A dozen students attending a unique Houston summer camp were able to learn firsthand what it’s like to be a neurosurgeon. Of course, that meant first putting on surgical caps, gowns and gloves.
Memorial Hermann neurosurgeon Dr. Samantha Parker spent part of the day with the kids this week as part of the “Medical Minds” section of the camp put on by The Loop Institute, a non-profit focused on making STEM accessible to all and doing it in a way that makes learning fun and memorable.
In this case, the students were given jello molds of human brains and walked through the process of identifying and removing “tumors” other medical anomalies, which were actually pieces of fruit or candy. They used cauliflowers to identify and paint different areas of the brain. Dr. Parker even showed the students what it is like to perform corrective spinal surgery.
Dr. Parker calls this a fun, unique, educational event and hopes the children will use these moments as a springboard to build a life-long career focused in medicine or science.
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