MEDSTARS WAS A RESIDENTIAL SUMMER EXPERIENCE JULY 15-19, 2003 at OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSIT

This program is designed to help high school students learn how to pursue a health care career. The Area Health Education Centers Program sponsors the MedStars Health Careers Honors Program.

Top Row, L to R: Monica Salazar (Counselor), Jamie Baslee (Counselor),
Karen Beadle, Larissa Medina, Arianna Gallego, Ashley Zelecki, all from Medford.
Front Row, L to R: Brendan Ashby (AHEC Staff), Laranda Lee, Medford, Shannon Gibson
Breann Thomas, both from Florence, Amanda Layton from Oakridge, Annamarie Ryden (AHEC Staff)

The students were chosen based on health careers discovery experience, GPA, and instructor recommendations. Moreover, two students engaged in health careers training; Jaime Baslee at Umpqua Community College and Monica Salazar at the University Oregon were chosen as counselors and mentors to the MedStars students.

Laranda Lee works on her team's powerpoint presentation on arthritis with help from a staff person.	Larissa Medina learns how to measure her body mass index on a scale in the General Clinical Reearch Center.	Karen Beadle works on her notes for her team's final presentation.	(From left) Larissa Medina and counselors Jamie Baslee and Monica Salazar watch as a graduate student demonstrates how to remove tissue samples form a tank of liquid nitrogen in the Alzheimer's Research Lab.

Ashley Zelecki (left) watches as an orthopedic surgery nurse explains spinal surgery to another MedStars participant.	Amanda Layton (2nd from left) and Ashley Zelecki (standing in rear) help their team to construct a presentation about asthma.	Ashley Zelecki (left front) and other students from all over Oregon explore the dentistry classroom and check each others teeth with help from OHSU dental students.

For more pictures, visit the Oregon Health Sciences University website.