Georgetown University 1-Week Medical Academy

The 1-Week Medical Academy is a pre-college summer program that introduces high-school students to medicine and the Georgetown University Medical Center. Participants engage in lectures, hands-on labs (suture practice, casting, small mammal dissection, patient simulator) and interactive sessions with medical students, faculty, and hospital physicians. The program covers topics such as anatomy, physiology, radiology, surgery, cancer, ICU and emergency medicine, biomedical ethics, and patient care. Sessions are offered as day and residential options on Georgetown's campus in Washington, D.C.

Hands-on labs (suturing, orthopedic casting, small mammal dissection, patient simulator), lectures and interactive sessions with medical students and physicians, exposure to multiple medical specialties and biomedical ethics.

Entering 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade; ages listed include 15–17.

Apply online through the Georgetown Summer Programs application/portal.