Medical & Health

Specialties Program @

Maury

Volume 10 Issue 4

End-of-the-Year

2018-2019

SENIORS LOOK

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COLLECTION OF

PHOTOS

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CLASS OF 2018 2&3

2018-2019 IN

SUMMARY 4, 5

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Inside this issue:

SENIOR

INSERT

APPLAUDING

2019 SENIOR

ACHIEVEMENTS

100% were accepted

into a 2 or 4 year college or university

As of May 15th

seniors completed 10,655 hours of

documented community service

over the last 4 years.

As of 02/2018 the average GPA was

4.2 with 21 seniors having GPA’s over

4.0. ALL are honors graduates.

As of May 15th

28 students have been offered

$8,649,146 in documented

scholarship monies

Twenty-nine of the forty graduating

seniors plan a career in the medical or

health fields.

CLASS OF 2019

FOUR YEARS@

MAURY IN

PHOTOS….

MHSP CLASS OF 2019...

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We wish much success to this amazing group of students. You are prepared to face the

challenges that lie ahead and look forward to hearing about your future

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STUDENTS STAY BUSY!

Students listened to professionals from a wide array of professions in the field of health and medicine. Here’s a listing of

some of the speakers and activities from this past year:

Select seniors were invited to attend Research Day at EVMS. Accompanied by medical students, they listened to

research poster presentations made by EVMS faculty and medical students. The keynote was the 2017 Nobel Laureate

in Chemistry, Dr. Joachim Frank professor at Columbia University

Program juniors and seniors viewed an Autopsy via a two-way feed from the COSI Museum in Ohio

The annual Haunted Hallway project allowed many students to interact with EVMS medical students in an alternative

to Trick or Treating...great fun was had by all!

Dr. Paul Aravich visited the Freshmen with his “Bucket of Hearts”.

Select Bio Ethics seniors attended the SNGH BioEthics committee meeting each month.

On November 1st, Bioethics students attended the annual SNGH Bioethics Conference. This year’s event focused on the

topic of ‘Ethics and Genetic Testing’

Select seniors participated in a three day mentoring program at EVMS. Matched with first year medical students, they

saw first hand what a typical three day routine might be in medical school, attending classes, lectures , and labs with

their partner.

During her November lecture, Chelsie Walker, from the Endometriosis Foundation, spoke with anatomy students about

research and treatments for an ailment many women face

Juniors toured VCU and the MCV School of Nursing during the yearly college campus visit to prepare them for the

college application process. An added treat was having lunch in the dining hall and meeting up with former MHSP

students: Zachary Green and Kristina Boone.

Sophomores participated in the “You Be the Pharmacist” interactive role play through the COSI live web feed program.

Basic patient questioning-counseling skills were explored during the 90 minute case study.

Program seniors observed a two way webcast from COSI on “You Be the Forensic Psychologist”

In preparation for national certification testing, EMR students went into the field to observe the Norfolk Emergency

Training Center to see first hand the tasks they will be required to perform.

A panel of former MHSP students now attending various graduate level programs at EVMS, including medical school,

discussed their individual educational paths towards a career in medicine.

The annual White Shirt Ceremony was held to honor program seniors. Our keynote speaker was the class of 2018 Spirit

of the Oath award winner, Jessica Vincent.

Surgical Assistant’s Day was held with Juniors at EVMS. They learned about the career and education involved in this

particular field of study.

Juniors presented poster projects to EVMS MPH students...posters focused on global issues and each group presented

not only a visual representation of their topic, but also presented oral details on data and sources.

Freshmen visited EVMS to tour the Anatomy lab for the first time. Juniors were very attentive in the instruction and

highlights they presented in small groups

Freshmen took part in the first of several short seminars presented by MHSP parent, Lynn James. These seminars

focused on patient questioning, listening to patient responses and general communications skills needed in the field of

health as well as trauma medicine.

Dr. Stacie Ringlab, from ODU, spoke with juniors about the field and education of biomedical engineering.

Anatomy and senior level students attended the Donor Memorial Ceremony at EVMS to express appreciations for the

learning opportunities afforded them through the anatomy labs.

Juniors had the opportunity to look closely a6t a special Anamotage table at EVMS AND learn a masters program in

Pathology

Seniors participated in a genetic counseling webcast through COSI which included

discussion of a case study along with the ethical and legal ramifications.

Dr. Castillo discussed end-of-life issues and considerations with senior; The importance

of advanced directives was a huge take-away learned.

ChemMed sophomores participated in two separate Sentara Norfolk General Job

Shadow Days.

Just before MHSP graduation, seniors toured the LifeNet Transplant facility in

Virginia Beach where they learned about the value of organ and tissue donation along

with experiencing the very personal decision made by donors and donor families.

Throughout the year , Maury students participated in the Medical Adventures Night

program at EVMS, including Emergency Medicine Night.; Neuroscience Night and

Anatomy Night programs

Freshmen in the “Be a Hummingbird” mentoring program shadowed EVMS mentors

and participated in a special ultrasound clinic.

Guest Speakers & in the Field …. A Sampling from The Year

MHSP @ Maury High School

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Norfolk, Virginia 23517

757-628-3344

Karen Berg, Principal

Tamara Dunn, AP

Anne Christie, Program

Leader

achristie@nps.k12.va.us

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