Are you an Arizona high school student in your junior year of high school?
If you answered yes, we invite you to look into future Med-Start opportunities:
2 locations
6-week program in Tucson; 5-week program in Phoenix
Explore health careers
Academic enrichment
Experience college life
Earn college credit
Meet health professionals
Participate in hands-on health and science activities
Geared up to go!
Tubac, Arizona
Volunteers from the Tubac, Rio Rico, and Nogales Fire Departments helped make this day fun and exciting for everyone.
And the beat goes on...
Marshall Artificial Heart Program
The Marshall Foundation Artificial Heart team shows our Med-Starters how an artificial heart is placed in a patient.
This is my DNA!
Bio5 Research Facility
The staff at Bio5 showed Med-Starters how to isolate their own DNA.
Future Health Professionals
Somewhere near Polacca, Arizona
Med-Starters were invited by a local member of the Hopi Tribe to share a meal at a family ranch near Polacca, Arizona.
Welcome to Med-Start!
One Great Program – Two Great Locations!
Med-Start is a summer academic enrichment program for any 11th grade Arizona high school student interested in a health career. Students participate in the program during the summer between their junior and senior years. Med-Start, sponsored by the Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs in the College of Medicine, was created in 1969 to help improve healthcare in rural, reservation, and economically disadvantaged areas through the recruitment and training of students from these regions.
Med-Start helps young people prepare for their future in the health professions by exploring career opportunities and providing college level coursework in English and science.
Med-Start Tucson
The Med-Start Tucson Summer Program, coordinated by the Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs, is a six-week academic enrichment and health career exploration program for high school students between their junior and senior year.
Med-Start Tucson offers:
College level English course (elective college credit)
Introduction to Chemistry Lab (college credit)
Hands-on presentations and demonstrations
Special lectures on health careers
Live on the University of Arizona campus
Tours of health care and research facilities
Med-Start Phoenix
The Med-Start Phoenix Summer Program, coordinated by the Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs, is a five-week academic enrichment and health career exploration program for high school students between their junior and senior year.
Med-Start Phoenix offers:
College-level English course (elective college credit)
Introduction to Healthcare Fundamentals course (college credit)
Clinical skills training
Special lectures on health careers
Tours of health care and research facilities
Med-Start Alumni
We are contacting alumni to find out what you have been doing since you attended the Med-Start Summer Program. If you are willing to complete a short questionnaire email us at azhealth@email.arizona.edu Please include your name, Med-Start year, email address and phone; we will send you an email link to our online survey.
