Mrs. Tammy Brown September 26, 2022
The Medical Programs
The University of Mobile offers many different medical programs for undergraduates. They have an excellent nursing program, a sports health and medicine program, and a nurse anesthetist program. I was able to meet with Dr. Sarah Witherspoon: Dean of Nursing, Dr. Todd Hicks: Director of the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Program, and Dr. Melissa Thomas: Director of the Master of Athletic Training, face to face. They introduced the Bio-Med class to the campus and informed us of all the aspects the university has to offer.
The OR Room
One of the many things Dr. Hughes showed the class on this tour was the OR room. The professors will set up one of their state-of-the-art mannequins to have specific medical problems. The nursing students will go through the steps and precautions for treating said patient. This is a great way for nursing students to get hands-on learning in real world hospital situations without having to worry about making life-threatening decisions in the real world.
The Cadaver Lab
Another interesting aspect of this campus is its cadaver lab. In this lab, the undergraduate students are allowed to perform dissections carefully overseen by Dr. Craig. The University of Mobile is one of less than ten different cadaver labs for undergraduates in the nation. Being able to dissect a cadaver and see in real-time the anatomy of the human body allows for more of an understanding of how all the systems work together. Dr. Craig has his students preform a full autopsy on the cadaver and attempt to find his cause of death. This is one of the aspects of this trip that I really enjoyed. It was very interesting to learn about how people work with cadavers and what they can teach you.
The Simulation Lab
The last thing they showed us was the Simulation Lab. In the Simulation Lab, they have life-like mannequins. These mannequins have certain features like:
Live Pulse
Blood Pressure
Live respiration
Eye movement
Speech
Dr. Hughes allowed us to find four different pulses, Brachial, Pedal, Corroded, and Radial.
In the Simulation Lab, they also had Virtual Reality Goggles. The goggles were programmed to show the McRoberts Maneuver. Which is when a baby's shoulder gets stuck on the pelvic bone during natural childbirth. The goggles showed us the procedures the nurses would take to attempt to get the baby out as quickly as possible.
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