Format
We suggest that you ask each student to prepare at least
three questions for the surgeon. This will help elicit meaningful interactions.
The Live From Meet the Surgeon: Heart Transplant surgery experience will last approximately two hours. You will be provided with a padlet that contains careers in medicine, student activities and information about the Organ procurement organization.
You will be provided a Zoom link and will be placed in the waiting room. The facilitator uses digital media and medical images to help students understand the anatomy of the cardiovascular system. Featurettes of anesthesiologist, physician assistant, surgical technician, and nurses will be shown.
Objectives
This program begins with a Guest Speaker from the NJSharing Network of New Jersey. They share their stories of the gift of life.
Dr. Camacho then speaks about careers involved in a transplant organization.
Two videos are shown to highlight the process of removing the recipients heart and implanting a new donor heart.
Students are encourage to ask question throughout the program.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
LS1A 6-8 -- Structure and function
LS1A 9-12 -- Structure and function
LS1B 6-8 -- Growth and development of organisms
LS1B 9-12 -- Growth and development of organisms
State Standards
Alignment to NJSLS - Science
MS-LS1-3 Use arguments supported by evidence for how the body is a system of
interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
MS-LS1-5 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental
and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
HS-LS1-2 Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting
systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
HS-LS1-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
Connections to NJSLS - English Language Arts
WHST.6-8.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
WHST.6-8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas,
concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
WHST.9-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.