This is our individualized Jr. Medical School Program. It is designed for students that are in love with studying science and medicine. We tailor the course to meet your individual. Students are encouraged to become Kid’s Talk Radio Jr. Medical School Science Journalist. needs.
Jr. Medical School in Your Classroom
This program is designed to work in cooperation with school science programs. It is tailored to work in a smooth integration with your existing science program. Students work with our Doctor in a Box Kit and we take the class through a ten day Jr. Medical School Program. Custom software is provided for each student in the program. Students produce science websites and are trained to become Kid’s Talk Radio Science Journalist.
Jr. Medical School Homeschoolers Program
This is a popular program with students that are being homeschooled. It can extend to other members of the family that want to participate in high motivational science and technology programs.
Jr. Medical School Gifted and Talented Program
This is our most advanced Jr. Medical School Program. It is designed to challenge even the most advanced student. This program is customized to meet the specific needs of each student. Special permission is required to participate in this program.
Jr. Medial School Financial Support Programs for Single Parents
This program is designed to make it possible to make sure that students are not excluded from Jr. Medical School do to financial reasons. Contact Suprschool@aol.com for qualification requirements.
Jr. Medical School Inner City Financial Aide Program
Inner City students who demonstrate a desire to attend Jr. Medical School have an opportunity to apply for a scholarship. Student must demonstrate potential to benefit from this program.
Admission Procedure:
1. Send your questions and request for an application to Super School University at Suprschool@aol.com. 2. Complete the Jr. Medical School Application and send it to Suprschool@aol.com.
You will be contacted for a telephone conference.
Contact Information:
Robert L. Barboza, MS. Super School University Jr. Medical School 1857 Josie Ave. Long Beach, California 90815 (562) 594-8580Office (562) 221-1780 Cell Suprschool@aol.com
www.JrMedicalSchool.PNN..com
Jr. Medical School Advanced Reading Projects
Science Reading Projects
What can kids do to help?
What can kids do to help?
A lot can be accomplished when people work together.What can kids do to help in the fight against
cancer?Kid’s Talk Radio and Jr. Medical School wants to help in anyway that we can in 2009. Below you will find an interview with Barbara Walters and Patrick Swayze, you will find that it call attention to human spirit. What can kids do to help? Jr. Medical School is starting by making sure that we encourage young men and women to get involve in science. This is a good place for us to start. We welcome your creative ideas and suggestions.Send your comments to:
New
research indicates that drinking coffee lowers the risk of developing
cancer of the oral cavity or throat, at least in the general population
of Japan.
The consumption of coffee in
Japan is relatively high, as is the rate of cancer of the esophagus in
men. To look into any protective effect of coffee drinking, Dr. Toru
Naganuma of Tohoku University, Sendai, and colleagues, analyzed data
from the population-based Miyagi Cohort Study in Japan.
The
study included information about diet, including coffee consumption.
Among more than 38,000 study participants aged 40 to 64 years with no
prior history of cancer, 157 cases of cancer of the mouth, pharynx and
esophagus occurred during 13 years of follow up.
Compared
with people who did not drink coffee, those who drank one or more cups
per day had half the risk of developing these cancers, Naganuma's group
reports in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
They
note that the reduction in risk included people who are at high risk
for these cancers, namely, those who were current drinkers and/or
smokers at the start of the study.
"We had
not expected that we could observe such a substantial inverse
association with coffee consumption and the risk of these cancers,"
Naganuma commented to Reuters Health, "and the inverse association in
high-risk groups for these cancers as well."
The
researchers conclude in their article, "Although cessation of alcohol
consumption and cigarette smoking is currently the best known way to
help reduce the risk of developing these cancers, coffee could be a
preventive factor in both low-risk and high-risk populations."
SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, December 15, 2008.
How would you like to attend Jr. Medical School? We have created a new program that simulates going to medical school. Our new Jr. Medical School Program comes complete with a Jr. Medical School Training Kit. This science project based learning program is designed for gifted and talented students in grades 4 through 8 and 9 thorough 12. The program is designed for students that are being homeschooled, public school gifted programs, and other students that can benefit from a Jr. Medical School Training Program.
Exploring Medical Robotic Journalism at Jr. Medical School
Building a Kid's Talk Radio Science Robotics News Team
Super
School University Robotics Journalism
The Kid’s Talk Radio Science Show will being
featuring a series of science projects working with national high school
robotic teams from across the nation.
We have plans to tie some of our action research
in Robotics to our Jr. Medical School programs in California and
Mississippi.We will keep you
posted about all of the new and exciting projects that we have on the horizion.
