This year, senior Anya Anohkin has founded the new medical club, which specializes in the study of the medical field. The club has been sponsored by Biomed teacher Mrs. Jacus and allows students to find doctors to shadow and learn more about anything relative to medicine. The few selective students who are positive that they want to go into the medical field will use the medical club as motivation to an early start in their career path.

Anohkin talks about the founding of the club and what other experiences the club will go through.

“The medical club is definitely directed towards people who have a serious interest towards medicine,” Anohkin said. “I founded it so that people who know that they want to go into the medical field would have a chance to do stuff outside of the classroom, such as visiting the anatomy suite at Washington University, the autopsy at the city morgue, and other typical stuff students usually don’t have access to.”

Not only does the club help with medical experiences, but also encourages a specific career path in the medical field. Senior member Alex Yepez shares his experience of how medical club will help him in his career choice as a pharmacist.

“The club is useful in that kids are more acquainted with the realities of career choice,” Yepez said. “I personally might be able to land a volunteer-type job where I would be able to train as a pharmacist assistant, which was possible through the medical club and Mrs. Jacus.”

Anohkin talks about the possible eye-opener experience with the club, and her excitement with the exposure of the medical field.

“I’m excited to learn more about medicine, which is something you don’t typically learn in the high school curriculum,” Anohkin said. “Also, it’s great to know that it is possible to have more exposure to different parts of the medical field before college.”

Though the medical club is currently an all-senior club, Anohkin mentions the hopeful expansion to the junior grade next year.

“I think the medical club will definitely be successful,” Anohkin said. “At the end of the year, it’ll be great to expand to the junior grade as well, so that the club can be carried on and help other students experience more of the medical field.”