“We are going to take care of their teddy bears together so that they feel like actors. The children will put on a surgical gown and gloves to take on the role of the doctor,” explains Rose Bourtembourg, one of the six second-year students organizing the 2022 operation. the stuffed animals will be taken care of and will come out in good shape from this mini-hospital installed in the faculty of medicine.
Stethoscope, blood pressure monitor, syringe or compress, children from the middle section to CP will be able to handle all the paraphernalia of a doctor, thanks to a partnership with the CHU of Reims. “The fear of the white coat is often very rooted in children. As future caregivers, it is important to become familiar with this public with which we are little confronted, rejoices Rose Bourtembourg. Upstream, we went to the classes to install a medical vocabulary and so that they had a good idea of all the specialties. »
Eleven schools in Reims have the chance to participate in the operation this year, but the association of medical students has received more requests. A new project has therefore germinated in the minds of the organizers: designing videos with their mascot. “We will start filming next May. The goal is to design a mini-series with this big teddy bear who will go around medical offices to get treatment. The link to these videos will then be sent to Reims schools for educational use. What to explain, in image and with simple gestures, the medical universe to the youngest.
