Summer Premed Program

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Image List:

• Image 1: High school students in UC Irvine's new Summer Premed Program gather around a mannequin in the campus's Medical Education Simulation Center.
• Image 2: A student practices resuscitation techniques on a life-size, computer-controlled mannequin.
• Image 3: Afaf Moustafa (center), a junior at Corona del Mar High School, and other program participants measure a mannequin's pulse and blood pressure.
• Image 4: Alexandra Chang, a first-year UCI medical student, oversees resuscitation efforts. Summer Premed Program participants also learned about suturing, casting, splinting, and reading X-rays and ultrasounds.
• Image 5: Jessica Cross, a senior at Foothill High School in Santa Ana, and Vinayak Pillai, a junior at Murrieta Valley High School, share a laugh at their mannequin's expense.
• Image 6: Guided by a video monitor, high school students practicing intubation thread a breathing tube down the throat of a medical mannequin.
• Image 7: Katia Sanchez (right), a second-year UCI medical student, leads resuscitation training on an infant mannequin.
• Image 8: In addition to training in the Medical Education Simulation Center, the 30 high school students in UCI's Summer Premed Program attended lectures and went on patient rounds with physicians at UC Irvine Medical Center.