The Medical Academy provides you with an introduction to the field of medicine—and a glimpse into the Georgetown University Medical Center, which includes the nationally ranked School of Medicine and School of Nursing & Health Studies, in addition to the world-renowned Lombardi Cancer Center. You'll explore topics ranging from human anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and infectious diseases to surgery, cancer, and biomedical ethics. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to work in the Gross Anatomy Lab, use a patient simulator, and focus on some of today's pressing medical issues, such as preventative medicine, heart disease, and HIV.
Estimated Tuition:
$2,950
Includes tuition, housing, and meals
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The Medical Academy is offered during the following dates:
June 16–June 22, 2019
June 23–June 29, 2019
July 7–July 13, 2019
July 14–July 20, 2019
How You'll Benefit
Work with a patient simulator
Practice dissection
Explore the latest in medical advances within a lab setting
Work with Georgetown University medical students and professors
Gain hands-on experience taking blood pressure, listening for heart sounds, working in the suture lab, conducting an ultrasound, analyzing a cadaver, and more
Program Format & Subject Areas
As a student in the Medical Academy, you'll spend your day immersed in a blend of classroom lectures, field trips, hands-on activities, and group discussions. Throughout the course of the week, you'll have the opportunity to explore the following subject areas:
Gross anatomy
Cardiovascular physiology and pathology
Microbiology
Infectious diseases
Surgery
Cancer
Biomedical ethics
Current medical issues, such as HIV
Alternative medicine
ICU medicine
Emergency medicine and trauma surgery
Autopsy
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
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
My #SummerHoya experience was enriching, inspiring, and rewarding; if I could turn back the clock, I’d do it all over again.
Trevor Dalton
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
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
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