Interested in us coming to your classroom? Do you teach a medical detectives or career exploratory course for middle school or high schoolers? Are you looking for a teddy bear clinic for K-2? Contact us and let’s connect!
Some of the opportunities we offer are:
Foam and Dome (Physical Therapy)
Students are introduced to the life of a Physical Therapist, testing out their balance with a “Foam and Dome” test before brainstorming exercises Physical Therapists can provide their patients to improve patient balance.
Preparedness and Contagion (Public Health)
Students test out their merit as a Public Health employee, examining the work of epidemiologists as they watch a virus spread through their classroom and determine an emergency response plan to prepare for fallout from the disease!
Visual Impairment Relay (Occupational Therapy)
Students play patient to an Occupational Therapist through an exciting relay, putting on visual impairment goggles and performing various manual tasks before tagging their teammate to continue the race. Students then discuss ways Occupational Therapists could help make day-to-day tasks easier for patients with similar visual impairments.
Key Chain suturing and hands on suturing session for students
Students get to provide real life sutures in our suturing pads! Learn what Physician assistants, doctors and even nurses might provide for patients when sutures are necessary. For those who are not quite ready to deal with sharps, we offer a lesson with crafts demonstrating suturing techniques.
Teddy Bear Clinic
Teddy bear clinics are ideal for preschool through second grade students. Students learn what is involved going to the doctor, why we go to the doctor’s office and who they might see there. Students get to examine their “patient” a stuff friend they get to take home with a complete doctor kit.
Email us today at ahec@ewu.edu
Please Include the following in your email request:
- Date and time you are planning
- Grade of students
- Count of students
- hands on healthcare activity you would like to explore
We look forward to working with you!
