The High School Mini-Medical School Program is an entertaining educational curriculum designed to provide high school students with interactive classroom instruction on a variety of medical subjects. All courses are taught by University of Maryland School of Medicine Medical Students.
High School student participants in the High School Mini-Medical Program will learn:
- About different health issues that affect themselves, their families and their community,
- How they can break cycles of health care disparities and create positive changes in their family and community, and
- How one can take an active role in maintaining their individual health
Medical student participants will have the opportunity to:
- Create or alter a previous seminar on a topic of interest to the student
- Teach a basic science or a topic of interest
- Interact with high school students and their teachers