Posted on Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 4:12 p.m.
Detroit high school students try being doctors for a day in U-M's mentor program
By Melanie Maxwell
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University of Michigan Dr. Suzanne L Dooley-Hash, MD instructs Cass Tech freshman Silas Shorter, Frankie Bryant and Devin Moses as they check the vitals of a dummy during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan Dr. Suzanne L Dooley-Hash, MD instructs Cass Tech freshman Silas Shorter, Frankie Bryant and Devin Moses as they check the vitals of a dummy during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Cass Tech freshman Ariel Bowman, 14, operates a laproscopic surgery simulator during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Cass Tech freshman Ariel Bowman, 14, operates a laproscopic surgery simulator by moving a small bean from a container and transferring it to a second container during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan resident Dr. Benjamin Bryner M.D. shows Cass Tech freshman Abdul Rashid, 14, a tool used for laproscopic surgery simulator during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Cass Tech freshman Sydney Aldrige, 14, grimaces as she maneuvers a laproscopic surgery simulator during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Cass Tech freshman Jordan Gregory, 14, operates a da Vinci Surgical System during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan Dr. Massimo Arcerito, M.D. and Cass Tech freshman Ajene Hines crack up as fellow students Talandra Royal, Naomi Nichols and Kala Coston look during a tour of the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Cass Tech freshman from left, Devin Moses, 14, Redwan Binrouf, 14, and Silas Shorter, 14, practice compressions as they use a defibrillator during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Cass Tech freshman practice compressions as they use a defibrillator during a tour o f the Clinical Simulation Center at University of Michigan Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 10. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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About 20 ninth-grade students from Cass Technical High School in Detroit tried their hand at a variety of medical and surgical procedures Thursday as a part of the "Doctors of Tomorrow" program at the University of Michigan.
The mentor program began in October and connects high school students in under-served areas to career enrichment activities at U-M.
The four-year partnership between Cass Tech and U-M also includes health-related capstone project work by the students, job shadowing and college admissions workshops.
Thursday, the participating students visited the Clinical Simulation Center at University Hospital where they were able to practice surgical techniques using laparoscopic devices and the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, where AnnArbor.com photographer Melanie Maxwell shot these photos.