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.
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
Day 2: New Frontiers in Medical Education
Day 3: Medical Ethics & Skills Workshop
Day 4: Medical Immersion Experiences & Out and About
Day 5: Success Skills in Health and Medicine
Day 6: Hands-on Simulation
Day 7: Development Workshops
Day 8: Closing Sessions
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:
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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.
University of California Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus
Berkeley, CA
July 15-22, 2026 - Residential
July 16-21, 2026 - Commuter
Rice University
Houston, TX
June 25-July 2, 2026 - Residential
June 26-July 1, 2026 - Commuter
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
June 25-July 2, 2026 - Residential
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
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
July 5-12, 2026 - Residential
July 6-11, 2026 - Commuter
July 14-21, 2026 - Residential
July 15-20, 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
- Certificate of completion
- The cost of two college credits
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.