Health Science and Medical Technology Industry Sector

Career Pathways offered by San Diego Unified:

The standards in the Health Science and Medical Technology sector, one of the fastest-growing industries nationwide, represent the academic and technical skills and knowledge students need to have and be able to do to contribute to the delivery of safe and effective health care. The career pathways are grouped into functions that have a common purpose and require similar attributes. tandards for each career pathway build on and continue the foundation standards with more complexity, rigor, and career specificity.

Internships in this program may occur in acute-care hospitals; skilled, intermediate-care facilities; home-care facilities; medical and dental offices; sub-acute facilities, and medical research laboratories.

High schools in the San Diego Unified School District with small learning communities or pathways in Health Science and Medical Technology are:

  • Clairemont High School: Health and Medical Sciences
  • Crawford High School: Community Health and Medical Practices
  • Hoover High School: Academy for Health and Healthier Communities
  • Kearny BST: PLTW Biomedical Science Pathway
  • La Jolla High School: Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Biomedical Science Program
  • Lincoln High School: Public and Community Health
  • Mira Mesa High School: Biotechnology Pathway
  • Point Loma High School: PLTW Biomedical Science Program
  • San Diego SciTech: MedTech Academy
  • Serra High School: Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Biomedical Science Program
  • University City High School: PLTW Biomedical Science Program