Robotics is the science and technology of
robots, their design, manufacture, and application. [Robotics requires a
working knowledge of electronics, mechanics and software, and is usually
accompanied by a large working knowledge of many subjects. A person working in
the field is a roboticist.
The structure of a robot is usually mostly
mechanical and can be called a kinematic chain (its functionality being similar
to the skeleton of the human body). The chain is formed of links (its bones),
actuators (its muscles) and joints which can allow one or more degrees of
freedom. Most contemporary robots use open serial chains in which each link
connects the one before to the one after it. These robots are called serial
robots and often resemble the human arm. Some robots, such as the Stewart
platform, use closed parallel kinematic chains. Other structures, such as those
that mimic the mechanical structure of humans, various animals and insects, are
comparatively rare. However, the development and use of such structures in
robots is an active area of research (e.g. biomechanics). Robots used as
manipulators have an end effector mounted on the last link. This end effector
can be anything from a welding device to a mechanical hand used to manipulate
the environment. ISO 10248 defines a robotic application on the industrial
field.
For more information about Jr. Medical School
and our science robotic projects send your e-mail to Suprschool@aol.com.
Jr. Medical School Journalist (Kid's Talk Radio Science Show
Jr. Medical School Advanced Science and Technology Reading
Programs
Robotics at Jr. Medical School
Student at the Super School University are networking with
students across the nation to study robotics as it applies to medicine and the
medical profession.
Our students are learning about how the field of robotics can benefit
mankind in the hospitals around the world.Here are some of the opportunities our students will
be learning about.
Jr. Medical School Reading Program in Robotic Medicine.
Cardiac surgery
Endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) surgery and mitral valve
replacement have been performed. Totally closed chest, endoscopic mitral valve
surgeries are being performed now with the robot.
Gastrointestinal surgery
Multiple types of procedures have been performed with either the
Zeus or da Vinci robot systems, including bariatric surgery.
Robotic surgery in gynecology is one of the fastest growing fields
of robotic surgery. This includes the use of the da Vinci surgical system in
benign gynecology and gynecologic oncology. Robotic surgery can be used to
treat fibroids, abnormal periods, endometriosis, ovarian tumors, pelvic
prolapse, and female cancers. Using the robotic system, gynecologists can perform
hysterectomies, myomectomies, and lymph node biopsies. The need for large
abdominal incisions is virtually eliminated.
Neurosurgery
Several systems for stereotactic intervention are currently on the
market. MD Robotic's NeuroArm is the world’s first MRI-compatible surgical
robot.
Orthopedics
The ROBODOC system was released in 1992 by the Integrated Surgical
Systems, Inc.
Pediatrics
Surgical robotics has been used in many types of pediatric
surgical procedures including: tracheoesophageal fistula repair,
cholecystectomy, nissen fundoplication, morgagni hernia repair, kasai
portoenterostomy, congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair, and others. On
January 17, 2002, surgeons at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit
performed the nation's first advanced computer-assisted robot-enhanced surgical
procedure at a children's hospital.
Radiosurgery
The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System uses image-guidance and
computer controlled robotics to treat tumors throughout the body by delivering
multiple beams of high-energy radiation to the tumor from virtually any
direction.
The da Vinci robot is commonly used to remove the prostate gland
for cancer, repair obstructed kidneys, repair bladder abnormalities and remove
diseased kidneys. New minimally invasive robotic devices using steerable
flexible needles are currently being developedfor use in prostate brachytherapy.
Limitations
Current equipment is expensive to obtain, maintain and operate. If
one of the older model non-autonomous robots is being used, surgeons and staff
need special training. Data collection of procedures and their outcomes remains
limited.
Miniature robotics
As scientists seek to improve the versatility and utility of robotics
in surgery, some are attempting to miniaturize the robots. For example, the
University of Nebraska Medical Center has led a multi-campus effort to provide
collaborative research on mini-robotics among surgeons, engineers and computer
scientists. Scientists at Hebrew University have also developed a miniature
robot to navigate through the bloodstream.
Jr. Medical Schools
Join the Jr. Medical School Kid's Talk Radio Journalism Team
Our Jr. Medical School
Journalist have followed explorer Doug Stoup to the South Pole and then to the
North Pole.They spoke to Doug
while he was actually standing at both of the poles.Our students are science journalist and they are sharing
their news with students all over the world.
We want our students to
spend quality time listening, speaking, reading, writing, and using technology
while taking their distance learning classes at Jr. Medical School.
