February was dental awareness month.  7th and 8th grade science students at Harmony Grove School in Camden Arkansas were educated on the damaging affects bad oral bacteria can have on  teeth and gums.  They were also made aware of the damage that could be done to our mouths due to excessive smoking and use of smokeless tobacco products.   Gross visual-aid models were used to stress the importance of never starting bad habits and what your mouth could look like if the habits continued.

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On Tuesday February 7, 2012 sixty college students on the SAU campus in Magnolia experienced their own “traveling” Hands on Health Care Event.  Volunteers from the Magnolia Hospital and the SAU College of Nursing provided assistance to the recruiters from  AHEC in South Arkansas and Texarkana  making the experience a success.  The students were exposued to seven different stations allowing them “hands on” activites in the fields of laboratory science, nursing, phlembotomy, and pharmacy.  New contacts were made and more paths to UAMS were created.

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On Wednesday October 19, 2011 twelve students from 6 school districts attended the fall Hands on Health Care day in El Dorado. The students were exposed to numerous careers in health care by playing with “pee” and “poop”, typing blood, experimenting with drawing blood, giving injections into oranges and practicing finger sticks by testing their own glucose levels. The students experienced life as a pharmacist by filling capsule meds with powdered sugar, drawing medicine into syringes and filling IV bags. The day ended with a trip to South Arkansas Community Co…