UW Doctor for a Day

UW Doctor for a Day We are a student group dedicated to increasing the numbers of people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the healthcare field.

🚨 15 additional spots have opened up for this Saturday’s DFAD event! This will be our LAST workshop of the school year! ...
05/06/2026

🚨 15 additional spots have opened up for this Saturday’s DFAD event! This will be our LAST workshop of the school year! 🚨 

DFAD presents Form & Function 🦴 🩻
Step into the shoes of experts from Orthopedics, Rehabilitation Medicine, and Sports / Family medicine to learn all about the bones and muscles that make us strong! 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏋️

This event is open to all K-12 students and is free to attend! Lunch will be provided. 

🗓️Saturday, May 9th
⏰ 9am-2pm
📍 Puget Sound Skills Center (18010 8th Ave S, SeaTac, WA 98148)

🔗 Register by scanning the QR code or with the link in our bio!

🚨 50 additional spots have opened up for tomorrow’s DFAD event! This will be our LAST open workshop of the year! 🚨 DFAD ...
04/24/2026

🚨 50 additional spots have opened up for tomorrow’s DFAD event! This will be our LAST open workshop of the year! 🚨 

DFAD presents Reproductive Health Day ✨ 
Join us for an exciting day filled with hands-on activities led by real physicians! You will get to learn all about the fields of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Urology, and Adolescent Medicine! 🧬🧑‍🧑‍🧒

This event is open to all K-12 students and is free to attend! Lunch will be provided. 

🗓️ TOMORROW, Sat April 25th
⏰ 10am-3pm
📍 UW Health Sciences Education Building (1607 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195)

🔗 Register by scanning the QR code or with the link in our bio!

This month, DFAD partnered with Washington Alliance for Better Schools to bring to life our biggest event of the year, S...
03/24/2026

This month, DFAD partnered with Washington Alliance for Better Schools to bring to life our biggest event of the year, Sound Careers in Healthcare (SCIH)! This free career fair brought students across the Seattle area to campus to explore fields ranging from public health and research to pharmacy and surgery 💊 👩‍⚕️ 👨‍⚕️

Swipe to see all of the stations present! Some highlights include:
- surgery with the Da Vinci robot 🤖
- intubation with manikins
- injury risk assessment with a Y Balance Test 🦵
And so much more!

Thank you so much to our amazing group of volunteers for your time and dedication! We’re all so excited to see the new generation of healthcare leaders, and the people that helped inspire them 💙



  

From CPR to intubation and ECGs, students got lots of hands-on experience learning about the heart & lungs at our last e...
03/03/2026

From CPR to intubation and ECGs, students got lots of hands-on experience learning about the heart & lungs at our last event 🫀🫁

All led by physicians in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, internal medicine, and pulmonology. Thank you to all the volunteers who contributed - your commitment to inspiring the next generation really takes our breath away 😮‍💨 🩺

Stay tuned for our next events! 👀

Swipe to see all the activities we had last weekend for Neuroscience Day! 🧠 🤩Students stepped into the shoes of ophthalm...
02/07/2026

Swipe to see all the activities we had last weekend for Neuroscience Day! 🧠 🤩

Students stepped into the shoes of ophthalmologists by performing slit lamp eye exams and checking eye pressure 👀
And explored the brain by using neurosurgery tools, conducting neurological exams, and working through psychiatry cases! 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

Huge thanks to GEAR UP and our volunteers for all of your support! 💝

Breathing life into future healthcare Interests at last month’s workshop💨💙From mastering airway management 🩺 to explorin...
01/05/2026

Breathing life into future healthcare Interests at last month’s workshop💨💙

From mastering airway management 🩺 to exploring the lungs with ultrasound 🔍, students dove into the ABCs of Breathing: Airway, Breathing, Circulation. They explored everything from spirometry, bronchoscopy, to even building a DIY lung model 🫁 —getting an exciting glimpse into how we keep the body breathing.

Special thanks to our incredible teams from Anesthesiology, Respiratory Therapy, Pulmonology/Critical Care, and Pediatric Pulmonology for sharing their expertise! 🙌

✨ Happy New Year from all of us at DFAD—here’s to inspiring the next generation of healthcare heroes! 🎉

Diabetes Workshop with Doctor For A Day🩺💜 Our students spent the day learning about diabetes, how it impacts multiple or...
12/13/2025

Diabetes Workshop with Doctor For A Day🩺💜

Our students spent the day learning about diabetes, how it impacts multiple organ systems, and how it’s managed, directly from medical professionals across specialties. 🥼💉💊

A huge thank you to our incredible volunteers for sharing their time, knowledge, and passion for medicine. You made this experience truly meaningful! 🤩✨

More events coming soon—we hope to see you there!

🧬🔬 Future Physicians in Action! 🧠💪From exploring what cancer looks like 👀 to practicing sutures 🩺, we got a peek into th...
11/11/2025

🧬🔬 Future Physicians in Action! 🧠💪
From exploring what cancer looks like 👀 to practicing sutures 🩺, we got a peek into the specialties of radiation oncology, pathology, hematology / oncology, surgical oncology, and genetics! Students modeled DNA, discovered how doctors find and treat cancer, and even got hands-on with ultrasounds, “tissue” biopsies, and real organs 🫁🧫

Thank you to our awesome volunteers and students for helping science come to life! 💙

Swipe to see all of the activities we had last weekend at our Dermatology Workshop ➡️Students got to learn…- the basics ...
10/04/2025

Swipe to see all of the activities we had last weekend at our Dermatology Workshop ➡️

Students got to learn…
- the basics of a physical exam 🩺
- suturing skills 🪡
- what our skin looks like under a microscope and dermatoscope 🔬
- how to determine diagnoses and treatments 🕵️

Big thank you to the physician & student volunteers for their time!

👩‍⚕️🔬 Thinking about a career in medicine? Form & Function is your chance to explore the field, connect with experts, an...
03/28/2025

👩‍⚕️🔬 Thinking about a career in medicine? Form & Function is your chance to explore the field, connect with experts, and gain valuable insights!

📅 Saturday, April 12
📍 Federal Way High School
🔗 Register now via the QR code or the link in our bio!

Can't wait to see you there!

Last month, we proudly came together to celebrate and at our Heart and Lungs event! Students from middle and high sc...
03/12/2025

Last month, we proudly came together to celebrate and at our Heart and Lungs event! Students from middle and high schools joined us for a day of hands on learning — exploring heart health, hemorrhage control, CPR, electrocardiograms, heart- healthy foods, airway intubation, and more! It was an inspiring event filled with empowerment, education, and life-saving skills. A huge thank you to our incredible physician and medical student volunteers as well as everyone who participated. We can’t wait to see you all at our next event! 🎉🥼🖤❤️🫀🫁

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