What is Jr. Medical
School?
Jr. Medical School is a high
motivational learning program designed to get students excited about science
journalism, the medical profession, and the human sciences.The program is open to students in
grades 4 through 8 and 9 through 12.
How does Jr. Medical
School work?
First of all, you must
request a Jr. Medical School Entrance Application. We use project based
learning to train our students.Credentialed teachers teach Jr. Medical School classes.Students are assigned Jr.
Medical School Projects that are individualized to meet the needs of our
students.We try very hard
to keep students motivated and productive.We have custom projects for gifted and talented
students.
How long has Jr. Medical
School been around?
Jr. Medical School started
on January 10, 2000.It was a
program designed for your women.It has since been designed to help young men and women.
What is a Jr. Medical
School Science Journalist?
This innovative program is designed
to build reading and writing skills in the sciences. Students learn how to create science podcasts, science shows,
and conduct science interviews.Students learn how to become science journalist. All students have an opportunity to
publish their work on the Kid’s Talk Radio Science Show.
What is the cost of Jr.
Medical School?
Students are enrolled on a
sliding scale according to what the family can afford.Scholarships are available and we try
our best to make programs work for the families.
What is involved in the
Jr. Medical admission process?
You are required to complete
a Jr. Medical School Application.Students will participate in an oral interview and will have to submit a
short essay on why they want to become a doctor or scientist.All application will be reviewed and
you will be notified if you will be admitted into Jr. Medical School.
Kid's Talk Radio needs science news. Do you have a science story?
Jr. Medical School Reading Projects
Basic Training for Jr. Medical School & Kid's Talk Radio Science Journalists .
Kid's Talk Radio Science Training Tools
The new Organic Chemistry book has just arrived.
Jr. Medical School Biology Text
Jr. Medical School Inorganic Chemistry
Jr. Medical School Biochemistry
Jr. Medical School Amazon Jungle Project
Protecting our bodies in Antarctica.
Jr. Medical School Distance Learning Kit
Kid's Talk Radio is exploring medical robots.
How are doctors trained?
Plants and Medicine
We need Jr. Medical School Science Journalists. We are going to the Amazon Jungle and Antarctica.
Jr. Medical School Students are Studying Plants
Jr. Medical School Amazon Jungle Projects
How can plants help our bodies?
Plants and Healing: Jr. Medical School Science and Journalism Projects Plants have played an important role in medicine. For early peoples, they came easily to hand, and were intricately connected to diet and healing. Through observation and experimentation, they learned which plants promoted health and well-being. This is a topic that is causing our Jr. Medical Students to get excited about learning. Can you share any information with our Jr. Medical School Journalists?
Many plants we rely on today were "field tested" by First Nations people hundreds, even thousands, of years before Europeans explored this continent. Early people used almost 3,000 different plants as medicine. Over time, the practice of herbal medicine has grown more complex. Science has enabled us to process natural substances into pills, tinctures and powders. However, the development of a market economy also has distanced consumers from the wild plants that are the source of medicines. Jr. Medical School’s Medical Plant Projects Extra Credit Questions: 1. How many plants are native to North America and for sale in the non-prescription medicinal market in the US? 2. How much money is in the medical herbs market? 3. What are doctors learning about medical herbs?
How would you like to go to the Amazon Jungle with Jr. Medical School students?
How can plants help our bodies?
What can we learn about plants?
Jr. Medical School Science Projects
What do you know about the healing power of plants?
Stanford Health Library Resources
Stanford Health Library
Stanford University Medical Helath Library and Jr. Medical School Project Based Learning.
Nora J. Cain, director of the Stanford Health Library has made it possible for all Jr. Medical School teachers, students, and parents to have access to the Stanford Health Library. The Stanford Health Library’s mission is to provide scientifically based medical information and health education that helps individuals and families make informed decisions about their health and health care. When Jr. Medical School Students want to know more information they now have the resources. Jr. Medical School students need to contact Dr. Bob to learn about custom research packets.
The Health Library on the Internet
This virtual branch of Stanford Health Library has over 10,000 reviewed links to scientifically based medical information on the Internet and over 850 full test health and medical books available for use from home. The Health Library’s streaming video collection includes over 40 videos of Stanford doctors and researchers talking on important health topics including Cancer Supportive Care.
The new Jr. Medical School Toolkit is now available for both Macintosh and PC computers. This updated program is designed to take full advantage of the Stanford health Library text, and steaming videos. Contact Dr. Bob to receive additional information about creative Jr. Medical School projects that will earn points towards graduation.
