The Department of Anesthesiology is hosting a Step Up Omaha intern this summer. Mack’Kya Broadway, an 18-year-old Metropolitan Community College (MCC) student, will spend nine weeks of her summer working on e-learning content for anesthesiology trainees under the faculty mentorship of Faye Haggar, Ed.D., director of educational development and academic technology.
Step-Up Omaha recruits, trains and places prepared Omaha youth and young adults, ages 14 to 21, in mutually beneficial paid summer jobs and work experience opportunities. Broadway, who is studying human services at MCC, has participated in the Step Up Omaha program for the past three years. She plans to study pre-medicine at the University of Nebraska Omaha, someday hoping to study neurology.
“The brain is the most fascinating organ there is,” Broadway said.
Her main responsibility in the internship is to compile case-based data into a standard template that will be uploaded on the Anesthesiology Intranet for Case of the Week lessons. Residents and fellows complete a Case of the Week scenario each week as part of their training. Cases are modeled after actual patient encounters, and residents and the trainees receive new information throughout the week as the simulated patient progresses. Residents and fellows respond to the information with a plan of action which they then can compare to answers formulated by experts.
For Broadway, regularly reading over patient scenarios introduces her to the world of medicine.
“It’s exciting and confusing because I’m not used to that terminology yet, but it keeps me interested and lets me know that this is the right path for me,” she said.
Step Up Omaha intern boosts e-learning content
