LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville nonprofit is giving JCPS high school students an up-close look at what medical school is like.
SOS International teamed up with “Project Heal,” a club at UofL School of Medicine, to host a free mini-med school for students on Saturday.
Students got CPR training, learned how to give medical exams and communicated with patients.
“This program will not only give these students an introduction to the many different types of careers in health care but it will also introduce them to the idea that they can do this– that a career in medicine doesn’t have to be just for someone else,” said SOS education manager Chanda Fowler.
The goal of the program is to offer students resources and options to help getting started in a career in medicine.
Organizers say 55 JCPS high school students were accepted into Saturday’s program.
This is the second mini-med school.
The first was held in October, and about 60 students attended that program.
