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MedQUEST returns to Leamington By Bryan Jessop MedQUEST has once again proven to be a valuable learning – and teaching –experience. Three local students of Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry returned to their origins for the sixweek elective program providing the opportunity to job shadow and learn alongside physicians. The fifth week of the sixweek program allowed the three – Peter Burke of Essex, Jordon Charlebois of Windsor and Chris Goodman of Cottam – to share some of what they learned with 13 high school students who are also considering the pursuit of a medical career. For Goodman, the program has come full circle. Several years ago, he was one of the high school students signed up to the program and has since never looked back. “It’s really cool because they come in not knowing exactly what they want to do. We expose them to as many aspects of the profession as possible, which makes it easier for them to make a career decision,” Goodman said. The MedQUEST program is open each year to high school students in grades 10 and 11. In Leamington, the MedQUEST Health Career Exploration Program began Monday, July 8 and wrapped up Friday, July 12 with a mock disaster situation staged in and near the Leamington Municipal Marina pavilion. During the disaster, nine students were split up into groups of First Aid, EMS and hospital staff while the other four volunteered to act as victims of a three-vehicle collision immediately east of the pavilion. The scenario was an opportunity for students to
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From left to right, high school students Jaweria Batool, Rachel Nicholson and Riley Garno suture pig hoofs while fellow high school students look on. Thirteen high school students learned some of the ins and outs of the medical field guided by three Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (Western University) students enrolled in MedQUEST. (SUN Photo)
learn about taking vitals and accessing patient history to learn about charting. Also during the final day of the secondary school students’ learning experience were competitions including an IV race using licorice strips as arteries, a suture competition with pig feet and x-ray diagnostics. During the previous four days, the baker’s dozen of students learned about labour and delivery, communicable diseases and several other fields within the medical profession. MedQUEST is available to rural and regional high school students across Southwestern Ontario, aiming to offer realistic, hands-on exposure to an as-
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sortment of health care disciplines including medicine. MedQUEST, run by the Southwestern Ontario Medical Education Network (SWOMEN), is supported in various regions by respective organizations and individuals. MedQUEST Leamington has been financially supported by the Communities for Doctors committee, a network of volunteers from Leamington, Essex and Kingsville as well as the Leamington Hospital Foundation. Leamington District Memorial Hospital also stepped forward through involvement from all departments and medical staff members including Dr. Robert
Stapleton and RN Yvonne Champion, taking on roles as physician champion and
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High school students participating in this year’s MedQUEST program react to a mock traffic accident staged near the Leamington Municipal Marina’s pavilion Friday, July 12. The event wrapped up the fifth of six weeks of the elective for three Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (Western University) students, who shadowed and shared the experiences of local physicians. (SUN Photo)
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