Hoya Summer High School Sessions applications are now open.
In Georgetown's Medical Immersion Academy, you'll get a snapshot of a first-year medical school curriculum while learning from Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty and medical students. You’ll study topics ranging from cell biology and pathology to immunology, cardiology, and endocrinology, and you will learn the science of how human body systems work. You’ll also explore fundamentals of emergency medicine such as the steps in physical examinations, positioning and extracting, wound care, control of bleeding, stitches and suturing, control of bleeding, airway management, CPR, oxygen administration, medication administration, usage of stents, and splinting.
Whether you plan to be an emergency physician, pediatrician, oncologist, or nurse anesthesiologist, you will have the opportunity to explore how clinicians of various specialties use their knowledge to monitor health and cure disease. You'll leave the program with a deeper understanding of the world of medicine, as well as the tools that prepare you to pursue medical school.
Price includes tuition, housing, and meals. Commuter Student tuition is $6,355.
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How You'll Benefit
Connect with thought leaders and practitioners in the field of medicine
Attend classes at the Georgetown University Medical Center
Learn about modern medical techniques
Hear guest lectures from experts within the D.C. medical community
Connect with Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, staff, and medical students
Create a research-based poster tied to a theme from the program
Receive a Certificate of Participation upon successful completion
Program Format & Subject Areas
As a student in the Medical Immersion Academy, you will spend your time engaged in a combination of class sessions, field trips, hands-on workshops, labs, group discussions, and extracurricular activities. Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to explore a number of subject areas, including:
Cell biology and pathology
Immunology, cardiology, and endocrinology
Contemporary medical challenges facing society today
Advances affecting the applied science of medicine
All in all, I fell in love with the program. I got to meet so many amazing people not only from the D.C. area but all around the country.
Zeyneb Sekin
Having the chance to experience once in a lifetime opportunities and getting to meet people from around the world made it so I got to really experience what college life was like.
Anthony DuPrau
My #SummerHoya experience was enriching, inspiring, and rewarding; if I could turn back the clock, I’d do it all over again.
Trevor Dalton
It was amazing to be surrounded by such high caliber students and staff who were all encouraging and fabulous to work with. I took away many positive things from my week as a Summer Hoya.
Nicole Lyon
As I am filling out my college applications, I am able to think back to my memories from the summer and I am reassured that I am pursuing the right educational path.
Grace Hermes
The program offers so much–from the off-site visits to the daily lectures and the on campus activities. The lectures were interesting, meeting new people was great and the off-site visits were interactive and intriguing.
Jazzelle DeLaney
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