Jessica Terry, 18 years old, discovered a telltale granuloma in one of her own pathology slides, leading to a successful diagnosis for a disease that had been a mystery to her doctors for years. Clearly a young histologist/pathologist in the making.
Glossed over in the article is the participation of the local, unnamed pathlogist who was working with her class to train them. I've never seen histology taught at a high school level before, but it definitely seems to have made a difference for at least one student. What are the thoughts of our histo readers? Would you be in favor of high school students getting a more advanced exposure to histology and medical education in general?
From the CNN Article
"For eight years, Jessica Terry suffered from stomach pain so horrible,
it brought her to her knees. The pain, along with diarrhea, vomiting
and fever, made her so sick, she lost weight and often had to miss
school.
Her doctors, no matter how hard they tried, couldn't figure out the cause of Jessica's abdominal distress.
Then one day in January, Terry, 18, figured it out on her own."
Read the whole article at CNN.com
