What is Georgia HOSA?
HOSA is a national student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Technology Education Division of ACTE. HOSA’s two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA’s goal is to encourage all health occupations instructors and students to join and be actively involved in the HSTE-HOSA Partnership. HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition exclusively for secondary, post-secondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in HSTE programs. HOSA is 100% health care! Since its inception in 1976, HOSA has grown steadily reaching nearly 130,000 members through 48 chartered HOSA State Associations and approximately 2,600 secondary and post-secondary/collegiate chapters in 2009-2010. HOSA is not a club to which a few students in school join. Rather, HOSA is a powerful instructional tool that works best when it is
