Students of Biomedical science The AIKEN County County Country and Technology Center program spent the week of medical laboratory professionals in April raising awareness in the colleges and organizing their second BIOBASH event, teacher some of the laboratory skills they acquired in the program.
“We like to do this,” said Dr. Christie Palladino, a doctor who directs the program and teaches students. “We like to raise awareness of the STEM for the community.”
Palladino and his team of student ambassadors visited around 1,000 sixth year students at Jackson Stem Middle, New Ellenton Stem Middle, Paul Knox Middle, Aiken Intermediate and North Augusta Middle. They led laboratories with types of blood cells, how to use a microscope, human hair layers and the organization of the human body.
During the Bibash event on April 23, students created and equipped six stations in the career center, demonstrating fingerprints, phlebotomy and neuronal signaling routes, and performing an epidemic evacuation room.
“This is all the interest of awareness. The students learn when they create it. They teach it, they synthesize it so,” said Palladino.
The two -year program has career paths, one to become a certified medical laboratory assistant and other students in preparation for the identification exam by the biotechnic assistant.
Sad Johnson, a second year student, made staff of a station where he taught visitors how to use pipettes to measure and distribute exact amounts of liquid. He said he was planning to study marine biology in college.
“If I did not want to go to university, I could find a job with the certification for which I work,” said Johnson. “I think it’s great. I learned a lot. ”
At Phlebotomy station, Catina Hamilton and Cousins Sky have traveled visitors through the blood sample process.
“We have dummy arms and we just make veinets, blood samples,” said Hamilton. “I really like the program. I would recommend it. “