A impending tyro of disinfectant told me which people who have had the possibility to watch the operation being performed, have larger chances of acknowledgment to healing school, Is which true? And how tough is it to get such an opportunity?
Surgery is not a spectator sport, and really isn’t going to make a bit of difference in medical school admission. While it may be true that people who witness a surgery have a higher admission rates, you cannot attribute a cause and effect relationship to the two events. Also, a "prospective student of medicine" isn’t exactly an authority on, well, anything.
Those of us who work in the OR really don’t want extra bodies in there. You increase the risk of infection, contamination of the sterile field, getting in the way, and possibly passing out. It’s bad enough that we have to let nursing students in… a fair number of them end up having to sit on the floor or leave the room looking very pale.
The only way that you should be able to witness a surgery is as part of a program, and you ought to at least be in college.
I was in nursing school and was allowed to watch two hysterectomy surgeries. You will have a better chance of actually seeing a surgery if you call a teaching hosp[ital in your area. Ask the hospital when you call them. I generally think, however, that good grades in high school and especially in math and sciences, and good SAT scores or good Community College/Private or State university grades and attendence, probably have a better chance of being accepted to med school.
I’m I high school biology teacher and I took my class on a trip to observe open heart surgery at Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh). They have offered this opportunity to all the high schools in the area for the past several years. I wonder if other hospitals do this.
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Pangolin
March 6th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Surgery is not a spectator sport, and really isn’t going to make a bit of difference in medical school admission. While it may be true that people who witness a surgery have a higher admission rates, you cannot attribute a cause and effect relationship to the two events. Also, a "prospective student of medicine" isn’t exactly an authority on, well, anything.
Those of us who work in the OR really don’t want extra bodies in there. You increase the risk of infection, contamination of the sterile field, getting in the way, and possibly passing out. It’s bad enough that we have to let nursing students in… a fair number of them end up having to sit on the floor or leave the room looking very pale.
The only way that you should be able to witness a surgery is as part of a program, and you ought to at least be in college.
Mark
March 6th, 2010 at 7:23 am
not very most larger hospitals have observation rooms just ask maybe say you are going to medical school and want to prepare yourself
Faithfully300144
March 6th, 2010 at 7:23 am
I was in nursing school and was allowed to watch two hysterectomy surgeries. You will have a better chance of actually seeing a surgery if you call a teaching hosp[ital in your area. Ask the hospital when you call them. I generally think, however, that good grades in high school and especially in math and sciences, and good SAT scores or good Community College/Private or State university grades and attendence, probably have a better chance of being accepted to med school.
Rick
October 3rd, 2010 at 7:36 pm
I’m I high school biology teacher and I took my class on a trip to observe open heart surgery at Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh). They have offered this opportunity to all the high schools in the area for the past several years. I wonder if other hospitals do this.
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