The Student Ambassador program at St. Luke’s Episcopal School is excited to announce its 2021-22 class. Senior Student Ambassadors are Upper School students whose pursuit of leadership, academic excellence, and commitment to the school best represent the ideals that St. Luke’s embodies. Senior Student Ambassadors represent the school through admissions, community events and much more. Many Senior Student Ambassadors receive … Read More
Specialty Weeks in Biomed: Mass Casualty Drill
Our Biomedical Sciences Program has enjoyed participating in the University of South Alabama Mass Casualty Drill. The drill serves several purposes; it provides actual first responders a scenario in which they can practice their MCI skills and responses, it allows the USA nursing, physician assistant and medical students an opportunity to interact in a simulated emergency, and it is the … Read More
Clinical Skills and Simulation Lab
St. Luke’s Episcopal School Biomedical Science Program has created a full functioning clinicalskills and simulation lab. In addition to the interactive lectures and labs that are conducted byarea medical professionals, our students experience simulated immersion activities in our stateof the art facility. We have space for hospital, clinic, and triage simulation as well as a flexibleclassroom and debriefing area. The … Read More
Specialty Weeks in Biomed: Forensics Week
During the Biomedical Science Program Forensics Week, local law enforcement officers presentan actual criminal case that has been solved with the use of forensics. Students review casefiles, learn about evidence collection methods, investigative techniques and explore a recreationof the actual crime scene. The week ends with an explanation of how the case was solved anda question and answer session conducted … Read More
Specialty Weeks in Biomed: Cybersurgeons / Mercy Ship
CyberSurgeonsTM is an intense and immersive learning experience that our Biomedical Sciences Program participates in each year. It is a live simulation in which students quickly diagnose and treat an array of medical cases. With the help of computers, the Internet, and a video conference connection the students interact with a “Chief Medical Officer” at the Challenger Learning Center®. Together, … Read More
Biomedical Sciences Program Description
St. Luke’s Episcopal School is the only high school in the Mobile, Alabama area offering a four yearpre-professional college preparatory curriculum in biomedical sciences. From its inception, the objective hasbeen to provide opportunities for high school students to explore and experience a variety of healthcare andbiomedical engineering related fields and career paths. Our dynamic curriculum implements real-worldexperience and hands-on learning … Read More
Specialty Weeks in Biomed: Trauma Week
Each year the Biomedical Sciences Program conducts a weeklong scenario that involvessevere injury or illness. Over the course of five days the students progress through daily lessonsthat begin at the scene of the incident and move through various medical simulations that followthe patient through treatment. These include EMS and ER, diagnostics and imaging, surgeryand critical care, recovery and rehabilitation, and … Read More
Current and Future Technology
This week in Interventions in Biomedical Sciences class, I have completed research on current and future technology in my field of interest. I have learned that technology in pediatric and neonatal cardiology is a rapidly growing field. 3-D printing is a new and growing technology that has the possibility of becoming very helpful in the medical field. Research is being … Read More
