Students on the pre-med track will have an invaluable opportunity next semester. A program between Georgia State and the Atlanta Medical Center will allow 20 students to observe surgeries and patient care as well as discuss and learn from cases. This opportunity is open to undergraduates and graduates in pre-med.
This program, titled “Clinical Internships class,” counts for two credit hours. It will be listed as Biology 4930/6930.
The lecture portion will be provided by doctors while the three-hour lab will allow students to work with cadavers. This is a very rare opportunity for pre-med students. This program requires students to rotate two or three times a week between four areas: trauma, family medicine, orthopedics and general surgery.
Participants interact and observe doctors in various branches of medicine. Six students acted as guinea pigs this fall. The program is set up in two ways: one for those interested in surgery, and one for those interested in family medicine.
According to the Georgia State website, students interested in surgery will have the chance to watch surgical procedures as well as the follow ups. Additionally, students will discuss outcomes and review cases.
Students who are focused on family medicine will either observe patient care in a clinic, nursing home or hospital setting. The doctors these students will be working with will receive no compensation from Georgia State or Atlanta Medical Center.
The program is being coordinated by Georgia State’s Carmen Eilertson. She is a senior lecturer in biology classes.
“They actually get to see everything that they’ve learned in their premedical courses in action,” she was reported as saying. “They learn to speak the language, learn critical thinking skills and protocols- things we can’t teach in the classroom.”
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