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A group of high school girls listened closely Thursday as Austin Brookover gave them a brief overview of the heart and its workings.

Brookover, a second-year medical student at Oklahoma State University, sketched a diagram of a heart on a blackboard. As the girls watched, he pointed to each chamber of the heart and explained how it works.

Following the explanation, the girls pressed stethoscopes against a mannequins chest and listened to a simulated heart beat. Meanwhile, Brookover told the girls they needed to learn to distinguish a normal heartbeat from an abnormal one.

If you dont know the normal, youre not going to be able to hear the abnormal, he said.

Fifty-four teenagers got a taste of medical school as part of OSUs Operation Orange, a summer camp that encourages high school students to pursue medical careers. East Central University hosted the event, which allowed the group to meet medical students, ask questions and participate in demonstrations.

The demonstrations gave students a chance to listen to a patients heart and lungs, check blood pressure and perform other tasks.

During one session, a small group of high school students donned latex gloves before reaching into tubs filled with water which contained a brain, a spinal cord and other organs. As they moved closer for a better look, the teens asked the medical students questions about the organs color, size and other issues.

Anish Bhakta, a second-year medical student at OSU, held a heart in one hand as he pointed to a small patch of green on one chamber.

You guys see the green? Those are stitches, he said. This guy had surgery multiple surgeries.

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OSU camp gives students taste of medical school