Contact:
Dr. Bob Suprschool@aol.com
Our Mississippi Jr. Doctors are in the National News
Students Contact Antarctica for Jr. Medical School Project
Jr. Medical School:Reaches Out to Antarctica !
Kid's Talk Radio and PNN Connects Students from Mississippi and Antarctica Expedition via live web site.
Rohnert Park, CA - PNN.com, the personal news network site today announced that two students participating in an after school educational programs Jr. Medical School and Kid’s Talk Radio on PNN will be connecting directly with Antarctica expedition leader Doug Stoup as he travels to the south pole.
The two students are part of an online program, called Jr. Medical School, started by educator Bob Barboza and hosted on PNN.
"The idea was to establish a unique, distance learning program that was uniquely capable of connecting students anywhere in the world with exciting real world professional resources like Doug Stoup", said Barboza.
"It's exciting working with PNN", Bob Barboza, said. "We now have a common platform and exposure to the wonderful world wide resources that PNN can provide." Barboza added.
"The idea that I can teach kids in Mississippi from my office in California and use PNN to find and connect with someone like Doug is incredible. Where else could kids have live satellite telephone calls from a world class expedition leader like Doug Stoup, then find their interviews posted on the web site by our Kid’s Talk Radio science reporters to then be shared by anyone?" said Bob.
It's not only exciting for the kids, it's a great learning tool and a powerful platform for understanding and compassion."
The student's goal at Jr. Medical School is to monitor the medical condition of Doug Stoup as he travels to Antarctica. Doug is retracing the steps of Ernest Shackleton's 1915 attempt at reaching the South Pole.
"Our job is to find out as much medical information about Doug as possible. He has a first aid kit and we want to know what is in it. It would be great to find out his complete medical history." (Matt Thorn)
"Our assignment was to read about weather conditions in Antarctica and to make a medical plan to keep Doug safe." (Mikey Thorn)
Created specifically for the average person by Lauren Elliott, PNN (www.pnn.com) gives web users a familiar and easy to use desktop publishing tool that blurs the distinction between the mainstream media and the citizen journalist.
Lauren Elliott is the best selling author of 23 original computer software titles with over 30 million copies of work in circulation - including the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? software game series. Winner of over 50 awards in originality and lifetime sales categories, Lauren is also the Founder and Creative Developer of several software development, Internet and book publishing companies.
About Bob Barboza
Bob Barboza is the founder and CEO of Kid's Talk Radio, Jr. Medical School, and Jr. Business School. Bob is a talented teacher who loves to inspire kids of all abilities to challenge themselves and grow. Bob holds a BS in Sociology, from Los Angeles State University and an MS in Education, from Mount St. Mary's College. Bob was awarded the California Computer Using Educator-Leadership in Technology Award.
Bob is also a journalist and Editor in Chief for PNN, covering Sports, Education, and Entertainment. His most recent assignment has been to cover the 2007 NCAA women's volleyball tournament.
How would you like to try a new way to get your students excited about science? Send you kids to Jr. Medical School. This takes going to school to a whole new level. How do doctors get started? At what age do kids start to thing about Medical School? We need dedicated doctors. Why not give Jr. Medical School a try. If it works, it will change your child or students life forever! Visit Jr. Medical School. Still have questions? Contact Bob Barboza @ Suprschool@aol.com
Jr. Medical School at Home
Take a 10 day journey into the world of medicine. Jr. Medical School is designed for gifted and talented students that dream about going to medical school. This program will give you a wonderful sneak preview. We supply everything that you need. Be prepared to study chemistry, biology, medicine, anatomy, mathematics, and computer science. This high motivational program will help to keep you to get into mental shape for your journey from where you are now to medical school. Our program will help you to study better and to build your vocabulary skills now. We will help you to get excited about science and the world of medicine. Ask your doctor about when he or she first started thinking about medical school. This is one school that is all about encourgaing you to be the best that you can be. We know how to get you ready for the journey ahead of you.
Student doctors will take oral and written exams, complete lab work, operated medical simulation software, and write simulated medical reports. Students upon completion of the course will receive a Jr. Medical School Certificate and a letter for their school cumulative file. Contact SuperSchool@aol.com to register for Jr. Medical School 2007-2008.
