Hello everyone!
I am incredibly excited to share that on May 8, we hosted students from the Maury High School Medical & Health Specialties Program for our second annual NextPo To Go! Rachel Childs ran an activity on the diagnosis of various blood diseases. Carlee Demeter presented Surgical Pathology cases to the students, with real specimens from the EVMS Pathology museum collection. Joshua Manshala guided students as they stained slides and then tried to identify the tissue type under a microscope. And rounding out our team this year, Amber Silva - a forensic Pathologists' Assistant - led an exercise on blood splatter where students got to make their own blood splatter (with fake blood) and then perform analysis! I rounded out the group, acting as MC and leading the group through some icebreaker activities, like the ever-popular PPE race. This year we also played "Who in the Medical Lab Do You Think You Are?" - a "Hedbanz"-like game where a few students had to guess their profession by asking only yes/no questions. To prepare, all students were asked to review whatsmynext.org prior to attending NextPo To Go!
I have attached a few pictures from the event and hope this might inspire you to get your team together and host your own NextPo To Go! When you do, please be sure to share your pictures!
Stronger Together,
Kerwin
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Kerwin Kolheffer MS, PA(ASCP)CM
ASCP Council of Laboratory Professionals
Associate Professor | Educational Coordinator
ODU Pathologists' Assistant Program
Norfolk, VA
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