High School to Undergraduate
Accelerate Cancer Education (ACE) Internship Program
The Accelerate Cancer Education (ACE) program is a summer research program specifically designed for minority and underserved high school students. The goals of the 6-week program are to expose students interested in biomedical careers to firsthand educational experiences related to oncology, introduce them to a variety of potential career paths and demonstrate the commitment of The University of Kansas Cancer Center to a diverse workforce by offering a comprehensive education and training experience to a wide variety of students.
Breast Cancer Research Internship
Provides high school and undergraduate students with a glimpse into breast cancer clinical research. Students are exposed to basic principles of research and gain direct experience with clinical data collection and maintenance. Questions: Rachel Yoder
BullDoc Health Clinic
Provides free, comprehensive health care and education to students at Wyandotte High School. The program utilizes high school student volunteers, many who are interested in pursuing health care careers.
Doc for a Day
Workshops for high school students from Wichita and the surrounding area who are interested in a career in medicine. This event is sponsored by the Family Medicine Interest Group.
Health Career Collaborative
Health Career Collaborative (HCC) is a national program with the goal of connecting medical students with under-resourced high school students. KU Medical Center has created a partnership with Wyandotte High School to offer a local HCC program.
Journeys and Destinations
This program provides high school students the opportunity to spend time with and learn from a variety of health care professionals about their career path, salary potential and their daily activities.
K-12 Initiative
This event is designed to prepare students for careers in health professions. Includes the K-12 Tutoring Program, an after-school opportunity for students in various programs to receive added help in their school studies.
The University of Kansas Health System Volunteers
Open to high school students, this program matches skills and interests with the needs of the health system for a rewarding volunteer experience.
Kansas HOSA
HOSA is an international career and technical student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Technology Education Division of the Association for Career & Technical Education developed to support students interested in pursuing a career in health care. The program is open to high school students.
KEE Program
The KU Medical Center Educational Experience (KEE) provides high school and undergraduate students and those in the workforce with non-curricular educational opportunities in both clinical and research settings. The benefits of the program range from learning about careers in health care to gaining valuable research experience.
National Two Step CPR
National Two Step CPR is an annual event aimed at engaging the public and educating them on the benefits of compressions-only/hands-only CPR. Since its inception, this project has trained over 18,500 in proper compressions-only CPR technique, with the help of 700 medical students each year. Classes are set up in public areas for free, and virtual programs are available.
Night at the Lab
An exciting program from the KU Medical Center Area Health Education Center created to provide an opportunity for high school students to explore the connections between health and science and showcase their knowledge to the community.
Nurse Academy
A two-day program designed to introduce high school students and college first-year students to the profession of nursing through hands-on experiences and presentations.
Nursing Pathway Program (School of Nursing)
This program introduces nursing to high school students in under-resourced schools and provides encouragement during their entire nursing education journey.
KU School of Pharmacy Summer Camp
This program gives high school students and incoming college freshmen a chance to see what the pharmacy profession is all about. One-day, hands-on camps and two-day, two-night extended camps available. See site for details.
Experience:
- Pharmacy practice settings and explore pharmacy career paths
- Campus laboratories
- Engagement with current KU Pharmacy students & faculty
- Compounding of medications
- Virtual tours of local pharmacies and hospital
Summer Medical Academy
The Medical Academy is an intensive 6-week health pipeline experience. Interactive learning and career exploration are integrated through four learning modules: Bioethics, Physiology, Risk Factors and Math. Students present research projects to medical and community stakeholders at the closing ceremony in mid-July.
T-SCORE Health Science Academy
The overarching goal of the Health Science Academy is to increase minority representation in health science fields. It has three short-term goals: exposing students to the health professions, aid teachers and students in forming professional relationships and empowering students to connect a career in the health sciences with community activism.
Women in Healthcare
An exciting three-day program available to 10-15 Kansas high school junior and senior women students who have shown a strong interest and commitment to health care careers. The event provides them with the opportunity to interact with health professions students and faculty at KU Medical Center.