Try Our Ten Day Jr. Medical School
Experience the ultimate science training program for gifted students. Jr. Medical School is designed to simulate the Medical School experience. Students are taken a ten day medical school journey that integrates mathematics, science, reading, vocabulary development, and technology training. All students are exposed to anatomy, medicine, chemistry, technology training, biology, high motivational reading, and medical school simulation projects. All students receive a complete Jr. Medical School kit that they can keep after their training program. Students are required to keep an electronic portfolio and will take oral exams at the end of the program. Students will receive graduation certificates, letters of recommendations at the successful completion of the course. Send for a Jr. Medical School Enrollment Form. E-Mail: Suprschool@aol.com
It is a distance learning
program and a special afterschool program designed to help students to explore
the world of science and the idea of going to medical school in the future.
What is the
history of Jr. Medical School?
On February 6, 2002, Jr.
Medical School was created by Bob Barboza to help to get kids in the ParamountUnifiedSchool District
excited about coming back to school during their vacation time.At that time our school had what were call
intersession.We had about ten days to
work with selected kids while the rest of the school was on vacation.The core subjects offered were physiology,
medicine, and technology.The first Jr.
Medical School was created to assist regular, special, and gifted students in
grades 3 through 8.We did our best to
try to encourage young girls to get involved with our very unique high
motivational science program.The system
worked and we signup forty students for our very first 10 day Jr. Medical
School Program.Each student was
provided with a very special custom Jr. Medical School Electronic Portfolio.When the Jr. Medical School program conclude
we managed to graduate 57 students.Each
student received medals and certificates.Parents treated their children as if they had graduated from Harvard or StanfordMedicalSchool.
Jr. Medical School High Motivational Reading Projects
Jr. Medical School DNA Project
DNA The
Secret of Life, is on our Jr. Medical School reading list.
Fifty years
ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing
scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision,
he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution--from Mendel's
garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond. This
breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, made it possible for Watson to share a Nobel prize in 1962. In the
DNA molecule's graceful curves was the key to a whole new science. Having shown
that the secret of life is chemical, modern genetics has set mankind off on a
journey unimaginable just a few decades ago. Watson provides the general reader
with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He
shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of
our identities as groups and as individuals. And with the insight of one who
has remained close to every advance in research since the double helix, he
reveals how genetics has unleashed a wealth of possibilities to alter the human
condition--from genetically modified foods to genetically modified babies--and
transformed itself from a domain of pure research into one of big business as
well. It is a sometimes topsy-turvy worldfull of great minds and great egos,
driven by ambitions to improve the human condition as well as to improve
investment portfolios, a world vividly captured in these pages. Facing a future
of choices and social and ethical implications of which we dare not remain
uninformed, we could have no better guide than James Watson, who leads us with
the same bravura storytelling that made The Double Helix one of the most
successful books on science ever published. Infused with a scientist's awe at
nature's marvels and a humanist's profound sympathies, DNA is destined to
become the classic telling of the defining scientific saga of our age. And this
is why it is at the top of our list at Jr. Medical School.Students have an opportunity to use CD and
hardcover versions of Watson book.Many
of our reading projects extend beyond Jr. Medical School.
Jr. Medical School Infectious Disease Projects
The Infectious
Diseases Book by Gorbach, Bartleff, and Blacklow
This Jr. Medical School
reading project helps our students to understand a little of the history of
infectious diseases. We explore Renaissance Medicine and beyond.Our students learn how microorganisms cause
disease, and a little about the diagnosis of infectious diseases.Each Jr. Medical School student will do a
project from their disease textbook.We
call it picking your favorite disease.
Blood: The Jr. Medical School Reading Project
Blood and Epic History of Medicine and Commerce by
Douglas Starr
(Jr. Medical School: Gifted and Talented Reading List)
Don't faint!Jr. Medical School will have you reading about blood.You won’t see any real blood.We do suggest that you pick up this book at
Amozon.com.Here is the review. Blood may be a highly charged substance,
symbolic of our spirit and essential for life, but we can gain much from
reflecting on its power over us. Science journalist Douglas Starr has examined
the history of blood's medical uses, and his report is at once intellectually
engaging and emotionally compelling. Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and
Commerce covers the late 17th century to the present, detailing experiments
with animal blood (one violent madman was briefly calmed by infused calf's
blood), the long ban on transfusions, direct artery-to-vein suture between
donor and recipient, and today's global blood-banking industry. It's a great
story that shows the long climb from great risk and heroism to relative safety.
Our greatest stumble during this climb--the
AIDS crisis of the 1980s--is the meat of the book. How could it have happened?
Why were so many people given contaminated blood products after clear
warnings about the risks of infection? Starr is unafraid to name names and lay
bare the political and financial decisions that condemned so many thousands of
hemophiliacs and surgical patients to early deaths. Those who don't learn from
the past are bound to repeat it; Starr aims to help us keep the blood off of
our hands.
