Potential doctors left workshop in stitches

A group of Broome Senior High School students experimented with plaster casts and mock stitches last week as part of an interactive workshop with the University of WA.

Representatives from UWA’s faculty of medicine, dentistry and health sciences visited the school to engage students with interesting practical activities, such as applying wet plaster casts to bandaged limbs and using real surgical instruments to stitch dummy sutures.

The workshops were led by medical students from the Rural Clinical School of WA who talked about their experiences at UWA.

Students were also informed about how to plan and achieve a medical career through UWA’s ‘choose medicine … choose dentistry Rural School Leaver Pathway’.

Year 12 student and aspiring doctor Preshant Basnet said the workshops were really helpful in finding out more about a career as a rural GP.

UWA faculty of medicine, dentistry and health sciences student support co-ordinator Sue Pougnault said the workshops were an engaging way for students to learn about a medical profession in an informative environment, and provided students with information on how they access support while pursuing their career.

Ms Pougnault said students who come from a rural background were more likely to return to the country