High school students got into the spirit of Massachusetts STEM Week Thursday with a visit to the Museum of Science’s new simulation space, where they got to work in a realistic emergency room with lifelike mannequins, and practice IV placements and intubation procedures.

The experience was made possible by the museum’s partnership with the HMS MEDscience Program at Harvard Medical School.

“They’ve done this for years, bringing high school students to the medical school, and we thought, ‘what if we did something here at the Museum of Science?’ Because not every high school in the area can make it all the way to Harvard Medical School,” said Insoo Hyun, Director of the Center for life Sciences at Harvard Medical School.

The students had the opportunity to work in the simulated ER, diagnos

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