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Nine students from six towns last month got a first hand look at what it takes to work as a trauma clinician at BWH. The Education Collaborative (TEC), an organization made up of towns west of Boston that aims to help high school students gain real work experience, teamed up with Burn Trauma Services and Volunteer Services for the career day.
Students toured a trauma floor with Reza Askari, MD, and visited the STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation with Chuck Pozner, MD, medical director.
“These tours and activities really give students a sense of what is out there, especially when they are starting to look at colleges,” said Sherri Sigel, coordinator of the Academy of Lifelong Learning at TEC. “The day gave them a first hand look at potential careers from a real world perspective.”
Shimena Li, a student from Wellesley, said, “This had such a strong impact not only on my decisions towards education and career, but also in my perspective of life. It was such an exceptional opportunity to experience things I never thought I would see or do.”
Students met with a panel of medical staff, who spoke about various medical careers. They learned about patients and their ailments and watched trauma clinicians train using mannequins and drills. Some students even got to practice starting an IV and clearing an airway on STRATUS mannequins. The teens also saw a simulation of an emergency situation in STRATUS and heard a first hand account of a trauma survivor.