Introduction
Have you ever wished that you could
cure a disease? Better yet, what if you could prevent a child
from suffering with a birth defect? Well, Sam Martin, suddenly
finds that he has this opportunity! He has always wanted to be
a doctor and this is his chance.
It is your job to help Sam through
his career adventure. Your decisions will determine what direction
his professional future will take.
The activity you are about to experience is an iAdventure.
In an iAdventure you actively participate in the story,
helping the characters make educated choices. Fortunately, you
live in a "wired" world, in which you have access to
all kinds of information at your fingertips. You can find almost
any kind of data or information to help you solve important problems.
An iAdventure, such as this one, helps you to see that this is
true because you will use some of the great resources on the
Internet to help Dr. Martin make discoveries regarding birth
defects.
Are you ready? I hope so, because
your decisions determine the outcome of the iAdventure!
(When you see
directions in red, you will be asked to write on the data sheet
given to you by the instructor. This will be handed in at the
end of the iAdventure.)
You are about to travel back in
time to the year 1950. Rock'n roll was hot, poodle skirts were
in and Dr. Samuel Martin was a young pediatric intern at General
Hospital. He had wanted to be a doctor and help people, probably
since the Christmas when he was five and his parents gave him
a "medical bag". After 8 years in medical school and
2 years as an intern, Dr. Martin has realized that he will never
be happy just treating children, he has decided to dedicate the
the rest of his career to finding the cause of birth defects.
He would be a happy man if he could retire knowing that he had
prevented pain and suffering for children. Click on the baby and record
3 statistics on an average day in the United States in the life
of an infant.
