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August 25, 2026 · Featured

The Two BCE Deliverables, Decoded: Building a 30-Second Public-Service Ad and Teaching a Real Public-Health Class (iHOSA 2027)

BCE sets two deliverables: a 30-second public-service ad and a public-health class for a real audience. The word budget, the audience problem, the evidence.

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Collecting Your Own Data for a HOSA Project: Survey Design, Consent and Sample Size for School-Based Studies (2026-2027)
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Aug 22, 2026

Collecting Your Own Data for a HOSA Project: Survey Design, Consent and Sample Size for School-Based Studies (2026-2027)

Most school health surveys are unusable before the first response arrives. Question wording, bilingual translation, consent with minors, and what a sample size honestly…

Where Your HOSA Evidence Comes From: A Literature-Search and Source-Quality Method for China-Based Students (2026-2027)
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Aug 20, 2026

Where Your HOSA Evidence Comes From: A Literature-Search and Source-Quality Method for China-Based Students (2026-2027)

Finding health evidence is a separate skill from citing it. How to build a search string, triage an abstract in ninety seconds, and judge…

HOSA and Medicine Applications Outside the US: What Transfers to the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia (2026-2027)
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Aug 18, 2026

HOSA and Medicine Applications Outside the US: What Transfers to the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia (2026-2027)

Direct-entry medicine in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia reads a HOSA season very differently from a US pre-med file. What transfers, what…

Designing the Board and the Slides: Visual Rules for HOSA Poster, Display and Presentation Events
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Aug 15, 2026

Designing the Board and the Slides: Visual Rules for HOSA Poster, Display and Presentation Events

Judges read a HOSA board at three distances. A zone-by-zone layout, an honest chart-choice map and the four visual traps that quietly cost project…

Anatomy and Physiology, System by System: A Study Map for HOSA Health-Science Test Events
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Aug 13, 2026

Anatomy and Physiology, System by System: A Study Map for HOSA Health-Science Test Events

Body-system knowledge underpins every HOSA health-science test event. An eleven-system map, a four-layer depth model and a six-week retrieval schedule.

HOSA Beyond Pre-Med: An Event Map for Nursing, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering and Health Policy Applicants
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Aug 11, 2026

HOSA Beyond Pre-Med: An Event Map for Nursing, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering and Health Policy Applicants

Not every HOSA competitor wants to be a doctor. Which events produce the evidence nursing, public health, biomedical engineering and health policy applicants need.