Surgical club

Surgical Skills & Biomaterials Club

I founded my school’s first surgery club and designed a 10-week course in suturing, mock surgery and suture chemistry.

Photos

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Seen from above, four pairs of gloved hands in white lab coats work around an incision on a blue drape, with a yellow gallbladder in the opening.
Mock cholecystectomy.
A student with a microphone points at a projected slide describing the programme, a series of simulated surgeries on animal organs; the audience is seen from behind.
Presenting the programme to students.
Two students in lab coats and gloves suture pink tissue laid on a blue surgical drape under a lamp.
Club members suturing after the cholecystectomy.
Gloved hands lift a yellow-green gallbladder out of an animal organ with forceps over a steel dish, on a blue surgical drape with instruments laid beside it.
The gallbladder, lifted out and held over a steel dish.
Close-up of gloved hands closing an incision with a needle holder and forceps, with black thread looped on a blue drape.
Closing an incision on animal tissue.
Three students in green polo shirts and white gloves gather around a suture practice pad, with a surgical instrument kit open on the table.
A group practices on a suture pad.
Two students in lab coats lean over a silicone skin pad; one guides the other's hand with scissors while stitching.
Guiding a club member through stitching on a skin pad.
Three students in lab coats and gloves work on a pink sheet of animal tissue under a desk lamp.
Suturing practice on animal tissue.
Three students, two in green school polo shirts and one in a lab coat leaning over them, practice suturing on pieces of animal liver on a tray.
Members practice suturing on animal liver.
On a lab bench: suture practice pads, three black instrument kits, boxes of sutures, masks, gloves and gauze, laid out in rows.
Club supplies we bought ourselves.
Two students in lab coats present a slide titled ECA Regulation to a classroom; the audience is seen from behind.
Presenting the club rules.
Three students at a lab bench practice with surgical instruments; a skin pad, scissors and thread lie on the table.
Teaching club members to suture.

Recognition

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Certificate from the 2026 iHOSA National Round: Annual Award for Best Inter-Club Collaboration, presented to the iHOSA School Club for the student-led club Introductory Skill Applicable to Surgery, March 2026.
iHOSA National Round: Annual Award for Best Inter-Club Collaboration National round · March 2026 Awarded to the surgery club for working with other clubs to promote healthcare knowledge.
Certificate from iHOSA: Recognition of School Club President, presented to Jiachen Liu for the 2025-2026 membership year, dated March 2026.
iHOSA: Recognition of School Club President 2025–2026 membership year · March 2026 Recognition for leading the surgery club as its president.