WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather, and Sports |New program pairs Vandy med students with health dept.
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Medical students at Vanderbilt University are spending some quality time outside of the classroom, learning more about Nashville's public health system.
Every second-year medical student will spend at least eight hours with one of Metro's departments, experiencing everything from restaurant inspections to immunization clinics.
Wednesday, Metro Animal Control officer Billy Biggs gave two students the grand tour of the facility.
The tour included a brief tutorial about what animal control officers are responsible for, including euthanasia.
Students Scott Bolton and Maher Salahi also got the chance to hit the streets with the officers and see what they deal with on a daily basis.
Bolton said until Wednesday, he didn't know what animal control was responsible for.
"They're doing a really critical job, kind of preventing rabies and animal born diseases," he told News 2. "Being out here gives us new perspective rather than just the book studying. It helps a lot. It's a great experience."
The students will log hundreds of hours in the community through the new program, something Vanderbilt said it will continue doing as part of the school's curriculum.
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