15 students from area to attend NEOUCOM MEDCAMP

Staff report

ROOTSTOWN

Fifteen area middle-school students are taking part in a three-day medical camp designed to whet their interest in the medical field.

The group is among 51 students from across Northeast Ohio visiting the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy starting today. This is the 20th annual MEDCAMP.

The program was created to get young students interested in the basic sciences related to medicine and pharmacy while exposing them to career opportunities in those fields.

Participants are given “hands-on” experiences in biomedical science workshops involving research, clinical problem-solving and an introduction to the fields of clinical medicine and pharmacy. The students attend lectures and participate in anatomy, pharmacy, physical diagnosis, physiology and other labs. They also join physicians, graduate students and NEOUCOM professors in performing hands-on activities such as taking blood pressure, reading EKGs and identifying bacteria under a microscope.

The local participants and their home schools are:

Nicole Tuel, West Branch Middle School.

Maggie Rich, Western Reserve Middle School.

Leah Conaway, Boardman Center Middle School.

Alexandria Gordon, Boardman Center Middle School.

Lisa Highley, South Side Middle School.

Alicia Libert, Lakeview Middle School.

Cassandra Welsh, Lakeview Middle School.

Wyatt Ford, Neal Middle School.

Kelly Kovacevich, Neal Middle School.

Louis Liming, Lordstown Middle School.

Miah Brawley, Southeast Middle School.

Holly Heck, South Range Middle School.

Levi Plocher, West Branch Middle School.

Jesica Smith, Labrae Middle School.

Nicole Negron, Boardman Center Middle School.