Recently, fourth year pupils Mark Grant and Rose Miller from St. Aidan’s High school participated in Operating Theatre Live at Falkirk high school. the programme- aimed at pupils looking to study any fields of medicine- involves dissecting real organs and learning from medical professionals themselves.
Rose commented on why the event would benefit her “The event would give me a boost into hopefully securing a place to study Veterinary medicine at uni in the near future and I really love helping animals and find it really rewarding when I am able to make them better”.
Rose and Mark went into detail of what the day involved ” we measured out and administered anaesthetic to a figurine and also were given the opportunity to dissect a pig, examine the brain and also examine the respiratory system”.
Mark’s favourite moment was examining the heart whereas Rose enjoyed dissecting the pigs head. Mark- who hopes to study medicine- commented on why he wants to become a doctor ” I find it really interesting and I just love helping people”
