ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE: 2022 Mini-MASH Summer Program

By Press release submission

Jul 1, 2022

Arkansas Northeastern College issued the following announcement on June 25.

Arkansas Northeastern College hosted the 2022 Mini-MASH program from June 20th – 24th. Mini-M*A*S*H, Medical Applications of Science for Health, is a one-week summer enrichment program for 10th 11th, and 12th graders from area schools interested in pursuing a career in healthcare.

Students are selected based on their academic standing, community involvement, and their interest in pursuing a medical career.

During the one-week program, students were given the opportunity to take part in the following activities:

• Receive CPR training certification

• Trained in how to “Stop the Bleed”

• Maneuver through the heart while an Anatomy & Physiology Instructor directs their dissection and suturing

• Apply casts to one another after learning proper techniques

• Perform dental molds in a dental simulation lab

• Microbiology concepts in a microbiology lab

• Engage with high-fidelity clinical simulation mannequins to assess blood pressure

• Learn more about the shortages in Primary Care and Rural Medicine

• Learn about Organ Donation

• Learn about Social Media and its devastating implications if used improperly

• Blytheville Police Department D.A.R.E. drunk driving course

• Team building exercises

• Proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

• Nutritional counseling and preparing their own food

• Much, much more!

Thank you to all volunteers, presenters, and career coaches for their extraordinary expertise during this MASH program. A special thank you to UAMS for sponsoring this program, Arkansas Northeastern College for hosting the event, and Mississippi County Farm Bureau agencies for financially supporting and allowing such a wonderful program to be brought to the youth in our community.

Kyra Langley, Blytheville MASH Program Director & Assistant Professor of Nursing & Allied Health

Original source can be found here.