Jr. Medical School students will be reading
only selected sections of this book for the class.
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an
Imperfect Scienceby Atul Gawande
Gently dismantling the myth of medical infallibility, Dr.
Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
is essential reading for anyone involved in medicine--on either end of the
stethoscope. Medical professionals make mistakes, learn on the job, and
improvise much of their technique and self-confidence. Gawande's tales are
humane and passionate reminders that doctors are people, too. His prose is
thoughtful and deeply engaging, shifting from sometimes painful stories of
suffering patients (including his own child) to intriguing suggestions for
improving medicine with the same care he expresses in the surgical theater.
Some of his ideas will make health care providers nervous or even angry, but
his disarming style, confessional tone, and thoughtful arguments should win
over most readers.Complications
is a book with heart and an excellent bedside manner, celebrating rather than
berating doctors for being merely human. Sections of this book are discussed
during our ten day Jr. Medical School Program.
Doctors and Discoveries
Doctors
and Discoveries: Lives That Created Today’s Medicine, from Hippotrates to the
present.
I am always on the look out
for decent books that can be used to teach students about phenomenal lives and
mentors. This book accurately fills that need. Most of the physicians in this
book were also researchers before scientific research was even a field. Many of
these men (they are mostly men) came from backgrounds that were not
particularly conducive to doing medicine, let alone the research that they
ended up doing. Their families were not aristrocratic or learned, many had fathers
who were tradesmen...yet for some reason, they chose to enter fields of
medicine. Medicine was not always the prestigious field or career that it is
now. Often, it was looked down upon, especially prior to its consolidation as a
science. The work that these men did helped to raise the prestige of medicine,
anatomy, physiology, and neuroscience.
Medicine, like most sciences, is a long
ongoing process of learning. Not just about the body, but about what chemicals
and what therapies are going to work for individuals. One of the things that
this book makes clear is that those who succeeded in furthering medical
knowledge all possessed great curiosity as well as often possessing great
courage. So many times, these guys had to buck the current establishment, whether
it was clergy, current medical knowledge (often dating back to Greece even in
the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance), and even governmental authority.
This book is well-written, and provides a
lot of diverse stories about medical achievement mainly in European countries.
There are a few chapters dedicated to women and only a couple involving men
from the Middle East, none from the Orient.
The author does bring up alternative medicine, but since I can think of several
other medical discoveries and physician/inventors from parts of the
non-European world that could and should be mentioned, I think this book should
be followed by another including the inspiring stories from the rest of the
world. All children and all adolescents, need to see mentors, scientists, and
physicians that are like them; that it is possible to achieve in this area no
matter where you are from, what gender or race or ability you have. This book
is a critical and good start, but it is essential to take it farther...
It's important for kids to have diverse
meanings for the word 'hero'. With so many in the sports world, in the world of
entertainment, and now in the business world providing bad examples, it is
paramount that teachers and parents provide alternatives to these people as to
what actually constitutes a 'hero'. So many in the media and in government
lambast how poorly our students are doing in science and math education, yet
part of the problem lies in the fact that adults are not providing good
examples of what is important and what is not. This book helps to place this
critical emphasis back on the importance of intelligence, of creativity, and of
compassion for fellow human beings. A truly vital book to have for educators
and those who would be mentors.
Karen Sadler,
Science Education, University of Pittsburgh
Jr. Medical School Project Based Learning
How Do I get into a university level medical school?
Get serious early.Start your journey right now.What are you waiting for?Pre-med students have several requirements to
fulfill before applying to medical school. In order to increase your chances of
being accepted into medical school, it necessary that pre-med students follow
these guidelines.
At Jr.
Business School we he help you to get an early start at being diligent,
disciplined, responsible, and organized.These are just some of the
characteristics that medical schools look for in students. University level medical
schools are interested in students who show the most potential and are the most promising. Additionally, a students GPA and
academic course work are important to medical schools. At Jr. Medical School we use Brain Cogs to
help with getting our students the best study skills.Keep in mind that
many undergraduates choose to major in
Biology but medical schools encourage students to choose a major that can
provide the most diverse amount of knowledge. Take courses in a variety of
subjects but include plenty of math and science courses. Jr. Medical School
will help you to develop an good reading habit early on. Remember, there are
set core requirements that all students must take in order to attend medical
school.
