{"id":54990,"date":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/03\/03\/college-students-explore-health-careers-at-unmc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T21:57:09","slug":"college-students-explore-health-careers-at-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/03\/03\/college-students-explore-health-careers-at-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"College students explore health careers at UNMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Gina Mavhezha stood in front of the Multitaction Wall in the Sorrell Center and marveled at the latest learning tools used to teach health profession students.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Multi0303.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em;line-height:150%\">UNL students check out the Multitaction Wall.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>&#8220;I hope this stuff is available when I come to medical school in 2019,&#8221; the University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman said.<\/p>\n<p>Mavhezha was one of 69 students who spent Friday at UNMC learning about health professions and the innovative ways those professions are now being taught.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the multitaction wall and other technological features of iEXCEL\u2120 (Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning), the students toured the biocontainment unit, ate lunch with health profession students, took turns listening to heart and lung sounds on the mannequins in the College of Nursing simulation center and saw a demonstration of the anatomage table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The nursing center was my favorite part of the tour,&#8221; said UNL freshman Mario Marroquin.<\/p>\n<p>Marroquin, who is planning to pursue a career in nursing, said Friday&#8217;s tour solidified his choice to become a nurse and furthered his desire to study at UNMC.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mario0303.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em;line-height:150%\">Mario Marroquin, a first-year student at UNL, listens to heart sounds in the CON nursing simulation center.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>&#8220;The level of simulation and hands-on learning is amazing,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jaclyn Barry also hopes to attend UNMC one day. 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