Kentucky is the 29th state that requires high school students enrolled in health, physical education, or Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps courses to receive CPR training and certification.
In collaboration with the Center for Simulation Education and the College of Health and Human Services, the Institute for Health Innovation has launched an AHA (American Heart Association) CPR, AED, and First Aid certification course program.
This project will increase the number of Kentucky high school students, faculty, and CPR certified staff and increase the survival rates for people suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in our community.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
Join in on the fun this summer by signing up for our 3rd Annual Health Science Book Club! Between the months of June and August, participants will receive a book and corresponding activities that related to a specific health theme. Past topics have included things like identifying our community helpers, discovering the benefits of services animals, and exploring our respiratory system.
Books will be selected to fit students at the 4th grade reading level but participants of different grades are welcome to join.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
Students in middle and high school are invited to the Health Innovation Center to spend a day exploring the range of health careers. In each experience, students will rotate through sessions with different presenters discussing their careers and taking part in hands-on activities including a medical emergency in the St. Elizabeth Simulation Center.
Students enter the prosectorium and gain hands-on experience with human autonomy and physiology.
Looking for Simulation Center field trips? Contact Maureen Krebs at krebsm3@nku.edu
A series of free, fun events for high school students to talk with local scientists and NKU Faculty about current cutting edge ideas in health, science, and technology over food and refreshments. Teachers are invited to start a cafe for their students with the help of the Institute for Health Innovation.A core group of Youth Leaders, with the committed mentorship of an adult, plan and run the café themselves.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
A week of free day camps for middle and high school students. Students have the opportunity to meet with other kids their age throughout the Tri-state area and learn about different future health careers whilst being immersed in the NKU campus.
Students spend their time in sessions with different presenters to learn about these careers and feel what it’s like to be a college student.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
This FREE program aims to address the lack of innovative STEM+H lessons for K-5 students and teachers. Our hope is that this program will provide elementary students with a new, interactive, and fun opportunity to learn while supporting our tri-state teachers in the classroom. Every kit will contain a lesson plan, corresponding activity and necessary materials, instructions, and links to additional resources.
All materials in the box have been curated by NKU faculty and staff across multiple departments to ensure program delivery is effective and accurate. Box content is created with Kentucky Academic Standards for Health Education as a driving factor.
If you have any questions, please contact us at ihiprograms@nku.edu or Molly Diamon at diamonm1@nku.edu.
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