Course Requirements include but are not
limited to:
1 year of Biology (with Lab)
1 year of Inorganic Chemistry (with Lab)
1 year of Organic Chemistry (with Lab)
1 year of English
1 year of Calculus or College Level Math
1 semester of Biochemistry (at select schools only)
A student’s overall GPA, a GPA in science
courses, and a GPA in non-science courses are calculated separately.
Medical Schools prefer
students with a GPA of at least 3.5 in each GPA category (based on the US 4.0
scale). It is best to do well from freshman year but improvement over the years
is also considered. If a student has trouble in any one course, they can still
be accepted to medical school. They will have the chance to show improvement by
retaking a similar course.My best
suggestion is that you get off to a good start real early get on the right
track and stay there.Jr. Medical School
was designed to support you early and to keep you pointed in the right
direction.Remember the golden rules.Start early, get focused, stay disciplined.You can get good grades if you can work hard
and stay organized.You have to become a
master at using your time and getting the right answers to all of your academic
questions.If you need help, get it
early and never let your grades dip into the danger zone.
Jr. Medical School Summer Projects
We need more Jr. Medical School Student Science Journalists.
Jr. Medical School Science Journalist Programs
News stories about new treatments, tests, products, and procedures appear daily. Such reporting should ideally be accurate, balanced, and complete so that health care consumers are properly informed and ready to participate in decision making about their health care. If reporting is inaccurate, imbalanced, or incomplete, consumers may have unrealistic expectations and demand of their physicians care that would be of little value or even harmful.
Is the news media doing a good job of reporting on new treatments, tests, products, and procedures? Ray Moynihan and colleagues analyzed how often news stories quantified the costs, benefits, and harms of the interventions being discussed, and how often they reported potential conflicts of interest in story sources [1]. Of the 207 newspaper and television stories that they studied, 83 did not report the benefits of medications quantitatively, and of the 124 stories that did quantify the benefits of medications, only 18 presented both relative and absolute benefits. Of all the stories, 53% had no information about potential harms of the treatment, and 70% made no mention of treatment costs. Of 170 stories that cited an expert or a scientific study, 85 (50%) cited at least one with a financial tie to the manufacturer of the drug, a tie that was disclosed in only 33 of the 85 stories. Moynihan and colleagues' work was one of the inspirations for the creation of the Australian Media Doctor Web site (http://www.mediadoctor.org.au/) in 2004. That project monitors the health news coverage of 13 Australian news organizations. The project concluded, after its first six months experience, that “Australian lay news reporting of medical advances‥is poor” . Your job as a Jr. Medical School Journalist is to read about this important work and to produce a Kid’s Talk Radio Science Program that will bring this important information to the attention of our Jr. Medical School Students in the United States.
Math and Science Programs
Jr. Medical School is Getting Kids Excited About
Science and Mathematics
Jr. Medical School was designed to get students excited about studying mathematics and science. This innovative program is designed to increase your vocabulary skills while providing the study skills necessary to be successful in high school and college science and mathematics programs. Students and teachers have access to new and updated technology based Macintosh and Windows teacher and student productivity tools, distance learning lessons, and virtual school gifted and talented programs. This course has a special section designed for students with special needs working in grades 6 through 12.
Kid's Talk Radio will be reporting on Jr. Medical School
In order to imporve our vocabulary skills in the area of sceince the Kid's
Talk Radio News Team will cover stories like the one listed below.
Deep inside the hard enamel surface of your teeth lies soft tissue. When
that tissue becomes inflamed--because of bacterial infection or trauma--your
dentist will likely send you off to an endodontist for root canal treatment.
If just the thought of root canal makes you cringe, you should know
that with the help of his Macs, microcomputed tomography, and VStudio
MAX, Dr. Ove Peters has been investigating ways to make root canal more
successful and less stressful for patients.
Powerful 3D visualization
software, VStudio Max helps Peters accurately map the internal anatomy of
teeth, giving him--and the students he teaches--a better understanding of
dental anatomy and potentially leading to improved root-canal methodologies.
We have two types of electronic portfolios for Jr. Medical School. Our students are in Georgia and Mississippi. It is important for Super School University to have portfolio conferences with our students about their school work. The Portfolio Assessment Kid II, is located on our students computers. The Portfolio Assessment Kit III is located on the web.
Take our virtual field trip and visit three of our portfolios.
Jr. Medical School Portfolio: Elementary School Level: Georgia
Jr. Medical School Portfolio Middle School Level: Mississippi
Jr. Medical School Portfolio High School Level: Mississippi
If you need more information about how we are using electronic portfolio in Jr. Medical School contact us at:
Jr.
