This is an article I found through LexisNexis that discusses how middle school students are being taught sports medicine and anatomy. These kids are not even in high school yet and are already talking about going into the medical field. Each year around 60 Sherwood middle school students read from college level textbooks, touch human cadavers, and tape sprained ankles. This class is funded by a non-profit organization who supports them and grants the money for newer textbooks, materials and better programs. Students who sign up for this course know that it is going to be a challenge. They are required to take hands on tests and properly tape ankles. These students are even given the opportunity to visit Linfield College and George Fox University where they work with human cadavers and learn sports medicine at a college level. Each trimester offers a different study for these students. In the fall they learn to identify different parts of the body and are able to dissect a cat, sheep liver and brain. The winter trimester focuses on treating sports injuries and the correct way to tape sports related injuries.
I think that this is a wonderful experience for these students. While I was in high school, I had the opportunity to take a Sports Medicine and Medical Terminology class that began when I was a Freshman and ended my Senior year. This is where I became interested in the Medical Field. I think that it is important to offer different subjects and introduce subjects like this when the students are young.
If you had the opportunity to participate in a subject like this, would you? Do you think that students would take a different approach to college if they learned the basics of a certain trade/job while in high school? This is an article that discusses how middle school students are being taught sports medicine and anatomy. These kids are not even in high school yet and are already talking about going into the medical field. Each year around 60 Sherwood middle school students read from college level textbooks, touch human cadavers, and tape sprained ankles. This class is funded by a non-profit organization who supports them and grants the money for newer textbooks, materials and better programs. Students who sign up for this course know that it is going to be a challenge. They are required to take hands on tests and properly tape ankles. These students are even given the opportunity to visit Linfield College and George Fox University where they work with human cadavers and learn sports medicine at a college level. Each trimester offers a different study for these students. In the fall they learn to identify different parts of the body and are able to dissect a cat, sheep liver and brain. The winter trimester focuses on treating sports injuries and the correct way to tape sports related injuries.
I think that this is a wonderful experience for these students. While I was in high school, I had the opportunity to take a Sports Medicine and Medical Terminology class that began when I was a Freshman and ended my Senior year. This is where I became interested in the Medical Field. I think that it is important to offer different subjects and introduce subjects like this when the students are young.
If you had the opportunity to participate in a subject like this, would you? Do you think that students would take a different approach to college if they learned the basics of a certain trade/job while in high school?
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Title: Class teaches middle schoolers sports medicine and anatomy
By: MICHELLE MA
The Oregonian
Overall I think this would make a great difference if I would have taken some sort of anatomy class prior to college. I would definitely take advantage of an opportunity like this because it would also allow me to discover whether physical therapy is the right career for me. By learning all the muscles and nerves of the body at a younger age, you can enhance your knowledge and save time deciding on a suitable major for you.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this type of study would make a difference to a lot of kids. But then there's the question about whether it'll be too much for kids who are, like you said, only in middle school. They are kids, and kids should be gradually moving up the education ladder in a system so that their whole lives are not consumed by school and their future. In their own mind, the kids' future is in the present. They might think and dream about being a doctor as a kid, but they don't plan out what they need to study for it at that age. Don't get me wrong, this plan to educate the kids at a young age about the medical field will turn some kids out to be amazing genius's, but what about the other group of kids that just want to be kids while they can. Where's the line between burning them out and getting a head start?
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