给未来的医生打电话!
爱达荷州WWAMI Hosts Doc for a Day to Inspire Passion for 健康care Careers in Young 学生
Over 30 regional middle and high school students gathered at the D.A. 赫卡贝医学教育大楼, 在莫斯科, 12月2日, 去看医生一天, some traveling from as far away as Cottonwood and Rathdrum.
Doc for a Day is designed to give students a hands-on introduction to medical school and the many different facets of medicine, with a special focus on reaching students from rural communities and/or underrepresented backgrounds.
Idaho, despite consistently being one of the fastest growing states in the United States, is 50分中的第50名 截至2021年的人均医生数. Doc for a Day hopes to inspire more students to become physicians and practice medicine in the state of Idaho.
没有这样的经历, you really wouldn’t know about the variety that exists within medical specialties unless you had already gone to medical school and had done your clinical rotations.卡登·李，爱达荷州一战一年级学生
The workshop was organized by 爱达荷州WWAMI medical students in collaboration with the North Idaho Area 健康 Education Center (NI-AHEC). Medical students with varied areas of interests, 包括急诊医学, 麻醉学, 家庭医学, ultrasound and surgical medicine worked together to coordinate interactive stations for the attendees.
Those who attended learned about the pathway to becoming a physician while practicing skills such as the basics of administering CPR, 测量生命体征，做超声波检查, 除此之外.
“没有这样的经历, you really wouldn’t know about the variety that exists within medical specialties unless you had already gone to medical school and had done your clinical rotations,Kaden Lee说, 爱达荷州WWAMI医学院的一年级学生. “Otherwise, you just wouldn’t get a lot of exposure. 我也认为这对人们很重要, especially those like we’re seeing today who come from rural or medically underserved backgrounds, that really would not have ever gone to see someone like a cardiologist or maybe even had an ultrasound, to realize that those are possibilities within medicine.”
Doc for a Day provides as much hands-on experience as possible for attendees, even allowing participants to practice suturing.
艾莉麦科里, a second-year medical student at 爱达荷州WWAMI who taught attendees about 家庭医学 and neurological exams, agreed with many of the participants that the suturing workshop was a highlight.
“Even us as medical students struggle with finding opportunities to practice suturing,” she said.
The fact that they’re getting this now is awesome!”
Doc for a Day is an opportunity for young students to learn as much as they can about the medical industry and get a small glimpse of what a career as a physician looks like. They’re encouraged to pick the brains of the 爱达荷州WWAMI students, asking any and every question that comes to mind, whether it’s about how they got to medical school, 或者首字母缩略词的意思.
The day ended with an 爱达荷州WWAMI student panel, where Doc for a Day attendees had the chance to do just that. Participants asked them all about their journey to medical school, prep classes they could take and any advice they had for students considering medical school.
“成长, I really struggled finding opportunities to learn more about medicine and how to get involved,麦柯里说. “So, I think that this is great for younger students who are thinking about college and going, “好吧, 我想进入医学领域, 我怎么做呢?” It gives them the resources as well as the opportunity to see if it is the right fit for them.”
In the spring, 爱达荷州WWAMI students will work with NI-AHEC again to host 亲身实践的医疗保健, a workshop spotlighting different healthcare professions and the opportunities that each of them provides.
Hands-On 健康care will give middle and high school students yet another opportunity to explore the different avenues of the healthcare industry, hopefully inspiring some of them to pursue a career in a healthcare profession.
