Students gain unparalleled hands-on experience and learn directly from highly accredited Penn Medicine doctors and faculty in state-of-the-art facilities, potentially even observing a live surgery.
The Penn Medicine Summer Program is an intensive four-week, in-person program for rising high school juniors and seniors, modeled after actual first-year Penn Med classes. Students gain exposure to the basics of medical training through practical experiences, simulations, and live demonstrations. Activities include learning CPR techniques, first aid, emergency care, suturing, tying surgical knots, and performing skin biopsies. Participants also learn to draw blood, start an IV, perform spinal taps, and practice minimally invasive surgical techniques. The program offers labs in gross anatomy, pathology, microbiology, and urine analysis. Students may observe a live or simulated surgery and learn from over 20 doctors and clinicians across multiple specialties. The curriculum covers topics such as surgery, emergency medicine, cancer, resuscitation science, kidney disease, and sports medicine, providing a comprehensive overview of the medical field.
Mornings involve interactive lectures and teaching sessions by Penn doctors and clinicians on featured topics, while afternoons are dedicated to hands-on activities like intubations, blood draws in the simulation center, dissections, or pathology exercises in the labs.
This program is ideal for high school juniors and seniors who are serious about medical careers and want an immersive, hands-on experience in various medical fields.
University of Pennsylvania Campus, Philadelphia, PA
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