Medical Summer @UCF

PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-8

FORENSICS & GENETICS (June 2-6, 2025) is a hands-on laboratory medicine program where we learn about select diseases and pair them with relevant lab testing.  We will create DNA models, and manually make the sequences that result in diseases such as sickle cell anemia.  We will solve a murder mystery using forensic skills that depend on laboratory techniques such as ABO blood typing, polymerase chain reaction , gel eletrophoresis, hair analysis and DNA fingerprinting. 

MINI-MEDICAL SCHOOL (June 16-20, 2025) introduces students in grades 4-8 to the wonders of medicine through hands-on exploration and lectures. Activities include how to take a  patient history and obtain a review of systems. We will learn to use the Physician's tools- such as the stethoscope, otoscope, sphygmomanometer & more. Students will also get their own suturing kit and learn how to splint broken bones and control life-threatening bleeding. Students become certified by the American Red Cross in First Aid. Students also get to test their knowledge in mini-competitions with prizes.

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM (For students entering grades 9-12)

University Medical Summer™ offers six courses over seven weeks of summer programming. The Trauma & Surgical Skills, Cardiology & Resuscitation, Neurology, Dermatology & Plastic surgery courses can each be taken as stand-alone courses. In order to take the Medical Writing & Publishing course, students must take 3 out of 4 clinical courses (Trauma & Surgical Skills, Cardiology & Resuscitation, Neurology, or Dermatology & Plastic surgery). In order to participate in the Clinical Research Program, students must take all four of the clinical courses.