Medical Students Get Hands-On Experience at Procedures Workshop

First and second-year medical students are taught central line placement by Dr. Bo Barber during the Family Medicine Interest Group Procedures Workshop.

Dr. Lamar Duffy (left), assistant professor of family medicine at USA, teaches medical students how to suture.

On March 2, 2013, the University of South Alabama Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) hosted a Procedures Workshop at the USA Springhill Avenue Campus.

Twenty-seven first and second-year med students participated, in addition to 12 faculty members.

Dr. Craig T. Bogar, adjunct assistant professor of family medicine at USA and co-advisor for the Family Medicine Interest Group, said the goal of the Procedures Workshop was to give FMIG members hands-on experience to complement what they are learning in the classroom.

Students were taught sterile techniques and learned how to suture. Other procedures taught during the workshops included mini-delivery, intubation, how to read a chest X-ray, and how to administer a shoulder exam.

To learn more about the Family Medicine Interest Group at USA, contact Dr. Bogar at ctbogar@usouthal.edu.