Medical School is easy to get through, and the Jr. Medical School Class itself
is definitely not for everyone student at your school. We get young students to
think about becoming a doctor before they get a lot of low grades in school.We tell our students that studying to become
a doctor means making huge sacrifices, first in medical school and then later
in your internship and residency. Long shifts will be the norm not just during
your training but throughout your career. Even when you're not working directly
with patients, you will be spending a significant amount of time as a doctor reading
and staying current in new medical techniques and research. It has been our experience that students who
excel in medicine are those who are happy spending every waking moment thinking
about it ? and those are precisely the kind of students that medical
schools are looking for.For ten days
you get to try living the medical school life.Once you complete your course work you get a beautiful certificate and
you get to keep all of your medical school software.
How
does Jr. Medical School work?
First,
we send you an application and you have to apply to Jr. Medical School.Your teacher can do this for you or your
entire class or he/she can teach a group after school.We use a Jr. Medical School Student Kit to
help you to complete your studies.A Jr.
Medical School Master Kit is provided for your teacher.Our custom version of the Course Wizard Jr.
Medical Software and Database Projects for Kids is used to provide the distance
learning and medical lab simulation software that you need to take our course. Jr. Medical School was designed for students in grades 4 through 12. It was first designed for gifted students. It is now open to all students. Don't be afraid to apply. We use a train the teacher model. We train teachers and teachers train students. We can send an instructor to your school to conduct the ten day class.
A Jr. Medical School illustrator is a student artist with special training in junior medicine and elementary, middle, and high school science who creates visual material to help record and disseminate medical, biological and related knowledge. Jr. Medical illustrators not only produce such material but function as consultants to other science students in grades 5 through 12.
Nature of the Work
Jr. Medical School illustrations appear in medical student journals, school advertisements, school web sites, instructional multimedia productions, computer-assisted learning programs, school art exhibits, lecture presentations, and for children’s television. Although the majority of medical illustrations are for print and projection media, medical illustrators also work in three dimensions, creating anatomical teaching models, models for simulated medical procedures and general classroom peer tutoring programs.
Skills Required
The field is most rewarding for those who enjoy and have some natural ability in both art and science. Because of the variety of assignments, medical illustrators must be accomplished in a wide range of art techniques, including drawing, painting and modeling techniques, as well as the basic concepts and techniques involved in the production of commercial and graphic art. A strong foundation in the basic sciences is useful to enable the illustrator to understand and conceptualize; for example, your teachers will help you with these skills. Strong visualization skills to transform complex information into two-dimensional and three-dimensional images that communicate to a variety of audiences are important. We will do our best to help you to get on the road to acquiring these important skills. Those interested in medical illustration should enjoy working alone and in teams during problem solving, and be able to work closely with students and teachers to understand not only the project itself but the teachers often unspoken needs as well. Writing, research and computer skills are also valuable.
Education
In the real world of work, the majority of medical illustrators in the profession have a master's degree from an
accredited graduate program in medical illustration. There are currently five accredited programs in the United States and one in Canada, each accepting between 3 and 12 students each year.
The good news is that Jr. Medical School has a special course designed to help the beginners to get into to this exciting field of work.
High school students contemplating medical illustration as a career should take a college preparatory program with as much emphasis on art and science as possible.
In college, students should concentrate on art and biology. Art courses should include drawing, life drawing, painting, color theory, graphic design, illustration, and computer graphics. In the sciences, students should include general biology or zoology, vertebrate anatomy, developmental biology, physiology, chemistry, and cell biology. The science courses must be of the caliber required for science majors.
Admission requirements vary from program to program. In general, a bachelor’s degree with a major in art and a minor in the biological sciences or a major in science with a minor in art is preferred. In addition, a portfolio of artwork and a personal interview are generally required.
Graduate programs in medical illustration are two years in length. More information will be provided about this new and exciting area of study.
"A gripping page-turner, a significant contribution to the history of medicine and technology and a cautionary tale."
--Los Angeles Times Book Prize judges' citation
Jr. Medical Disclaimer: We are not a real medical
school.We provide medical reading
passages and simulations for our students. The information provided by this site is not a
replacement for medical diagnosis, treatment, or professional medical advice.
It should not be used to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Always seek professional
medical consultation by a licensed physician for diagnosis and treatment of any
and all medical conditions.Jr. Medical
Schools is designed to help students in grades 4 through 12.We will never give out any medical advice.Our sole purpose is to get young students to
get excited about studying science.
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