Hands on Healthcare
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Students: Get Your Hands on Healthcare
Doctors and nurses aren't the only ones working in healthcare. You don't even have to work in a hospital!
Want to save lives? How about a degree in engineering? Sound strange? Engineering graduates design technology used every day to save lives.
Want to prep for surgery? How about a degree in child development & family science? Seem odd? These graduates prepare children for surgery by talking with them about what to expect.
On April 7, 2003, North Dakota State University and MeritCare partnered to offer at Get Your Hands on Healthcare - an event offering students a unique look at the variety of health-related career opportunities and careers that impact healthcare available in our region. Students took part in hand on activities, met with healthcare and college professionals to discuss careers and watched MeritCare's second live, surgical webcast. Look for photos from the event the week of April 14.
If you missed the live webcast on April 7, an archive version is now available.
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Booths
Students visited over 30 booths ranging from radiology to tissue engineering to biotechnology. Booths featured a variety of hands on activities such as intubating a mannequin and working with ultrasound. National health-related vendors also hosted booths including:
- Guidant - maker of the ANCURE® ENDOGRAFT® System, the new endovascular technology for repairing abdominal aortic aneurysms which will be used during the webcast
- BrainLAB - maker of VectorVision®, global positioning system for image-guided surgery
- Intuitive Surgical - maker of the da Vinci™ Surgical System, the laparoscopic surgical robot seen in MeritCare's first webcast
- Draeger - offers a complete range of ventilation products designed with focus on patient comfort
- Pyxis - pioneered automated medication dispensing