2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 79 SERIES: HEALTH OCCUPATIONS C CONTEST: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CONTEST: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Series Director: DEBORAH BRIGHTMAN • (508) 998-3321 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - Room TBD with Event Manager: Brenda Carvalho REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty SkillsUSA attire: - Red SkillsUSA blazer, windbreaker or sweater, or black or red SkillsUSA jacket. - Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie), white blouse (collarless or small collard) or white turtleneck, with any collar to not extend to the lapel area of the blazer, sweater, windbreaker or jacket. - Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length) Wearing socks or hose is no longer required. If worn, socks must be black dress socks and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/non pattern. - Black dress shoes or Professional Business Attire Nails short and clean NO nail polish, gels or tips NO gum chewing NO school ID or name on clothing NO heavy perfume/makeup/cologne NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed NO jewelry except watch with second hand Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty 1. Supplied by the technical committee: a. Copy of SkillsUSA Massachusetts Technical Standards and all necessary information for judges and technical committee b. The committee will identify a contest room c. Access link to the online exam through the LMS LMS on contest day 2. Supplied by the Contestant: a. Sharpened pencil or pen and scratch paper b. A laptop computer capable of logging into the LMS to take the online exam Computers should be tested outside of the school’s environment, to make sure student acces and software will function at the contest Computers should be tested outside of the school’s environment, to make sure student acces and software will function at the contest location. The sending school’s Technology Coordinator should also be on stand-by to assist a contestant over the phone, if problems arise. location. The sending school’s Technology Coordinator should also be on stand-by to assist a contestant over the phone, if problems arise. State Skills: To evaluate the knowledge of medical terminology and abbreviations of an individual preparing for employment in the health occupation field and to recognize outstanding students for excellence and professionalism. Core standards from the medical terminology portion of the National Health Care Core Skills Standards Project make up the category from which questions are developed for the Medical Terminology contest. Skills Performance: 1. Contestants will demonstrate knowledge of medical word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and medical abbreviations by successfully answering the questions. 2. The test will comprise 100 questions that will allow contestants the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of medical terminology. 3. The contestants will have two hours to complete the test. No bonus points will be given for early completion of the test, and no contest will be allowed to go in or out of the testing site during the testing. Suggested references: “Standardized Medical Abbreviations” Suggested references: “Standardized Medical Abbreviations” Standards and Competencies: See national technical standards. Note: National technical standards are a benefit of professional membership. Advisors should log in to the national SkillsUSA site to access technical standards. Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission
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