Medical Interventions- Ms. Budd-Period 1 Assignments

4.3.4
1. Intro Notes
2. Complete the following activities and take notes.
·       Project 1: Familiarize Yourself with the Suture Kit
·       Project 2: Attach Suture Material to a Needle
·       Project 3: How to Clip the Needle to the Needle Holder
·       Project 4: Prepare Imitation Skin for Practicing Suturing
·       Project 5: How to Construct a Bar/Rod to Practice the Various Techniques of Tying Knots. If your teacher already has this constructed for you, you can skip this project.
·       Project Epsilon: Make a Square Knot: Instrument Tie. You can access this project through the BASIC KNOTS tab at the top of the screen.
·       Project B: How to Place Interrupted Sutures. You can access this project through the SUTURING TECHNIQUES tab at the top of the screen.
·       Project D: How to Place Continuous Sutures. You can access this project through the SUTURING TECHNIQUES tab at the top of the screen.
3. If you have time, complete Part 2. If you do not have time please skip part two and answer the conclusion questions.
CQs1.    How successful was your procedure? Explain what went well during your surgery and what problems you and your teammate(s) encountered.
2.    What, if anything, surprised you about the difficulty level of performing the simulated surgery? Explain your answer.
3.    What types of skills do you think are required to be a good surgeon?
4.    How well did this simulated surgery model a kidney transplant surgery? What are the positives and negatives of using models to practice surgical techniques?

If you are not able to participate in the suture lab Tuesday you can take notes on this Edpuzzle to complete the section.

3.4.4 Tiny Treatment

You will be assigned one of the following immunotherapy treatments.Monoclonal antibodiesImmune checkpoint inhibitorsInterferonsInterleukinsOncolytic virus therapyCancer vaccines
Use appropriate resources to research your assigned immunotherapy treatment. Make sure to answer the following questions and cite all of your references.How does the treatment work?What is an example of this treatment currently being researched or used in a clinical trial?What are the potential benefits of this treatment?What are the potential risks of this treatment?
Share your findings with a group composed of students who investigated the other immunotherapy treatments. Record general information about each treatment type.

4.1.1
1. Intro notes
Read the slides in Figure1: Diabetes Through the Years. 
2. Why do you think the prognosis of a patient with diabetes changed drastically from 1900 to 1950?
3. What medical interventions have helped improve the quality of life of diabetics?
4. Why is using bacteria to produce insulin such an exciting prospect?
5. How do lifestyle choices act as a medical innovation for people with diabetes?

3.4.3
1. Intro Notes
2. Read through the six clinical trial advertisement. Choose TWO and answer the following questions.
·  What question(s) are the researchers trying to answer with the study?
·  If you met the requirements for this trial, would you consider participating? Why or why not?
·  Would you be interested in the results of this trial? Why or why not?
·  What, if any, situation in your life would make you consider enrolling in this trial? Explain your answer.
·  What questions would you want to ask the researchers about the trial? Why?
3. CQ #1 - What factors need to be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not to participate in a clinical trial?
4. Take notes on the Clinical Trial presentation.
5. CQ #2 - Controlled, randomized, double-blind studies are considered the gold standard for clinical trials. Explain the terms: controlled, randomized, and double-blind. Why are these so important to the accuracy of a clinical trial? 
6. Explain a situation when a double-blind study is not possible.
7. When participating in a controlled clinical study, a participant in the control group is sometimes given the standard treatment instead of a placebo. Why do you think it is sometimes unethical to give a participant a placebo?
8. Work with your group to research one major case of human abuse presented in the chart under #5 and take notes. (You teacher will assign this to you) Make sure to include the details of the case as well as how this case led to ethical reform of clinical trials.
9. You will give a two-minute presentation of your group's findings to the class. Take notes as other groups present their findings.

MI 3.4.2
Part IV: Nanotechnology and Cancer
1. Watch the video on #20. Write a paragraph summarizing how nanotechnology is changing the way we look at cancer.2. Take notes on the presentation “Understanding Nano-devices”.

Read "The Breakthrough" : Intro and Chapter 1

Quiz on April 12th

Please pick up this book by March 26th.

To schedule a book pick up please email Elba Hernandez, the library clerk. Her email is [email protected]

She will check out the book to you and leave it in the front office for you to pick up. She will reply to you when the book is ready for pick up and the school office hours as well.

When you have the book please submit this assignment. Please do not submit this assignment as complete until you have the book in your hands.

MI 3.3.4

1. Intro Notes
2. Career journal entry for Occupational Therapy
3. Career journal entry for Physical Therapy
CQs
4. What did you find challenging about controlling the movement of the prosthetic arm?
5. Suggest two ways quality of life might be improved as a result of physical and occupational therapy.
6. Explain how physical therapists and occupational therapists differ.
7. Explain your interest level in pursuing a career either as a physical therapist or as an occupational therapist.

3.2.4 Virology

1. Intro notes
2. Notes on “Viruses Linked with Cancer”. Include the following information in your notes for each virus: the name of the virus, the type of infection the virus causes, the type(s) of cancer the virus is associated with, as well as whether there are drugs or vaccines available to fight the virus.
3. Research a career in virology. Create a mock interview with a virologist either working to develop a new vaccine or drug for one of the viruses from the presentation. You must ask at least five questions and provide complete answers as if you were the person being interviewed. Write the question in one color pen and the answer in a different color. Your interview should be factual, but it should also be creative. Create a fictitious name for the product that you are developing, as well as the company you are working for. Your questions must address the following topics:
a. The education or training necessary for this job
b. A typical day in the life of this professional
c. Your salary
d. A description of the product you are developing and your hopes for how it will prevent cancer
e. Cite your sources
4. CQ #1: Would this be a career area you would be interested in pursuing? Why or why not?
5. CQ #2: Gardasil® is a vaccine that is highly effective in preventing four types of HPV in young women who have not previously been exposed to the HPV virus. The vaccine targets HPV strains that cause 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that all girls between the ages of 11 and 12 years old should receive the vaccine. Do you think that this vaccine should be mandatory? Explain your opinion.

3.2.1 Am I at Risk?

1. Intro Notes
2. Student Response Sheet
3. Take notes in your laboratory journal detailing each of the known risks for your assigned cancer, as well as the actions you can take to reduce your risk for developing this type of cancer.
4. How can lifestyle choices increase your risk of developing cancer?
5. What can you do in your everyday life to reduce your risk of developing cancer?
6. Design a research study to look at one of the activity/disease associations found on your Student Response Sheet. Include the following information in your study: who will participate and how you will determine if the risk factor actually increases or decreases the chance of developing the disease.

Complete the section below. Please make sure to go through the Cancer presentation and take thorough notes on it. Include these in your Intro notes.

MI 3.1.2 (Please label each number!)
1. Intro notes.
2. Notes on Diagnostic Imaging
3. Concepts map for diagnostic technologies. Your map should include:
-How the technology works
-What the images show
-What typical uses for the technology are
4. CQs #1-8
5. Use the internet to research two different radiological technologists, an MRI radiographer and a CT radiographer. In your career journal, write an advertisement for a job opening in each of these two careers. You will need to include the following information:
-Education and training that is required
-Daily duties and responsibilities of the job
-Salary range
-Experience needed

MI 3.1.1- Please label each of these WITH A NUMBER when you turn in your notebook!

1. Intro notes.
2. Brainstorm what you know about cancer.
3. Student Data Sheet
4. Based on patterns or trends in data, write down five conclusions about cancer.
5. CQs 1-5