Published June 16. 2021 03:25PM
Seventh grade students at St. Thomas More School dressed in scrubs for a medical career exploration day sponsored by Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Institute for Surgical Excellence and the DaVinci Science Center at the school June 7.
The youngsters rotated among six stations set up in the school gymnasium, each representing a different aspect of medical care.
The stations used visual aid material to represent heart, lung and kidney health, as well as a robotic surgery information session and a synthetic human cadaver allowing participants to see representations inside a human body.
Maggi Fink, director of development and advancement at the school said the career exploration days in previous years have taken place at Lehigh Valley Hospital, but COVID-19 safety measures this year made the presentation at the school a better choice.
A number of health care professionals participating in the career day are alumni of the school.
PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH St. Thomas More School seventh graders participated in a medical career exploration day June 7. ABOVE: Hosting the students are, from left: Dr. Sarah Jones Sapienza, Dr. Martin Martino, Maggi Fink the school's director of development and advancement and school principal Derek Peiffer. Additional photos appear on Page A6.
ABOVE: Shannon McGinnis, a St. Thomas More School alumnus, points out various organs in an artificial human cadaver to St. Thomas Moore School seventh graders at a medical career exploration day June 7.
ABOVE RIGHT: Michael Fink, a third-year medical student, uses a video player to show St. Thomas More seventh graders how robotic medical equipment can perform precise medical procedures.
RIGHT: Mandy Hirst, of the DaVinci Science Center, uses an artificial lung to explain the function of the organ to St. Thomas More seventh graders at a medical career exploration day at the school June 7. PRESS PHOTOS BY JIM MARSH
