{"id":55328,"date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/04\/20\/the-alliance-in-focus-barrett-mcdonald\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:12:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:12:31","slug":"the-alliance-in-focus-barrett-mcdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/04\/20\/the-alliance-in-focus-barrett-mcdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alliance in Focus: Barrett McDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Sixty members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/alliance\/\">UNMC High School Alliance<\/a> are among the students taking classes at UNMC this academic year. <\/p>\n<p>The students come from high schools around Omaha and take college-level classes to prepare for health careers. <\/p>\n<p>Today we meet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Barrett McDonald\n<li><b>School:<\/b> Millard South High School\n<li><b>Year:<\/b> Senior<\/ul>\n<p><b>How did you learn about the UNMC High School Alliance?<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nI learned about the UNMC High School Alliance from a past student of the program. One day I was talking about the academy programs with a few friends, and she heard me talking about my love for science and health. She recommended that I apply for a spot in the High School Alliance Program. I did just that, and, as they say, &#8220;The rest is history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What sparked your interest in science?<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nMy spark for science, the medical field specifically, started the first time I went in to look at the X-rays of my sister&#8217;s broken fibula. I was about 7 years old, and I had no idea what I was looking at or what any of the terms that were being exchanged meant, but I knew it was something I was interested in and something I wanted to learn about.<\/p>\n<p><b>What are your career aspirations?<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nMy career aspirations are to be in orthopedics and sports medicine. I have always loved sports, and have played them my entire life. I will continue to play football in college for the United States Air Force Academy. Naturally, over the course of my career I have sustained an assortment of ailments, and I would love to be in a career that helps athletes get back onto the field as soon as possible, because I know that is what I have always wanted as an athlete. <\/p>\n<p><b>What has been the best part of your UNMC High School Alliance experience so far?<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nThe best and most unique part of being in the UNMC High School Alliance program has easily been the experiences in the anatomy course. 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