NYLF Advanced Medicine & Health Care

Start training like a med student at Georgetown University, where you'll perform simulated fracture reductions, suture wounds, draw blood, and explore advanced medical specialties.  
NYLF Advanced Medicine & Health Care

Experience the Future of Medicine   

Ready to perform your first suture? NYLF Advanced Medicine is your gateway to the medical world, designed for ambitious high school students who dream of leading in healthcare.

What Makes This Different? Practice real medical procedures like suturing and fracture reduction, assess vitals in emergency simulations, and tour hospital trauma centers—all taught by practicing physicians, trauma specialists, and certified Apprentice Doctor® instructors.

Your Experience

  • Master clinical skills like suturing, venipuncture, and surgical prep
  • Train in high-pressure emergency medicine simulations
  • Tour real hospitals and trauma centers with expert guides
  • Connect with future doctors and healthcare leaders nationwide
  • Learn from physicians, residents, and medical educators

Whether your passion lies in surgery, nursing, emergency medicine, diagnostics, or public health, this program gives you the hands-on experience and insider perspective to make informed decisions about your medical career.

Don't just dream about saving lives—start training for it.

Sample 2026 Schedule

Day 1: Arrival Day

  • Program registration & orientation
  • Program Welcome
  • Evening Team Time

Day 2: Clinical Basics

  • Medical Ethics and Introduction to The Apprentice Doctor® Workshops
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: Phlebotomy and Venipuncture
  • Workshop: Lumbar Puncture
  • Evening Team Time

Day Three: Clinical Skill Development

  • Case Study: Wally’s Heart
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: Cardiovascular + EKG and ECG Practice
  • Workshop: Wound Care
  • Evening Team Time

Day Four: Surgical Skills Practice

  • Surgical Knot Typing Practice
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: Suturing
  • Patient Case Study
  • Emergency Medicine Lecture
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: BLS
  • Workshop: Nasogastric Intubation
  • Evening Team Time

Day Five: Surgical Skills Practice

  • Craniofacial Surgery and Scrub for Surgery Video Prep
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: Fracture Reduction
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: Scrub for Surgery
  • The Game of Life Career Edition
  • Evening Team Time

Day Six: Surgical Skills Practice

  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: Stop the Bleed
  • Personality Styles
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop Assessment
  • Evening Team Time

Day Seven: Simulations

  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: What’s Your Specialty
  • The Apprentice Doctor® Workshop: Standardized Patient Encounter
  • Public Speaking
  • Evening Team Time

Day Eight: Medicine in Real Life

  • Site Visit: Shock Trauma Center
  • Site Visit: National Mall

Day Nine: Present Your Expertise

  • Patient Handoff Case Study
  • Patient Handbook Presentations
  • Final Group Meeting
  • Certificates of Completion
  • Evening Team Time

Day Ten: Departure Day

  • Program Departure

This sample schedule is provided as an example of the overall quality and scope of the experience offered and is not intended to represent a specific schedule for 2026. The specific 2026 schedule, locations, speakers, and site visits may be modified.

Go Beyond the Classroom

Envision by WorldStrides programs are held at some of the top universities in the country, providing high school students with the opportunity to experience life on a college campus and get a glimpse of what their future may hold.

This Summer, NYLF Advanced Medicine & Health Care will take place in the following locations:

Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Washington, D.C.

June 24-July 3, 2026 - Residential

July 5-14, 2026 - Residential

What's Included?

  • All curriculum and instruction
  • Program activities
  • Program materials
  • Site visits and events
  • At least two meals a day
  • Local transportation during program
  • The cost of two college credits
  • Certificate of achievement

Now I Know

Hear directly from NYLF Advanced Medicine & Health Care alumni about what they now know after attending the program and how it has helped inspire them to pursue their passion.

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