Discover Medicine

Discover Medicine is led by the UVA Medical Students in the Student National Medical Association in partnership with the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center. High school students from local high schools visit UVA once a month to learn about different medical fields and related cancer research. Students learn about each organ-based system through lectures, a variety of clinical and hands on research activities. This program is open to all, and we especially welcome students who have had limited opportunities to learn about clinical medicine and biomedical research.

The program entails:

Medical & biomedical graduate student-led lectures introducing concepts about basic anatomy and physiology of organ systems (ex. cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, etc.).
Interactive sessions where participants learn and practice how to take a patient’s history and perform basic physical Exams.
Hands-on training for basic skills like ultrasound imaging, suturing, surgical knot tying and more.
Lab sessions where students examine real histology samples to understand human disease on a cellular level.
Multiple mentoring Q+A sessions with UVA medical and biomedical graduate students

Please reach out to snma@virginia.edu for more information.