Cal-HOSA is the premier leadership and training organization for students preparing for careers in the health care profession. HOSA is a national student organization endorsed by the U.S. and California Departments of Education and the Association for Career and Technical Education.

THE MISSION: Promote career opportunities in health care and enhance the delivery of compassionate, quality health care to help students meet the needs of the health care community.

THE GOAL: Serve as a major pipeline of talented and dedicated health care professionals in the future.

THE PROGRAM: Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) is a national organization which supplements and compliments the health occupations education curriculum.

HOSA provides students – in secondary, postsecondary and collegiate programs – with opportunities to develop personal, leadership, and careers skills needed by healthcare providers.
HOSA currently has nearly 68,000 actives members in over 2,100 chapters in 37 states plus Puerto Rico and Guam. In California, there are about 2,500 HOSA members in nearly 50 schools throughout the state.
HOSA is most effective when integrated into the health occupations classroom in such a manner that it is difficult to differentiate between classroom and chapter activities. HOSA helps develop the total person, not just job-specific skills. The rapidly changing health care system needs workers who are technically skilled, people-oriented and capable of accepting leadership as a member of a team.
HOSA provides several unique tools to develop a highly-skilled, team oriented health care professional.
HOSA Competitive Events Program in the classroom is an exciting motivational tool to encourage students to enter and experience different aspects of the health care profession. Students appreciate the opportunities for recognition at the region, state, and national competition. Advisors use the event guidelines and rating sheets as teaching tools and as a means of inspiring and encouraging students to achieve maximum performance.
HOSA chapter, region, state, and national leadership events add training in professionalism, management, communication, goal setting, and personal effectiveness that transform academic pursuits into a passion for life, career, and service.