🩻It’s not every day you get to practice surgical skills in the classroom! 🩺 Abraham Lincoln High School JROTC students got a rare, hands-on look at what happens when high-pressure training meets real-life stakes. By practicing with Fort Carson’s Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment, students engaged in some high-intensity career exploration, experiencing the reality of being a trauma nurse or surgical technician. Whether it’s in a hospital down the street or a mobile unit abroad, these ar

High school students at Edmondson–Westside High School in Baltimore are on a career path straight to the operating room! The school partners with UMMC on the Surgical Technician Training Program, one of only three such programs in high schools on the East Coast. In a simulation OR laboratory built by UMMC, students learn key skills and train with high-tech tools in their own classroom. Finally they get to enter the operating room for additional real-life experience. Students graduate from high s