Grant County Anatomy Students Connect via Video to Live Surgery
A common surgery that we hear about today is total knee replacement. However, six classes from North Dakota not only have hear about this, but can now say they actually observed a live surgery of this type. On Wednesday, April 9, Grant County High School’s Human Anatomy class was one of the six North Dakota classes that connected via video to the surgical suite at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio to observe a live total knee replacement surgery. The orthopedic surgeon removed the diseased cartilage and bone from the femur, patella and tibi and replaced these with prosthetics.
Students were allowed to ask questions of the operating room staff throughout the surgery. Comments from students following the surgery: "The surgical team was very descriptive to help us understand what was going on. Very interesting. Not as bloody as I thought it would be.” Instructor Darrell Howard conducted both pre- and post-visit activities with his 28 students.
The other North Dakota schools connected were Beulah, Bottineau, Jamestown, Tioga and Glenburn. Two schools from Ohio, one from Texas and one from Alberta Canada were also connected. This live interactive videoconference was coordinated by EduTech and COSI.