High School & College Summer Healthcare Program
In an immersive six-week exploration of health professions careers, you will engage in hands-on experiences such as the Food as Medicine lab, clinical simulations, medication compounding labs, and more!
You will collaborate with your peers on a community research project, enhance your math and science skills, and learn about public health. In addition, you will receive career mentoring and peer mentoring to help you prepare for your college or graduate school applications. After successful completion of this program, you will earn 3 college credits.
Application Information
Application Opens: January 6, 2025
Application Deadline: March 21, 2025
Program Dates: June 9, 2025 – July 18, 2025
Stipend & Benefits
High School Participants: Earn a stipend of $600 upon completion of program requirements.
College Participants: Earn a stipend of $750 upon completion of program requirements.
Students completing the high school or college summer program will be eligible for a $1,000/year scholarship towards a Touro University California health professions program.
Eligibility & Selection
To be eligible for this program, students must come from an educationally or economically disadvantaged background (see HCOP homepage), reside in a County North of San Francisco Bay (Solano, Napa, Contra Costa, San Joaquin), and be a high school junior (you'll be a junior when you apply and you’ll participate in the program the summer before you enter your senior year in high school), or a high school senior (you’ll be a senior when you apply and you’ll participate in the program the summer after you graduate from high school), or in undergraduate education in college.
In reviewing your application, we look at:
- Overall GPA (self-reported)
- Responses to guided questions in the application form
- Interest in a healthcare profession
- Letter of recommendation from a teacher/professor at your current school/college
Location
One program, two locations:
Vallejo
1310 Club Dr
Vallejo, CA
Stockton
612 East Magnolia Street
Stockton, CA
What You’ll Learn
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| Week 1: Career Exploration |
Week 2: Academic Skills |
Week 3: Professional Development |
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| Week 4: Public Health |
Week 5: Clinical Experience |
Week 6: Community Health Project |
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| $600-$750 Stipend & 3-units college credit earned upon successful completion of program requirements | ||