NYLF Medicine & Health Care

A hands-on pre-college medical program for high school students. Earn college credit while exploring real medical careers, build clinical skills, and experience college life at Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Rice, University of Michigan, or Emory. 
NYLF Medicine & Health Care NYLF Medicine & Health Care

Your Future in Healthcare Starts Here

Ready to go beyond textbooks? The NYLF Medicine & Health Care program is your gateway to the medical world, designed for ambitious high school students who dream of healthcare careers.

What Makes This Different? Learn real medical skills like suturing and vital signs, navigate trauma simulations, solve diagnostic challenges, and learn from practicing surgeons—all while living on a college campus like a real pre-med student.

Your Experience

  • Master hands-on medical techniques and hospital equipment
  • Tour cutting-edge medical simulation centers
  • Connect with like-minded students nationwide
  • Build relationships with healthcare mentors
  • Experience authentic medical environments

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

Don't just dream about your future in medicine—start living it.

Sample 2026 Schedule

Day 1: Arrival of Students

  • Welcome to NYLF Medicine
  • Opening Plenary
  • Medical Education Discussion (MED) Session:
    •  Introduction to NYLF Medicine and Patient History

Day 2: New Frontiers in Medical Education

  • MED Session: Lessons in Leadership
  • Guest Speaker: Leadership in the Field of Medicine
  • Outdoor Emergency Medicine: When Care Is Hours Away
  • MED Session: The Path To and Through Medical School

Day 3: Medical Ethics & Skills Workshop

  • Site Visit: Medical School Exploration OR Medical Simulation Center
  • Guest Speaker: Life as a Resident - An Insider’s Perspective
  • MED Session: MED Showcase Intro and Prep
  • Guest Speaker: What’s Your Specialty?
  • MED Session: Research Presentation Intro and Prep

Day 4: Medical Immersion Experiences & Out and About

  • Real-Time Surgical Video
  • Workshop: Clinical Skills Rotations
  • Medical Ethics Intro and Ethics Scenarios
  • MED Session: Research Presentation Final Preparation
  • Trivia Night

Day 5: Success Skills in Health and Medicine

  • MED Session: Research Presentation
  • Guest Speaker: The Personal Dimension
  • Workshop: Clinical Skills Rotations Part II
  • MED Session: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine

Day 6: Hands-on Simulation

  • MED Session: Health and Medical Workshops
  • Field Excursion Out and About
  • MED Session: Departure Day Confirmation and Career Action Plan

Day 7: Development Workshops

  • MED Session: Disaster Triage Simulation
  • Guest Speaker: Follow Your Dreams
  • MED Showcase 

Day 8: Closing Sessions

  • Final MED Session: Debrief Forum Experience
  • Presentation of Certificates of Completion
  • Closing Event
  • Check Out & 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 Medicine & Health Care will take place in the following locations:

Rice University

Rice University

Houston, TX

June 25-July 2, 2026 - Residential
June 26-July 1, 2026 - Commuter

University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

June 25-July 2, 2026 - Residential

University of California Los Angeles

University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

June 25-July 2, 2026 - Residential
June 26-July 1, 2026 - Commuter
July 5-12, 2026 - Residential
July 6-11, 2026 - Commuter

Yale University

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Yale University

New Haven, CT

July 5-12, 2026 - Residential
July 14-21, 2026 - Residential
July 24-31, 2026 - Residential

NYLF Medicine & Health Care is operated independently of Yale University and is not sponsored or endorsed by the University. The views expressed in connection with the program are not the official positions, statements of advice nor opinions of Yale University and should not be viewed as an endorsement by Yale or any such views or statements.

Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

July 5-12, 2026 - Residential
July 6-11, 2026 - Commuter
July 14-21, 2026 - Residential
July 15-20, 2026 - Commuter

University of California Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus

University of California Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus

Berkeley, CA

July 15-22, 2026 - Residential
July 16-21, 2026 - Commuter

What's Included?

  • All curriculum and instruction
  • Program activities
  • Overnight housing
  • Program materials
  • 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 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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