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Appalachian Trail Activity

Scenario

You and three-four of your friends decide to hike part of the Appalachian Trail, the
whole trail is a total of 2175-mile trail running from Georgia to Maine. Your team
will be dropped off in New York and picked up at Harpers Ferry. The team will be
starting when school ends for the year in June. Your team will consist of an expert
in each of the following subjects on the trip:
- Energy & Power
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- Information & Communication
- Agriculture & Transportation
Medical & First Aid

Medical & First Aid

Background

Telemedicine reflects the convergence of technological advances in a number of

fields, including medicine, telecommunications, virtual presence, computer
engineering, informatics, artificial intelligence, robotics, materials science, and
perceptual psychology.

Problem

Each person is responsible for making sure that their Hiking Team is well prepared
for this trip by knowing their own subject and packing the resources needed for
this trip within their subject. Your fearless and supportive leader/teacher will be
meeting you ONCE with a ration of supplies that you come up with within the
weight limits.
Your Design Group is in charge of informing the rest of the teams about the
knowledge you gained of Medical & First Aid.

Procedure

Materials

1. Research your topic from the information given

2. Now that you are an expert in your topic access your scenario what
information and materials would you need within your Hiking Team. Create
a list neatly compiled and complete list.
3. Complete the Vocabulary Crossword
4. Create Vocabulary Cards
a. Front: Vocabulary word
b. Back: Definition WITH a chart/picture/memory helper
5. Design an activity that will only take 30 minutes maximum to relay the
information to the rest of the class. ALL students must be able to pass the
Manufacturing Quiz with the information given from your activity.
Computer w/Internet Access
Calculator
Cardstock

Medical & First Aid Vocabulary Words

Telemedicine

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Medical & First Aid Quiz

Selected Response Items
1. Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via
1. Written communication
3. Print communication
2. Verbal communication
4. Electronic communication
2. Which of the following situations is not considered part of telemedicine?
1. Videoconferencing
3. Transmission of still images
2. Word processing
4. Remote monitoring of vital signs
3. Telemedicine allows hospitals to optimize the use of their personnel by
1. Allowing outside specialists to
3. Allowing doctors and nurses to
view patient x-rays
take more vacation days
2. Cross training doctors, nurses,
4. Outsourcing all possible work
and maintenance workers
4. Making medical-related images and simulations available to educate patients is an
example of?
1. Nursing call centers
3. Videoconferencing
2. Remote monitoring of vital signs
4. Continuing medical education
5. Healthcare workers in remote areas of the world can communicate with specialists using
webcams and ________________
1. Network security systems
3. Satellites
2. Fiber optics
4. Electrocardiograms
Assessment Instrument - Brief Constructed Response (BCR)
Students are expected to respond to one of the questions described below. Students should
provide examples to clarify their response.
1. Telemedicine reflects the convergence of technological advances in a number of fields,
including medicine, telecommunications, virtual presence, computer engineering,
informatics, artificial intelligence, robotics, materials science, and perceptual psychology.
Discuss how those topics overlap, while citing specific examples of how telemedicine has
been used to serve a community.
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2. New medical techniques, efficient health care delivery systems, improved diet and
sanitation, and a fuller understanding of the nature of health and disease create a better
chance of staying healthy. Compare and contrast the availability of medicine today versus
another period in technological history.
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Brief Constructed Response Item Rubric
Category

Below Average

Average

Excellent

Response demonstrates an implied, Response is written technically Response is written technically and precisely. The
partial, or superficial understanding and precisely. The answer
answer demonstrates understanding of the topic and
Understanding
of the text and/or the question.
demonstrates understanding cites specific examples.
of the topic.
Focus

Response lacks transitional

information to show the
relationship between the content
and the support to the question.

Response addresses the

question, includes pertinent
information, and remains
focused on the topic.

Use of Related Response uses minimal supporting Response uses expressed

Response addresses the question, cites specific

examples, includes pertinent information, and remains
focused on the topic. Details are clearly stated and do
not detract from the response.
Response uses clear and concise examples as well as

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supporting information that clarifies or extends
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