Career Data Content (10), Interview Summary (10), Learning Outcomes Summary (10), Skill Checklist (10), Reference Page (5), Neatness of Portfolio Overall (5), Formatting (5), Max Pages (5), Skill Not Duplicated (5); subtotal 85Round Two Presentation Content: Understanding of the career (10), Explanation of how career was selected (10), Ability to relate personal strengths and preferences to the career (10), Ability to articulate how the career fits into the healthcare system (10)Round Two Presentation Delivery: Voice (5), Stage Presence (5), Diction, Pronunciation and Grammar (5)Round Two Skill Performance Video: Video Inclusion in the Presentation (15); presentation subtotal 70, total 155

What judges score

Portfolio: Title PagePortfolio: Work-based Learning Form (minimum 8 hours of job shadowing)Portfolio: Career Summary ContentPortfolio: Education, Training, Professional Association and Career Data ContentPortfolio: Interview SummaryPortfolio: Learning Outcomes SummaryPortfolio: Skill ChecklistPortfolio: Reference PagePortfolio: Neatness, Formatting, Max Pages, Skill Not Duplicated

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