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Medical Mathematics
Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)
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Medical Mathematics utilizes mathematical concepts as they relate to healthcare and is designed to equip students with the mathematical skills to ensure accurate procedures, enhance patient safety, and improve healthcare efficiency. Topics include healthcare administration, disease distribution and spread, treatment schedules, measurement systems and conversions, charts and graphs, EKG, dosage calculations, statistical analysis, and applications.
Research and report on the costs associated with operating a medical facilityResearch and document the sizes and reproduction rates of common viruses and bacteriaResearch and report on an infectious disease, including its incidence rate, prevalence, and virulenceInterpret and utilize medical terms and abbreviationsResearch and report on the drug half-life of a variety of medications and explain how half-life affects dosing schedulesUtilize and fluently convert between the metric, English, and apothecary systems to indicate length, weight, and volumeResearch and report on the use of goniometry to assess joint and skeletal anomaliesRecord objective patient data during rehabilitation from an injury or surgical procedure for a given scenarioCreate and analyze medical charts and graphs, identifying trends and rates of changeResearch and report on the use of ultrasound technology in healthcare professions, identifying the frequenciesIdentify a normal sinus rhythm from an electrocardiogram (EKG), locating and describing a constant intervalInterpret and calculate oral medication orders, utilizing rounding rules, unit rates, ratios, proportionsInterpret and calculate intravenous medication orders and drip rates for patients of various ages, using rates, ratiosCalculate medication dosage rateCompare and contrast the amounts of radiation exposure associated with various imaging testsCalculate body surface area and describe how this measure is used by medical professionals in diagnosing illness or admiResearch and collect a dataset for a medical topic of interestResearch and report on healthcare applications of the relationships of the Golden RatioResearch and report on the prevalence and consequences of errors in a given medical facility or scenario