On November 7th the Medical Interventions class traveled to San Joaquin Delta College to meet instructors and view post secondary options.  The trip was sponsored through a grant that the College has received. The first stop was a meeting with Tara Gallegos who is the San Joaquin Delta College Marketing and Outreach Specialist.  She provided the students with an overview of the college.  She provided students with information packets providing areas of study and explained avenues of study available (certificate and associate programs).  An important point she made was about how the first two years of college can be done much less expensively at Delta College and then students can transfer to a four year university to finish their bachelors degree.  From there the students traveled on to see three specific programs.

The first program visited was the Health Science program.  Students met with Professor Allison Pieretti.  She discussed the health science programs including the nursing program.  The students were then able to use the life sized mannequins that are used to develop skills.  The mannequins had pulses which could be felt or heard through the stethoscope.  They also talked and cried and had medical emergencies like seizures.   The technology was very impressive.  Professor Pieretti also discussed how students head into medicine after starting at Delta College.

The next stop was the Engineering Lab.  There students learned about engineering pathways through Delta College including a special program that guarantees admission into the University of Pacific's Engineering program.  Students viewed a demonstration testing the strength of steel which was startling when the steel broke. 

The final stop was at the Electron Microscopy program.  Students viewed the huge microscopes, saw students working with them and viewed the amazing photos taken by the microscopes.  This program is one of only two in the country at the community college level. 

It was a fantastic tour and MHHS will be returning on November 17th with the Human Body Systems students who will see all of the above plus the Speech Pathology Program