Kids performed teddy bear surgery at OSU's vet school open house
Oklahoma State's College of Veterinary Medicine let families operate on stuffed bears. One student now in the program first did it at age 8.
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Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine opened its doors and let families perform surgery on teddy bears. Children practiced the kind of careful handling a vet student learns, on a stuffed patient that could not be hurt.
One student in the program now first tried it at the open house when they were 8. The bears are a way in, and for at least one person they were the start of the real training.
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