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    Harvard Medical School: MEDscienceLAB

    Harvard Medical School: MEDscienceLAB

    Overview

    MEDscienceLAB offers students interested in biotech, biology, or medicine inspiring, immersive, hands-on lab and clinical experience that tie the essential role of research to clinical medicine. Students learn what happens when tests ‘go to the lab’ and how research labs work to solve medical cases.

    Join our one-week, full-day, MEDscienceLAB Program and learn in our state-of-the-art medical simulation labs and research lab at Harvard Medical School. Get a glimpse into a new perspective on medicine and discover a new world in the lab.

    LEARN FROM BIOTECH PROFESSIONALS

    Learn alongside healthcare and research professionals. Meet experts in their fields during MEDchats and explore careers in research, public health, and biomedical science. Be inspired!

    DIAGNOSE AND TREAT

    Experience the real-life excitement of emergency room care in our high-tech simulation lab, treating STAN, our life-like interactive patient. Perform experiments with real patient samples and learn how lab tests are vital to STAN’s medical care. Work in teams of 3 with fellow lab researchers to analyze tests, diagnose and treat diseases in our Harvard Medical School lab.

    DEVELOP LAB TECHNIQUES

    Receive instruction in DNA Extraction, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, and ELISA – the lab skills required for immediate employment in clinical research.

     

     

    Details

    • Listing Type: Summer Programs
    • Program Delivery: Day
    • Provided By: College
    • Session Length: One Week
    • Entering Grade: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
    • Category: Healthcare
    • Sub-Categories: Career Exploration, Clinical Laboratory Science, Research
    • Selective: No
    • Ages: 16, 17, 18
    • Credit Awarded: No
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    Overview

    MEDscienceLAB offers students interested in biotech, biology, or medicine inspiring, immersive, hands-on lab and clinical experience that tie the essential role of research to clinical medicine. Students learn what happens when tests ‘go to the lab’ and how research labs work to solve medical cases.

    Join our one-week, full-day, MEDscienceLAB Program and learn in our state-of-the-art medical simulation labs and research lab at Harvard Medical School. Get a glimpse into a new perspective on medicine and discover a new world in the lab.

    LEARN FROM BIOTECH PROFESSIONALS

    Learn alongside healthcare and research professionals. Meet experts in their fields during MEDchats and explore careers in research, public health, and biomedical science. Be inspired!

    DIAGNOSE AND TREAT

    Experience the real-life excitement of emergency room care in our high-tech simulation lab, treating STAN, our life-like interactive patient. Perform experiments with real patient samples and learn how lab tests are vital to STAN’s medical care. Work in teams of 3 with fellow lab researchers to analyze tests, diagnose and treat diseases in our Harvard Medical School lab.

    DEVELOP LAB TECHNIQUES

    Receive instruction in DNA Extraction, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, and ELISA – the lab skills required for immediate employment in clinical research.

     

     

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