Pre-Orientation

Medicine and Research Connections

Medicine and Research Connections is a unique program designed to expose you to cutting-edge medicine and research being conducted in your field of interest at Washington University and in the greater St. Louis area. The program will introduce you to new academic and career possibilities. Connections consists of a combination of advanced lectures, tours of research facilities, memorable field trips, medical school admission information, and fun team-building exercises.  

You will meet and hear from physicians and scientists at the WU School of Medicine, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Missouri Botanical Gardens, WU Biomedical Engineering Program, and Departments of Chemistry and Biology.  You will also attend The Mini-Medical School, which will provide information about current developments in medical research and practice – from high tech surgical techniques to cochlear implants.  You will get a chance to observe how the Deep Brain Stimulator can dramatically change the lives of patients with Parkinson’s disease, to learn how physicians work up patients and review actual Emergency Medicine cases, and meet the Medical School Dean, Dr. Larry Shapiro.  You will also be able to tour facilities: Past tours have included the Medical School, the Center for Advanced Medicine, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Surgical Vivarium and the Genome Sequencing Center, where over 25% of the Human Genome was sequenced.  In addition to programs offered at the Medical School, life science program advisors will be available to answer questions about the WU Life Sciences and pre-med curricula.

Enrollment in the program is limited and will be offered to the first 90 incoming first year students who apply.  The $475 program fee covers the cost of housing, the opening banquet and all other meals, transportation to all programs, and reading materials.

Details

Dates

8/16 - 8/19

Sponsor

Cornerstone: The Center for Advanced Learning and the Washington Univeristy School of Medicine

Cost

$475

Enrollment

75

Contact

Monica McKenna

(314) 935-5970

Monica_mckenna@wustl.edu