Diagnosis Day seeks future faces of medicine field
By KPIC.com StaffMultimediaROSEBURG, Ore. -- Before jumping headfirst into secondary education or training for their next career field, Mercy Medical Center is giving local area high school students a glimpse at what a potential a career in the medical field really looks like. Two dozen students were selected through an essay application process by Mercy Medical Center to spend a day in their potential career field with hands on activities. Students from Elkton to Glide High School, were able to walk through an hypothetical diagnosis with a simulated patient at Mercy in the morning, followed by the entire treatment plan at the Community Cancer Center, next door. "They basically have gone through the very beginning, through the ambulance, throughout the ER into the OR if you needed any type of surgical intervention," explained Beth Card, a fourth year medical student volunteering for the day. "I mean they've done it all and now their in the cancer center to follow a patient with cancer through therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy." This is the fifth year mercy has held a diagnosis day for local students to learn up close. Volunteers and doctors worked together to showcase what their day to day jobs where like by answering questions and even letting the students try things out on their own. The entire event is funded by a special grant through Mercy Medical Center. |
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February 9, 2012
- Roseburg, Oregon
