March 28, 2012 Mini medical school FSHS students visit West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

By Mary Wade Burnside Times West Virginian The Times West Virginian Wed Mar 28, 2012, 05:01 AM EDT

FAIRMONT Austin Patterson wants to pursue a career as an orthopedic surgeon, and getting to perform such medical functions as an intubation putting a tube down an airway passage of a mannequin during a visit to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine encouraged his dream.

We got to try two different tools to do it and decide which one we liked better and which one was easier,Patterson said.

Instead of deterring him from his desire to be an orthopedic surgeon an idea he

got from his godfather, who practices at United Hospital Center It influenced me more,said the Fairmont Senior High School student.

Patterson was among 13 Fairmont Senior students who traveled to the school, located in Lewisburg, to talk to current medical students and learn more about the types of scenarios and conditions that they will get to in the future if they do decide to pursue medicine as a career.

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