For a week of my work experience, I was allowed the opportunity of spending time in the Museum of Human Disease. When I first met the group I was to be spending my week with, we all managed to become instant friends, touring around and pointing out the most interesting specimens to each other. We…
My week by Anusha Pillai
I found my week of work experience at the Museum of Human Disease to be very rewarding and enjoyable, and I definitely learnt a lot about different potential pathways and career paths that were available to me, especially in pathology. It was really interesting to see diseased organs, and especially in learning how they were…
My week by Sophia Huang
My week at the Museum was an extremely interesting and entertaining week filled with dozens of workshops, programs and teamwork sessions that made my work experience one of the most enjoyable weeks. The Museum is home to more than a thousand specimens of diseased organs and tissues, and is jam-packed with information regarding diseases from…
Working hard @ the Museum!
Thank you to our wonderful work experience group this week, Sophia, Umar, Alex, Angelina, Marlies, Vedant and Won for all the hard work in scrubbing our tables of old “zombie blood” residue! Well done.
My Week by Yanti Peng
It felt surreal that I was surrounded by real specimens for an entire week. On the first day, we first met Dean who was very knowledgeable and has taught us so much, he was also hilarious. The first time walking around the museum had no attached feeling as it was hard to process that all…
My Week by Dharani Palanisamy
With a twinge of both excitement and apprehension flooding my brain, I set out to the Museum of Human Diseases for my first day of work experience. As an area of study that had always fascinated me, I was looking forward to an amazing and eye-opening week at the museum, and as speculated, I really…
My Week by Caroline Ho
Work experience at the Human Diseases Museum: Year 10 work experience, it sounds just like any other experience that you would encounter on a random part-time job. However, the experience that I gained from the five days here have been exceptionally inspirational, motivating and engaging. I will have to start from the very beginning. I…
My Week by Tiffany Luong
For my work experience week I was provided the opportunity to spend it at UNSW Museum of Human Disease. The Museum of Human Disease allowed me to observe and participate in the running of the museum, learn about bio- science, medical and human disease and meet many dedicated people. I was able to meet Mr…
My Week by Samaana Abbas
First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge all the owners of the organs that are on display at the museum. Despite the severity of their conditions and the pain that these men, women and children have been through, they’ve all allowed their pain and the reasons of their demise on display, so that we…
My Week by Yasir Elagami
My involvement in work at the museum of human diseases had proved to be a beneficial experience, helping me understand the type of work that is involved in medical science, including preserving and embalming bodies, identifying symptoms of fatal diseases and learning about them. The coal miner’s lung was one of my favorite specimens as…
Sarah Zeigman: My week @ the Museum
My week @the Museum: Sarah Zeigman My week of work experience at The Museum of Human Disease was so interesting and enjoyable! I learnt about so many diseases and found the most fascinating specimens all of which had an incredible backstory to them! Being fortunate enough to have gained a position in this museum, I…
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