You guys keep practicing with that for a little bit it’s not the usual High School curriculum but these students are curious about the exciting world of medicine and surgery I hope to become a forensic biologist um I don’t know I just really like biology previously I’ve been really
Interested in uh neurology and kind of looking at the brain and the next surgeon project wants to give them an edge students in the program participate in a series of workshops interactive sessions and mentorship opportunities those leading the program say the goal is to give students a glimpse of what
It’s like to work in the medical field and we bring them into the hospital we teach them about heart surgery what the day-to-day is and we actually have some simulation where they get their hands wet and really start to do the things that we do on a simulation system and so
They get that confidence to say yeah I could be a heart surgeon no this is within my grasp you know as I was studying and going through the literature scientific literature I realized that uh a lot of black minority communities have a great deal of cardiovascular ular disease and illness
Uh coronary artery disease atherosclerosis but they’re actually underrepresented in a lot of the clinical trials and the research that’s being done and so one of the ways you know I sort of thought that this could be improved is actually by encouraging individuals from these communities to become Physicians and surgeons the
Students are also provided with guidance to help them navigate their future educational journey I think one of the most benefiting parts of the program is the fact that I’m able to actually experience what it’s like to kind of be a doctor to be a surgeon and I think
It’s been really hard for me to kind of visualize that in the past but being able to like go in there try the different surgeries and simulations and kind of learn what it’s like has been very useful and kind of helped me to overcome my fears a lot the founder
Hopes to find more support for the program so it can continue to grow so if we don’t if we’re not getting Talent from one Community I don’t think it’s a lack of talent it’s a lack of opportunity we want our heart surgery team to reflect the patients that we we
Serve the communities that we serve the community that we serve is very diverse and for the students it certainly inspired them to pursue a career in medicine but also to give back to the community it means a lot because I think for marginalized groups of kids representation and support and
Opportunities is very very important so being able to have those people to look up to and see and relate with them from their struggles whether it’s family or school or being told that they couldn’t achieve something that they wanted to achieve was really really important and really resonated with something that you
Know I struggle with or other youth May struggle with as well Talia Richi CBC News Toronto
The Next Surgeon, launched last year in Toronto, gives underserved high school students the chance to experience life as a surgeon. The goal behind the multi-week, hands-on program is to mentor students with the goal of diversifying the health-care system.
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