Unit 1.3 Relief Within Reach: Empathy, patient portal data, rehabilitation planning, assistive devices, wellness plan.
What to do if absent- CER:
- Claim, Evidence, Reasoning — make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
- SOP:
- Standard Operating Procedure — the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
- Tracker:
- Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
- myPLTW:
- The PLTW course site where you do the online activities — you open it through Schoology.
Week overview - Relief Within Reach: empathy, patient data, and a rehabilitation plan
Use patient portal data and empathy to design a rehabilitation plan that recommends assistive devices and a realistic wellness goal.
- 1Read your assigned patient profile and write two things you notice and two things you wonder.
- 2Pull the key numbers from the patient portal data and note what they suggest about recovery.
- 3Write one empathy statement that shows you understand the patient's daily challenge.
- 4Choose one assistive device and explain how it matches this patient's specific need.
- 5Draft a short care plan with one weekly goal and one way to measure progress.
- 6Add one wellness habit to the plan and explain how it supports long-term recovery.
- • You will be able to read patient portal data and summarize what it means for recovery.
- • You will be able to recommend an assistive device matched to a patient need.
- • You will be able to write a care plan with a measurable wellness goal.
Daily lessons this week
Open any day for its full lesson, the work due that day, and guided notes.
One-paragraph CER taking a position on whether insurance should be allowed to cap covered rehabilitation visits.
Empathy notes annotating the patient record (diagnosis, limits, goals) plus a prioritized list of three recovery goals grounded in the record.
Week-by-week rehabilitation plan card with two exercises, one assistive device, progress checkpoints, and written justification for each choice.
Revised rehabilitation plan card (with two documented changes from peer feedback) plus a CER defending why the revised plan will help the patient reach a specific stated goal.
Complete rehab evidence packet: empathy notes, original plan card, revised plan card, CER, and two-sentence reflection.
Quick intro to the week
- Hook: the best rehabilitation plans start with empathy, not equipment, because you treat a person, not just an injury.
- Today's goal: turn patient data into a caring, practical rehabilitation plan.
- Monday bioethics tie-in: when a patient refuses part of their recommended care plan, how far should a provider push?
- Reminder: your graded rehabilitation plan is submitted in the PLTW course shell.
Your PLTW coursework this week
Do this: Advance the PLTW HBS online benchmark through Unit 1.3 Relief Within Reach.
- • A patient portal stores health data that guides a care plan.
- • Assistive devices support a patient as they work toward wellness goals.
- • Interpret patient data to inform a rehabilitation plan.
- • Recommend an assistive device matched to a specific patient need.
📋 PLTW evidence due this week: your patient rehabilitation plan with an assistive device recommendation and a measurable wellness goal.
All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment — this page only gives direction.
This week's PLTW tracker
Your week at a glance. Check off each deliverable as you finish it, then submit so Mr. Mendoza can see how the class is pacing.
Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.
| Day | Date | Focus | Key deliverable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Thu, Feb 25 | Bioethics: access to rehab | One-paragraph CER taking a position on whether insurance should be allowed to cap covered rehabilitation visits. |
| Tuesday | Fri, Feb 26 | Empathy and patient data | Empathy notes annotating the patient record (diagnosis, limits, goals) plus a prioritized list of three recovery goals grounded in the record. |
| Wednesday | Mon, Mar 1 | Rehabilitation plan project | Week-by-week rehabilitation plan card with two exercises, one assistive device, progress checkpoints, and written justification for each choice. |
| Thursday | Tue, Mar 2 | Plan revision and rationale | Revised rehabilitation plan card (with two documented changes from peer feedback) plus a CER defending why the revised plan will help the patient reach a specific stated goal. |
| Friday | Wed, Mar 3 | Submit rehab evidence | Complete rehab evidence packet: empathy notes, original plan card, revised plan card, CER, and two-sentence reflection. |
- M: Philosophy for Kids / John Carroll bioethical debate
- T: teacher background notes + PLTW launch task
- W: lab / data or model work
- Th: analysis / CER or design revision
- F: submit tracker + weekly evidence
Due by week's end: Patient rehabilitation plan.
What to do when absent
Most days, this class is your PLTW coursework — and PLTW is online and individual. So being out usually just means doing exactly what we did in class, from home.
Open Schoology (CMSD) and keep goingHow to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
You can't do those from home — do this instead: Teacher-posted data/model packet, same objective. Supplemental: NIH/MedlinePlus rehabilitation references.
Class still runs. A substitute will post today's plan — complete the online activity above; it's built to be self-guided. Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
MedlinePlus: RehabilitationVocabulary
Virtual resources
Standards this week
WebXam practice
Drop your Week 6 here. Use a clear file name (your initials + project). Routine work still goes to Schoology (via the CMSD portal).
Upload a project