Working with primary school a learning experience
Medical student, Tracey and Michael, talked to primary school students about the workings of the human body with the help of an anatomy model.
A room full of eager 11 and 12 years olds firing questions about the human body turned out to be a great learning experience for Gippsland Regional Clinical School Year 4C students Tracey Zakazakaarcher and Michael Batt.
The pair volunteered to undertake the first of a series of local primary school visits planned for Gippsland this year, facing up to more than 100 students over two sessions from Grey Street Primary School in Traralgon.
Tracey and Michael’s role was to take a session that complemented the Year 5 and 6 program ‘My Body.’ With help of a couple of models with lots of removable internal parts, the medical students discussed various parts of the human anatomy and the role each plays in the way the body functions.
For the medical students the session was a valuable lesson in communicating with a young age group. The session was very well received by the young students and it’s fair to say their knowledge certainly surprised and tested both Michael and Tracey on occasion!
The School was also impressed with the workshop and is keen for similar sessions in the future.
Other visits by medical students are scheduled over the next couple of months at primary schools in Morwell, Moe, Warragul and Jindivick.