Health Science Camps and Events 2009-2010
Explore Careers at Business Week
What do you want to do with your life?
Washington Business Week can help you explore the possibilities!
Washington Business Week offers intense, fun-filled residential summer camps on college campuses around the state. Each of the week-long programs includes about 250 high school students along with 30 business advisors who serve as mentors and help students connect what they are learning in school to their plans for the future.
Students can choose to attend the traditional Business Week Program or a camp in Healthcare or Construction. The programs are open to any high school student, including private and home-schooled students. Two college credits are available. more
Moses Lake Area Healthcare Week
-Healthcare Week Program
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Check out the schedule and download an application at www.wbw.org, or call
800-686-6442 for more information.
Office Of Multicultural Affairs
OMCA has a number of programs that can assist in your preparation for a career in medicine or dentistry. These programs range from high school to college to medical school level. We have designed these programs to help students understand the rigors and requirements of medicine while providing some academic skills and strategies that may help as you prepare for admission. more
Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
This program annually brings talented underrepresented undergraduate students to the University of Washington campus for six weeks of exposure to the field of medicine or dentistry via observation experiences, lectures, site visits, mentoring, and research and MCAT/DAT preparation and test taking strategies. For more information, go to the SMDEP page in the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
U-DOC Summer Enrichment Programs
This summer enrichment program is sponsored by the UW School of Medicine’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and affiliated state universities. The program's goal is to foster, affirm and encourage the interest of high school students living in medically underserved areas in health professions by allowing them to explore health care careers. The program is currently offered in Anchorage and Seattle.
NIDDK-Charles Drew University of Medicine and Sciences National High School Student Summer Research Program
This program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to work in a biomedical laboratory in their state. Each student is paired with an established researcher and assigned to a research team. Students will work with staff on a specific biomedical research project.
The 8-10 week program provides students with real experiences actively involved in a project and laboratory and research protocols. In the last week the students will travel to Washington, D.C. to present their research.
Washington State University - Academic Summer Camp Grades 7-12
Cougar Quest is a residential academic summer camp for highly capable students on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington (75 miles south of Spokane, Wa).
The camp is designed to meet the educational and social needs of young college-bound students entering grades 7 through 12 in fall 2010. There are two weeks of camp, one to accommodate 7th through 9th graders and the second for 9th through 12th graders. Students entering 9th grade have the option of choosing one week, or attending both.
After attending camp many students show an increased interest in pursuing higher education and look forward to next summer when they can continue to learn about topics not usually taught in school. Highly rewarding and exciting, Cougar Quest is the camp for students interested in being challenged, and learning while having a good time. more
Summer Healthcare Week Program
Washington Business Week has a unique Healthcare Week program offered in the summer for teens in WA state. Following the same model as the regular Business Week teen program, the Healthcare Week has "Clinics" of students develop medical response plans to address a variety of global health issues.
As students work in their teams they’ll experience what it is like to make real-world choices that can save people’s lives. The week’s focus is on preparing for a variety of careers in Healthcare and will help students make the informed choices while still in high school. more
- July 11-17 2010 - Gonzaga University
- August 1-7 2010 - Pacific Luthern University
View: Healthcare Week Program Flyer
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