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Dr. Michelle Barron, left, shines a special light on a student’s hands at Aurora Science & Technology, a unique school located on the Anschutz Medical Campus. Photo courtesy of Aurora Science & Technology.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The \u201cgerms\u201d showed up as fluorescent green blobs on students\u2019 hands even after many thought they had washed them off.<\/p>\n

And so began a \u201creal-world\u201d lesson on how viruses spread.<\/p>\n

Ninth graders at Aurora Science & Tech<\/a> recently got to experience \u201cepidemiology day,\u201d the kind of unique experience students get when their school happens to be located on a medical campus.<\/p>\n

Aurora Science & Tech (AST) is one of just six schools in the country that shares space with an academic medical center. The school at 2450 N. Scranton St. is blocks north of UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital<\/a> on the Anschutz Medical Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UCHealth funded a science and innovation lab<\/a> at the high school, and students have done multiple excursions to the hospital. Medical experts also regularly visit the school, which now includes students in grades 6 through 9 and will continue expanding year by year until AST becomes a full middle and high school.<\/p>\n

Germ education<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On epidemiology day, ninth graders got to engage with one of Colorado\u2019s top infectious disease experts<\/a>, Dr. Michelle Barron, who is UCHealth\u2019s senior medical director of infection prevention and control<\/a> and a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barron and UCHealth infection preventionist, Katrina Espiritu, brought a special lotion to simulate how germs can spread from person to person. Barron also mapped out an early COVID-19 super spreader event at a 2020 wedding in Maine to show students how quickly a novel virus can spread and how epidemiological detectives track infectious disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n

The \u201cglow germ\u201d was particularly popular with students. It doesn\u2019t contain any real germs, but Barron and Espiritu paired students up so they could see how viruses spread. One student would rub on the glow germ, then would shake hands or high-five with their partner.<\/p>\n

Barron, Espiritu and teachers then used a special black light to show where germs remained.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would fluoresce, and you would see under the light where they had put the lotion all over their hands. Then, for the person who shook hands with them or high-fived, you could see where they had been touched,\u201d Barron said.<\/p>\n

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UCHealth infection preventionist Katrina Espiritu shines a black light on a student’s hand during a lesson in infectious diseases. Photo courtesy of Aurora Science & Tech.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The students also tried rubbing on and washing off the lotion. But few got rid of all of the \u201ccontaminants.\u201d Once Barron and Espiritu shined the black light on their hands, the students could see how easy it is to spread infectious particles.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome did a great job washing their hands, but their wrists or the beds of their fingernails would be glowing,\u201d Barron said.<\/p>\n

One student scratched his nose and realized how quickly he spread the \u201cvirus\u201d to his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis nose lit up,\u201d Barron said.<\/p>\n

School on medical campus sparks enthusiasm about health care careers\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Students like Uriel Muniz, 16, and Maverick Hamer and Yudany Zavala, both 15, loved the lesson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked how hands on it was, literally hands on,\u201d said Zavala.<\/p>\n

Before becoming a student at Aurora Science & Tech, Zavala never had thought about a career in health care, but now she\u2019s considering becoming a surgeon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to work in a hospital someday,\u201d Zavala said. \u201cI found it really interesting after we shook hands to see how much bacteria transferred. It\u2019s pretty obvious that it would. But seeing it is a different thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little gross but also really interesting. You can see how fast an outbreak becomes so big so fast,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

During other trips to the hospital, she has been engrossed with her surroundings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has brought me closer to pursuing my dreams. I want to be in the medical field,\u201d Zavala said.<\/p>\n

Muniz thinks he might want to be an engineer and loves the STEM classes (science, technology, engineering and math) that are central to the school\u2019s curriculum.<\/p>\n

He liked how approachable and funny Barron was.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe made us laugh. She\u2019s not boring,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hamer isn\u2019t sure what he\u2019d like to study in college but loves the proximity to the hospital and medical school.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunity they\u2019re offering us allows us to have experiences and see things in the medical field,\u201d Hamer said.<\/p>\n

Partnership between medical expert and educators brings about awareness, opportunities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Katie Boye, AST\u2019s director of STEM and partnerships, said the connections have been excellent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt goes both ways. Experts are coming here, and we\u2019re doing excursions. They\u2019re great experiential activities connected to our biomedical science class.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the recent \u201cepidemiology day,\u201d students saw how paramedics would respond to an accident. Part of the AST building is under construction, and medical pros simulated a fall from some of the scaffolding.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents learned about triage and first aid,\u201d Boye said.<\/p>\n

Next year, students will be studying body systems, and during junior year, they\u2019ll get to do campus internships.<\/p>\n

Medical experts also have stepped up to help with judging for the school\u2019s science fair.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jean Kutner is the chief medical officer for the University of Colorado Hospital and is on the board for AST\u2019s parent organization, DSST Public Schools<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kutner envisions endless opportunities for students to have unique and unprecedented experiences like watching surgeries and ultimately gaining access to high-paying health care jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cUCHealth is very focused on our community, especially our community here on the Anschutz Medical Campus,\u201d Kutner said during a previous visit to celebrate the opening of an AST lab.<\/p>\n

The school is located in one of the most diverse and high-need areas of Aurora. Approximately 70% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and 85% are students of color.<\/p>\n

Barron, who grew up in Texas on the U.S. border with Mexico and has Mexican relatives, loved presenting to such a motivated, diverse student body.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids don\u2019t have to be at this school. They apply and choose to go there. So, there\u2019s a level of commitment. You can feel that they\u2019re excited to be there,\u201d Barron said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want all students to have opportunities,\u201d she said. \u201cExposure to health care may inspire students to become doctors, epidemiologists or to do many other jobs in health care-related fields.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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