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What is HOSA?

HOSA-Future Health Professionals is a global, student-led organization, recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Schools, in addition to the Department of Health and Human Services and is designed for student leaders pursuing careers in the healthcare industry.

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Our Mission

To empower HOSA-Future Health Professionals to become leaders in the global health community, through education, collaboration, and experience. HOSA actively promotes career opportunities in the health industry to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare to all people.

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Our Programs

HOSA is an inter-curricular program, operating as an integral component of health science education. We provide powerful instructional tools, recognition, leadership, networking, scholarships, and connections with the healthcare industry to hundreds of members.

Members have the opportunity to showcase their health care and leadership skills through HOSA competitive events to develop and recognize smart, dedicated, and passionate future health professionals.

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Goals and Values of DC HOSA

Goals

The goals that HOSA believes are vital to each member are:

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

Values

We value learning. We are committed to learning and becoming respected, knowledgeable and skilled health professionals. We will respect the experiences and contributions of our teachers, peers and patients and seek to learn from them.

We value leadership. We will serve as role models in our academic program, profession and community. We will be ethical, accountable and trustworthy. We will use our influence to empower others to strive for excellence.

We value service. We are dedicated to serving others with compassion. We believe that individuals are important, and we will treat everyone with respect and care.

We value innovation. We are dedicated to enriching the lives of others. We will continuously seek the knowledge and skills to address challenges and improve the health professions.

Our Creed

I recognize the universal need for quality, compassionate healthcare.

I understand the importance of academic excellence, skills training, and leadership development in my career pathway.

I believe through service to my community and to the world, I will make the best use of my knowledge and talents.

I accept the responsibility of a health professional and seek to find my place on a team equally committed to the well-being of others.

Therefore, I will dedicate myself to promoting health and advancing healthcare as a student, a leader, an educator, and a member of HOSA-Future Health Professionals.

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