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    The document discusses the Annenberg High School Science Symposium, an annual program run by Main Line Health that aims to expose high school students to science and medicine. It began in 2004 with four participating schools and has since grown to include 15 schools. Through a mentoring program, a surgical telecast, and a final presentation on their research projects, the program is designed to inspire students' interest in healthcare fields while emphasizing teamwork, collaboration, and creativity. The goal is to provide students with a unique educational experience that explores both the scientific and ethical aspects of healthcare careers.

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    The document discusses the Annenberg High School Science Symposium, an annual program run by Main Line Health that aims to expose high school students to science and medicine. It began in 2004 with four participating schools and has since grown to include 15 schools. Through a mentoring program, a surgical telecast, and a final presentation on their research projects, the program is designed to inspire students' interest in healthcare fields while emphasizing teamwork, collaboration, and creativity. The goal is to provide students with a unique educational experience that explores both the scientific and ethical aspects of healthcare careers.

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    The document discusses the Annenberg High School Science Symposium, an annual program run by Main Line Health that aims to expose high school students to science and medicine. It began in 2004 with four participating schools and has since grown to include 15 schools. Through a mentoring program, a surgical telecast, and a final presentation on their research projects, the program is designed to inspire students' interest in healthcare fields while emphasizing teamwork, collaboration, and creativity. The goal is to provide students with a unique educational experience that explores both the scientific and ethical aspects of healthcare careers.

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    The document discusses the Annenberg High School Science Symposium, an annual program run by Main Line Health that aims to expose high school students to science and medicine. It began in 2004 with four participating schools and has since grown to include 15 schools. Through a mentoring program, a surgical telecast, and a final presentation on their research projects, the program is designed to inspire students' interest in healthcare fields while emphasizing teamwork, collaboration, and creativity. The goal is to provide students with a unique educational experience that explores both the scientific and ethical aspects of healthcare careers.

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    Vol. 24, No.

    2 | SPRING 2011
    Major changes in healthcare affect everything
    from economics to ethics, and therefore it is more
    important than ever to expose the next generation
    to science and medicine. The Annenberg High
    School Science Symposium is Main Line Healths
    (MLH) effort to offer high school students an early
    opportunity to learn about these issues. Started
    in 2004, when the Annenberg Center for Medical
    Education at Lankenau Medical Center dened
    outreach to the communityas part of its mission,
    the Annenberg High School Science Symposium
    was established to inspire the interest of high school
    students in science, medicine, and healthcare.
    In the past seven years, the number of participating
    schools has grown from four to 15.* The students,
    representing public and private schools from
    Philadelphia and the western suburbs, participate in
    four spring symposia at each of the MLH Systems
    acute care hospitals: Bryn Mawr, Paoli, and Riddle
    Hospitals and Lankenau Medical Center.
    Each year, in late fall, the high school science groups
    convene to choose their topic of interest. This years 15
    research or discovery topics include bipolar disorder,
    stem cell research, biotechnological applications in
    the treatment of diabetes, women in crisis in Sudan
    and Haiti, endostatins, Alzheimers disease, robotic
    surgery, and gastric bypass.
    The Annenberg Center staff arranges for a qualied
    mentor to meet with the student groups to discuss
    their topics, and to advise them on how to direct
    the research.
    In December, the school groups gather at the
    Annenberg Conference Center for telecast of a live
    surgery. This element is added to whet the students
    appetite for science and medicine; it is usually a
    laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by Lankenau
    surgeon Jonathan Gefen, MD. Suzanne Comer, MLH
    Manager of Academic Affairs and principal organizer
    of the symposia, explains, The surgical telecast and
    the science lecture which precedes it emphasize three
    educational values fundamentally important for high
    school students contemplating a career in healthcare.
    Review of the anatomy and physiology of the bile
    ducts prior to the telecast demonstrates to the students
    (1) the importance of learning basic science in
    high school; emphasis on laparoscopic surgery as
    a recent development in medicine demonstrates (2)
    the importance of being life long learners;and
    when students recognize the beauty and privilege of
    looking into another persons body, they gain (3) an
    appreciation of the privilege implicit in being a
    healthcare worker.
    The culmination of the program occurs in March,
    when the students go to one of Main Line Healths four
    acute care hospitals were they present their project to
    three other high school groups, parents and families.
    Each presentation must include an element of the
    creative arts to help explain scientic principles. At the
    conclusion, the students are questioned by honorary
    judges(Main Line Health- and community-experts
    in medicine or science), whose questions challenge the
    students to discuss extemporaneously the social and
    ethical implications of their projects.
    According to its originator and director, Dr. Barry
    Mann, Chief Academic Ofcer of MLH, by including
    a creative component, the Annenberg High School
    Science Symposium provides a science discovery
    model that is different from other high school
    science competitions. Whereas other programs pit
    school against school and reward the knowledge-
    based performance of individual students,he says,
    the Annenberg High School Science Symposium
    emphasizes teamwork, collaboration, and creativity
    the true underpinnings of scientic discovery.
    Some previous participants, who are now medical
    students and have returned as honorary judges,
    provide anecdotal testimony to the programs
    success. More formal surveys are underway to assess
    educational and motivational impact.
    This program embodies our commitment at
    Main Line Health to our community,says Jack
    Lynch, CEO of Main Line Health. This investment
    provides students with an opportunity to have a
    special learning experience at our institutions in
    which both the scientic and ethical aspects of
    healthcare are explored.
    * The 15 high schools participating in the Annenberg
    High School Science Symposium are: Barrack
    Hebrew Academy, Conestoga, Episcopal Academy,
    Friends Central, Garnet Valley, Great Valley, Abraham
    Lincoln, Lower Merion, Malvern Preparatory, Marple
    Newtown, Merion Mercy, Penncrest, Radnor, Upper
    Darby, and George Washington.
    Joel Port
    Vice President, Planning and Business
    Development
    Main Line Health
    Nan Myers
    Healthcare Writer
    Main Line Health
    Main Line Health Offers Unique Educational Model for Outreach to
    Community Youth: The Annenberg High School Science Symposium

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