NHC on Medicine - The Doctor is in!


Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of medicine. In the National Honors Convocation on Medicine, you will learn about this ever-changing discipline from med students, practicing physicians, and researchers.

 

  • Learn to perform a patient diagnosis in a complicated medical case and present the diagnosis to a medical board
  • Participate in each phase of the patient process, from interviewing to preliminary assessment to
    differential diagnosis, and ultimately, treatment.
  • Research current trends in medicine utilizing the same methodology as first-year
    medical school students.
  • Explore and debate the ethical issues facing modern doctors.
  • Complete two dissections

 

Focused Field Trips
Visits to hospitals, medical schools, and medical research facilities.

Industry Panels

You will hear from leading medical professionals in a variety of practices. Industry panels may include such topics as: “The Law of Medicine,” “The Ethics of Research — Stem Cells,” and “Socialized Medicine — Will it Work?”

 

Session Dates for 2008 NHC on Medicine

Johns Hopkins University-

Baltimore, MD

 
June 14-21, 2008

Loyola Marymount University -

Los Angeles, CA

 
June 24-July 2, 2008

Emerson College -

Boston, MA

 
July 7-July 15, 2008

 

For application information and to enroll online for the NHC on Medicine, please click here.

For a sample ten day schedule please click here.

 

Sample Daily Schedule
7:30 am
  Breakfast
9:00 am
  Field Trip to Medical Center & Presentations by Doctors in Various Fields
12:30 pm
  Lunch
1:30 pm
  Intro to Dealing with Patients
2:15 pm
  Patient Interviews & Review of Symptoms
3:00 pm
  Break
3:15 pm
  Resident Meetings: Discussion of Symptoms & Diagnostic Reviews
5:00 pm
  Santa Monica Pier: Dinner & Fun
8:00 pm
  Resident Meetings: Patient History
10:30 pm
  Curfew