MCC student Erin Brown of Woodstock is involved in working with her “first patients” as she participates in a three-day workshop at Indiana University School of Medicine - Northwest in Gary. Here she learns how to prepare cadavers for anatomy and physiology classes. She is the only community college student chosen for this training.
The workshop is sponsored by the International Human Cadaver Protection Program (IHCPP).is facilitated by Dr. Ernest Talarico Jr., Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology at Indiana University School of Medicine – Northwest. It is reportedly the only workshop of its kind in the country.
“Dr. Talarico really drives home the importance of realizing that cadaver donors are our ‘first patients’ and he helps the doctors and medical professionals of tomorrow remember why they chose this profession to begin with,” Brown said. “We are taught that our ‘first patients’ that we care for are more than just a number.”
Brown is finishing up some classes at MCC this fall toward her associate in science degree and will concurrently be enrolled at Roosevelt University as an allied health/nuclear medicine major with a minor in psychology. She plans to work in research for childhood cancers.
“I consider it a great honor to be selected for this program,” Brown said. “I was a bit worried about being surrounded by such great minds, but I feel like MCC biology instructor Marla Garrison and the whole science department at MCC has really prepared me better than I thought.”
Brown said that she prepared herself by reading and studying anatomy textbooks, along with using the Internet and YouTube to watch videos about anatomy. Plus, she watched lectures given by Dr. Talarico.
“I hope my experience at the IHCPP will help to show others at MCC and other community colleges that they are not second best in any way. Just because you are attending a community college does not mean you are less smart than anyone else.”
Brown is married and has a 4-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter. “Being accepted into the program even when I thought I would not be selected has really turned out to be a great self-confidence teacher for my daughter.
The workshop is sponsored by the International Human Cadaver Protection Program (IHCPP).is facilitated by Dr. Ernest Talarico Jr., Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology at Indiana University School of Medicine – Northwest. It is reportedly the only workshop of its kind in the country.
“Dr. Talarico really drives home the importance of realizing that cadaver donors are our ‘first patients’ and he helps the doctors and medical professionals of tomorrow remember why they chose this profession to begin with,” Brown said. “We are taught that our ‘first patients’ that we care for are more than just a number.”
Brown is finishing up some classes at MCC this fall toward her associate in science degree and will concurrently be enrolled at Roosevelt University as an allied health/nuclear medicine major with a minor in psychology. She plans to work in research for childhood cancers.
“I consider it a great honor to be selected for this program,” Brown said. “I was a bit worried about being surrounded by such great minds, but I feel like MCC biology instructor Marla Garrison and the whole science department at MCC has really prepared me better than I thought.”
Brown said that she prepared herself by reading and studying anatomy textbooks, along with using the Internet and YouTube to watch videos about anatomy. Plus, she watched lectures given by Dr. Talarico.
“I hope my experience at the IHCPP will help to show others at MCC and other community colleges that they are not second best in any way. Just because you are attending a community college does not mean you are less smart than anyone else.”
Brown is married and has a 4-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter. “Being accepted into the program even when I thought I would not be selected has really turned out to be a great self-confidence teacher for my daughter.
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