Local high school students will get a glimpse into medicine on the front lines as part of the University of Waterloo Discovery Day, taking place tomorrow.
Colonel Jim Kile, the Canadian Army’s top clinical advisor, will give a keynote address at the interactive event, which offers local grade 11 students the chance to explore careers in medicine and other health sciences.
When: Tuesday April 12, 2016
Where: Modern Languages, Theatre of the Arts, University of Waterloo
Time: Lecture begins at 9 a.m. Workshops start at 10 a.m. See schedule for workshop locations.
As part of a Canadian military outreach program called Operation Aesculapius, Colonel Kile and his medical team visited Afghanistan hospitals to provide clinical and equipment support.
Colonel Kile, a Waterloo alumnus, is trained in biological warfare medical countermeasures by the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases. He advises the Surgeon General and the Commander of the Canadian Army on all major health-related matters concerning ground forces. In addition to running a Canadian field hospital in Afghanistan, he served as a peacekeeper in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia and worked with European allies on a humanitarian mission in Eastern Africa.
Students will take part in hands-on workshops including:
Workshop 1 Athletic Taping – Helping Athletes Maintain Peak Performance
Learn how athletic therapists use taping techniques to help athletes remain healthy and injury‐free.
Workshop 2 Health Informatics – Transforming Health and Care
This workshop will present an overview of health information systems and how they are creating new frontiers and career opportunities in industry.
Workshop 3 The Changing Brain: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
An introduction to Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias. Experience some of the challenges associated with these diseases through a series of hands-on activities.
Workshop 4 Viewing and Imaging the Human Eye
Learn how to view and image the human eye to identify corneal, retinal and other diseases. Instruments will be used to view and image the anterior segment of the eye up to the iris and to image the optic nerve and retina.
The event is organized by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and hosted by the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and the Faculty of Science. For more information, please visit the event website.
