The HOSA Scavenger Hunt can be used to familiarize the students with HOSA –

Future Health Professionals during early meetings or as a classroom activity. It also

would provide beginning preparation for HOSA Bowl, as HOSA related questions
account for 15% of the questions used in the HOSA Bowl Event.
HOSA WEBSITE SCAVENGER HUNT -- KEY
 What year was the Constitutional Convention held for the organization that would become
HOSA? 1976

 What school does the President of HOSA – Future Health Professionals attend?
University of Tennessee Knoxville

 On which tab on the HOSA website would you find the HOSA Bylaws?
Publications

 What is the 2020-2021 HOSA theme? Unlock Your Potential

 Name three goals for HOSA – Future Health Professionals.

o To promote physical, mental and social well-being.
o To develop effective leadership qualities and skills.
o To develop the ability to communicate more effectively with people.
o To develop character.
o To develop responsible citizenship traits.
o To understand the importance of pleasing oneself as well as being of service to others.
o To build self-confidence and pride in one's work.
o To make realistic career choices and seek successful employment in the health care field.
o To develop an understanding of the importance in interacting and cooperating with other students and
organizations.
o To encourage individual and group achievement.
o To develop an understanding of current health care issues, environmental concerns, and survival needs of the
community, the nation and the world.
o To encourage involvement in local, state and national health care and education projects.
o To support Health Science Education instructional objectives.
o To promote career opportunities in health care.

Three from the list above

 What event was added to the Health Science category for 2020-2021?
Health Informatics

 What were the first four competitive events introduced at the first Annual Leadership
Conference? HOSA Poster, Extemporaneous Speaking, Informative Speaking, and Job
Interview

 What is the future career goal for HOSA – Future Health Professionals President-Elect?
Dentistry

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  What is the current National Service project for HOSA? Be the Match

 In Competitive Events, how is fairness between sections maintained?

FROM GRR: Fairness Between Sections - A mathematical formula – called standard
deviation - will be used for multiple sections in selected events. The computer adjusts
the judge’s scores to account for judging differences, such that all sections are
considered to be mathematically equal. Such a process provides a statistically fair
method for evaluating students in multiple sections with multiple sets of judges. The
formula can be found in Appendix A.

 What is the 2020 - 2021 Biomedical Debate topic? Designer Babies: Parents should be
allowed to genetically engineer their offspring.

 Name two events in which calculators may be used during Competitive Events.
Medical Math for Health Careers
Medical Math
Pharmacy Science
Pharmacology
Epidemiology

 What fundraising opportunity is found on the HOSA website?

RightResponse

 Where on the website would you find a PowerPoint on Understanding the HOSA Dress
Code?
Resources/PowerPoints

 What is the cost for alumni membership?

Alumni membership is free

 Who is the chair-elect of the HOSA, Inc. Board of Directors?

Dana Stringer

 HOSA International Leadership Conference 2021 is scheduled to be held in what city &
state? Orlando, Florida

 Who serves as Director for New State Advisor Development?

Janet Nelson

 Where was the first place winner of the Secondary Division for Researched Persuasive
Writing and Speaking from? China

 Find the Winter 2018 Edition of HOSA e-magazine. Read the article “What Will Lead Me
to Where I Want to Go? Summarize the article.

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