Recently, the Medical Terminology class has been a topic of interest as students roam the halls with all too realistic injuries. The wounds have scared students and teachers alike, leading people to wonder what’s going on with our aspiring doctors?
This week, the Medical Terminology began a new hands-on project to further study the skin.
“In Medical Terminology, we did the Human Anatomy Wound Lad,” Medical Terminology and Health Science teacher Jodie Kubrski said. “Our class is studying the integumentary system, which is the skin, and the students were told to create fake yet realistic wounds on their bodies to learn about the possible injuries to the skin.”
The wound project fostered a creative learning environment for some students taking the class.
“I enjoyed this project a lot because we were able to be creative with our injuries and also see how various injuries upon the skin have different types of severity and visuals,” freshman Seemrah Islam said.
The students had the most realistic experience they could to awaken a usually dry subject.
“It teaches the students what realistic injuries and wounds look like and allows them to take a deeper dive into the material we talked about,” Kubrski said. “We actually took a real life situation, the hurricane in Florida, and told students they were hurricane victims, and they needed to treat the wounds, to make it more realistic and to make the integumentary system more interesting, as it’s a pretty dry subject.”
Some students feel that this project was an intriguing learning experience for them to further their knowledge into the medical field, specifically dermatology.
“I learned about different types of burns, scabs, or parts of the skin that were able to look more into how the skin reacts,” Islam said. “Helping me branch my knowledge on the skin injuries and their severities, it also gave us a glimpse into the field of severe dermatology.”
Some students did not feel that they were as successful as others, but they still enjoyed the experience.
“It was a fun project, I wasn’t good at making the wounds, and I kinda just made a big mess,” junior Jason Lamb said. “I had a lot of fun, and I got to scare my parents and that was worth it.”
The project created an eye opening experience for some students, making them think about their future and if they want to continue on into the medical field.
“It really made me think about if I would be ok seeing wounds like this, and or worse, and if I can even treat that,” sophomore Anwesha Nayak said. “I think it told me, are you sure you wanna do this?”
