High School students are well on their way to becoming doctors, nurses and other important medical personnel after participating in a workshop with Stony Brook University Hospital emergency room doctors. More than 60 students who identified themselves as having post-graduate career plans within the medical field had the opportunity to learn four key skills, including splinting, stitching, intubation and CPR.  

The medical personnel currently work with the hospital’s Division of Health, Equity and Advocacy with the goal of improving care in the emergency room for all patients. The Division’s outreach to school districts like Shoreham-Wading River builds community partnerships and provides opportunities for students of various economic standing to take advantage of being able to build relationships with medical personnel in the field. 

SBY Division of Health, Equity and Advocacy representative Lauren Rozmus explained, “that it is really important to build relationships when pursuing medicine, and these students will have started to build those relationships.”