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Annie Saelee, a student at Sacramento High School (seated, right), gets a hands-on demonstration about the job of a microbiologist from Janet Kashiwada at the Department of Microbiology as part of last Thursday's job-shadowing day at 91¿´Æ¬ Davis Medical Center. More than 20 students involved in their high school's three-year Health Careers Academy were invited through Faith Paul, director of educational outreach initiatives, and Barbara Ross, manager of 91¿´Æ¬ Davis Health Systems community relations, to observe health professionals doing their jobs. The students are preparing themselves for both entry-level jobs after high school and college-health programs. Almost two-dozen medical center staff members in jobs ranging from medical interpreting to occupational safety, clinical engineering and patient escort volunteered their time to be shadowed by a student as they performed routine tasks. Job shadowing is used to give teen-agers a realistic exposure to the duties of particular jobs.