L.LEA 195 – Medicine and Healthcare
Overview: This conference is a ten-day immersion
in Medicine and Healthcare for highly-motivated high school students.
Through classroom lecture, guest speakers, interactive small-group
work, and a true-to-life final simulation, students will be exposed
to a broad array of current issues relating to the many facets of
healthcare. This will include understanding medical techniques, dealing
with complex treatment scenarios, and incorporating a patient’s
health insurance status throughout the duration of care. In addition,
students are taken through LeadAmerica’s leadership curriculum,
which is designed to help them enhance their ability to lead in their
personal, academic, and professional lives. High school students
who complete the course earn one college credit from Loras College
(with a second credit option). Lecturing is performed by collegiate-level
lecturers and doctors with the assistance of Team Leaders, who are
typically medical students and undergraduate upperclassmen.
Course Content: The following topics will be covered
in the Medicine and Healthcare conference.
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Anatomy |
Case Management |
Critical Thinking |
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Physiology |
Public Healthy |
Medical History |
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Immunology |
Medical Ethics |
Interview Skills |
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Microbiology |
Insurance |
Alternative Therapies |
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Nursing |
Health Policy |
Hypothesis Buliding |
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Surgery |
Medical Research |
Admissions Process |
Readings: Students will be given approximately
120 pages of collegiate-level background reading assignments in medicine,
medical policy, and ethics. In addition, they will be given approximately
40 additional pages of material to read for the patient simulation.
Simulation: Throughout the course of the program,
students will interview, examine, diagnose, and treat a (simulated)
patient with a serious, life-threatening disease. Issues of insurance,
cost, ethics, surgery, medication, patient quality of life, religion,
and end of life rights will be encountered.
Classroom Activities: In addition to lecture and discussion, students
will:
• Perform a dissection on an animal heart
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Meet with individuals living with a terminal disease
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Be introduced to the medical school admissions process
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Perform a neurological exam
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Receive simulated EMT instruction
Off-site experiences: In addition to field trips
intended to expose students to the city in which the conference is
held, conference participants take trips to some or all of the following:
medical schools and museums with a medicine or science-based theme.
Students attending conferences in the Washington, DC area visit Capitol
Hill and tour the area monuments. |
