Day with the Docs Draws Local High School Students to Campus
Melissa Prestwood, Office of Communications & Marketing
Day with the Docs is a partnership pipeline program co-sponsored by the Southwest,
Southeast, and Central Louisiana Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), and the public
school systems of participating parishes. It is designed to give students who are
serious about a career in healthcare a chance to see what life is like as a medical
student and get an up-close look at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine. The
event is coordinated by the second-year medical student class Vice President of Community
Affairs with support from Dr. Daryl Lofaso, Director of Simulation Operations Clinical
Skills Lab and Ms. Alicia Tate, Simulation Technologist.
Students from high schools across Louisiana (Greater New Orleans, Northshore, Baton
Rouge, Lafayette and Lake Charles areas) visited campus on Thursday, April 2 for a
day of activities with medical students. Students visited six stations of hands-on
activities run by second-year medical students, which included: case simulation where
students performed CPR on a patient mannequin, laparoscopic training, ultrasounds,
gross organs, heart and lung sounds, and a Stop the Bleed mini course where they learned
how to apply tourniquets, pack wounds and prevent further bleeding. The event also
included “Medical School 101” with Dr. Hamilton Farris, Assistant Dean of Student
Affairs, giving the students the opportunity to learn about the medical school admission
process and medical school curriculum, as well as learn what life is like as a medical
student through a Q&A panel with medical students.