MEDScience: July 10th
Project Success student interns participated in a workshop with MEDscience, a high school STEM education initiative program that aims to inspire students to engage in medicine and science through a hands on experience. Interns were challenged with the task of taking on a medical case and solving it in order to save their patient! Not surprisingly, our intelligent and gifted interns were able to solve the case! Their patient was suffering from an asthma attack and was then able to provide the appropriate treatment to save them! We thank the wonderful facilitators for a memorable experience! For more information on MEDscience visit their web page at: http://hmsmedscience.org/
Orientation Events: June 24th and 25th
2019 Project Success student interns kicked off their summer by learning about the field of pathology and interacting with mannequins at the STRATUS center. Dr. Robert Padera, a pathologist and researcher at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and his team joined them during their orientation to give hands-on exposure to human pathology. Student interns interacted with different human organs, diseased and healthy, such as hearts, livers, and lungs. They learned about the effects that alcoholism, tobacco addiction, and an unhealthy diet has on our body.
Roles were switch the next day when the student interns visited the STRATUS center at the Brigham. Simulation specialist, Patrick Sargent, and his team led an interactive tour where student interns were able to resuscitate and intubate a patient mannequin. They also prepped for surgery as they learned the ins and outs of an operation room. It was a memorable experience, motivating these students to continue their path to a health care career in either medicine or research.
