Summer Programs Overview
Learn at HMS! Experience hands-on learning to deepen understanding by connecting lessons to real-life experiences. Learn from Harvard Medical School staff and other expert healthcare professionals
Be Inspired! Meet nurses, physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals and explore various medical career pathways during MEDchats and be inspired to find your passion!
Build Confidence! Learn to think outside of the box, with no limits, to think like scientists. Become confident in your abilities to problem solve and share ideas. Gain critical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork skills and be prepared for college, work, and life!
No textbooks, no homework!
MEDscience@HMS
Work a week-long shift in the MEDscience ‘Emergency Room’ at Harvard Medical School. Train in our state-of-the-art medical simulation emergency room to evaluate, diagnose and treat acutely ill patients in our immersive, one-week, full-day program. Learn and practice clinical skills like suturing, intubation, and inserting IV’s.
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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Forensics
As a member of the MEDscienceLAB Forensics Team, you will learn how scientists solve crimes. Hands-on investigative inquiry will lead to analysis of crime scene evidence in the laboratory. With your team, you will play the role of the forensic scientist and learn how critical thinking and collaboration are the key to a successful criminal investigation!
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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.
MEDscience@HMS Dental
This exciting new medical exploration program will expose students to real-life skills across medicine and dentistry. Engage in hands-on learning by responding to real-life patient care treating simulated patients along with training in dental clinical skills and procedures. Gain valuable insights into clinical medicine and dentistry!
2024 Summer Program Dates
APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER 2024 ARE CLOSED
Thank you for your interest in our programs. Please join our mailing list for updates about Summer 2025.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
We believe that diversity in all its forms – in opinions and ideas, in cultures and countries, as well as in the races, religions, sexual orientations and backgrounds of our students – is integral to education.
“I really loved the learning environment so so much. I love how it’s an open discussion with no need to have hands raised and I felt like every time I contributed to the conversation that my ideas were really seen as important which made me feel like participating even more.”