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Work with your team of doctors to find a diagnosis for Sally!
Work with your team of doctors to find a diagnosis for Sally!
Sally, a fictional 13-year-old girl, suddenly becomes sick and enters your clinic.
You and your group are pediatricians who will work together to find a diagnosis for Sally.
We’ll learn about human health and medical skills such as measuring blood pressure and performing simple neurological exams.
This unit builds scientific skills such as experimental design, data analysis, and forming evidence-based conclusions.
In this lesson you will:
Learn about our patient, Sally, and her symptoms
Practice taking vital signs– heart rate & blood pressure
Determine a normal range for a given vital and compare this to Sally’s health
In this lesson you will:
Determine whether Sally suffers from a neurological or a cardiac problem
Practice giving a neurological exam and explore certain disorders through simulated vision changes
Practice giving a cardiac health assessment and explore homeostasis through physical activity
In this lesson you will:
Compile test results and determine a patient diagnosis
Develop a treatment plan for the patient’s disease
Summarize the treatment plan in a comic strip
Credits
Science in Society at Northwestern University: https://sc.club.northwestern.edu/program/curriculum/
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