Kids Perform ‘Surgery’ at Medical School

Little doctors point to where their stomach is. Photos by Sarah Brown

Emmet Glidden, a kindergartener at Riverview, laid still on a table while children carefully removed his lungs, stomach, liver and intestines. It was an exercise in identifying internal organs using, of course, stuffed representations of the body parts attached to felt with velcro.

Students and staff at COMP-Northwest hosted their annual “mini medical school” on April 19, providing kids a sampling of the medical field and lessons about the body.

COMP-Northwest has been hosting a…