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WSU School of Medicine hosts “Future Docs” fair for children

Excellent photo op: Children participate in hands-on experiments

You use one every day, but how often do you get to see a real, human brain? You use your eyes all the time, too, but how often do you think about how they actually work – or get to see inside them? A few hundred Detroit-area children will have a chance to learn all about the brain, eyes and lots of other body parts as they participate in the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Future Docs event on Saturday, April 30.

Children, aged 6 to 12, will participate in fun, hands-on experiences related to medicine and the human body. In addition to studying human brains and eyes, children will have a chance to use a portable ultrasound and learn about how such an instrument is used on the international space station; see their hearts beat; build a “lung”; tour an ambulance; and find out the genes behind why some earlobes are attached while others aren’t.

More than 300 people attended the event last year; as many as 500 could participate this year. Future Docs will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 30, in WSU’s Scott Hall, 540 E. Canfield, in Detroit.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the extreme popularity of this event, enrollment has already closed. Members of the media, however, are welcome to cover this exciting opportunity.

With more than 1,000 medical students, the WSU School of Medicine is among the nation’s largest institutions of its kind. Together with its clinical partner, the Wayne State University Physician Group, the school is a leader in patient care and medical research in a number of areas, including cancer, genetics, neuroscience and women’s and children’s health.

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