Programs Overview
Our Programs
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MEDscience@HMS
Work in the MEDscience ‘Emergency Room’ at Harvard Medical School. Students train in our state-of-the-art medical simulation emergency room to evaluate, diagnose and treat acutely ill patients in our hands-on immersive program. Learn and practice clinical skills like suturing, intubation, and inserting IV’s.
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MEDscienceLAB
Discover how lab, research, and the clinical aspects of medicine are interconnected. Starting with the patient in our high-tech medical simulation lab, then working in our HMS research lab, learn how medical problems are diagnosed and solved by analyzing patient samples and conducting experiments. Gain practical hands-on skills that are necessary for employment in current clinical research laboratories.
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MEDscienceLAB Forensics
Members of the MEDscienceLAB Forensics Team will learn how scientists solve crimes. Hands-on investigative inquiry will lead to analysis of crime scene evidence in the laboratory. With their team, students will play the role of the forensic scientists and learn how critical thinking and collaboration are the key to a successful criminal investigation!
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MEDscience Moonshot
Join the Moonshot Program to build cutting edge solutions to current medical technology problems. Students will learn the design thinking process and present their prototypes to industry professionals throughout the program. Students will be exposed to computer science, artificial intelligence, surgical robotics, and engineering to arm them with the skills of the future.
How to collaborate
For schools, organizations and non-profits.
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Our semester long program is located on the Harvard Medical School campus and provides weekly field-based STEM immersion experiences for high school science classes. Students experience the real-life excitement of giving Emergency room care in our simulation lab. While working through these “emergency cases”, students apply biology-based classroom learning to real-life and culturally responsive medical cases affecting their community such as diabetes, heart disease, substance abuse, and trauma. We offer a full 12-week curriculum integrated into high school science courses. Aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, this course easily embeds within existing high school Biology, Anatomy/ Physiology, or health classes. A strategic focus on teamwork strengthens participant’s social-emotional skills and equips students with the necessary tools for educational and career success.
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Schools can partner with our program for singular or multiple visits in a variety of customized lengths, from 1.5 hours to day-long modules that involve simulation cases or clinical skills tailored to the students’ learning objectives. We work with each school individually to fit the needs of their students, and to give them an experience they will remember. The simulation cases are hosted on our Harvard Medical School campus where students will feel the excitement of real-life, emergency cases and hands-on application of medical skills. Online Sessions are available!
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We offer virtual programming over Zoom for schools that may not be able to come to the HMS campus in Boston. In this format, patient actors present to their telehealth appointment in need of help from the student-led team. Students have live access to their patient’s vital signs through their smartphones and use shared online documents to keep track of their patient data. Students participating with their class must each have their own computers and headphones. We also offer virtual programming in a hybrid format – with a mix of virtual and in-person sessions over the course of a semester.
“The friends I made and the inspiration I felt around pursuing a career in medicine was so impactful. The lifelike ways in which we learned and inclusive environment, the support from teachers and interns, and the way all my peers built upon each other’s knowledge made me realize my affinity for medicine. I’ve always loved sciences, but now I can see myself in medicine.”
- Summer Program Student