FIVE STUDENTS TAKE PART IN STEI SUMMER CAMP AT BLINN
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Five local teenagers got a hands-on look at cutting-edge healthcare technology during a three-day camp offered by Blinn College at their STEI Building on the Brenham campus.
The students participating in the camp were Saif Mohammed, Leondro Hernandez, Isaac Reyes-Ortiz, Lyann Gajeske, and Garrison Colvin.
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Innovation Summer Camp was packed with activities such as a visit from the Washington County EMS, a 3-D printer demonstration, a trip to Blinn’s e-sports arena, a drone program display, demonstrations of the sophisticated equipment used to train nurses, and a moulage session in which participants used makeup to create realistic looking wounds.
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The camp was headed up by Blinn College Health Services Program Director of Simulation, Sami Rahman. She said their purpose was to showcase the technological advancements in health care for their participants.
According to Rahman, they explored the operational side of the simulators, and the internal computerized mechanisms used for teaching health care professionals.
They also learned about 3-D printing and its use in adaptations for prosthetics, as well as, some of the internal and external operations for processing with simulation systems.
The STEI Building, which opened last fall, houses classes in anatomy, physiology, biology, chemistry, and numerous other sciences.
Hernandez said that his favorite part was the EMS visit, and that he hopes to shadow one of the ambulance crews to learn more.
The other four students picked the 3-D printing as their favorite part.