The One-Week Medical Academy introduces you to the field of medicine and gives you 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. As part of our virtual academy, you’ll also experience the Medical Gross Anatomy Lab virtually, use a patient simulator, and focus on some of today's pressing medical issues, like COVID-19, preventative medicine, heart disease, and HIV.
Estimated Tuition:
$1,895
This tuition is reflective of a virtual environment.
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How You'll Benefit
Work with a patient simulator
Be led through virtual dissections by an expert
Explore the latest in medical advances
Work with Georgetown University medical students and professors
Virtually learn about how to take blood pressure, listen for heart sounds, work in the suture lab, conduct an ultrasound, analyze a cadaver, and more
Receive a Certificate of Participation upon successful completion
Program Format & Subject Areas
As a student in the Medical Academy, you'll spend your day immersed in a blend of virtual lectures, interactive experiences, and group discussions. Throughout the course of the week, you'll have the opportunity to explore the following subject areas:
Medical 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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