HEART Summer Program

 

Program Components:

Research:

  • 10-weeks, full-time research in a laboratory or research group at Harvard Medical School (HMS)
  • Poster presentation at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium in July
  • Oral presentation at the culmination of the summer program

Clinical Exposure:

  • 15+ hours of clinical shadowing at Harvard teaching hospitals
  • Hand-on clinical skills training
  • Exposure to different specialities spanning several institutions, including academic teaching hospitals and community health centers

Curriculum:

  • Orientation on the first day of the program
  • Weekly career guidance sessions on topics spanning admissions, resilience, research rigor and ethics, etc.
  • Participation in selected components of the SHURP curriculum
  • Social medicine enrichment taught by world-renowned social scientists

Mentorship:

  • Matched with one faculty member as a research mentor
  • Matched with one current MD-PhD student (Big Sib, Little Sib program)
  • One-on-one monthly check-ins with HEART Program leadership

Community:

  • Monthly funded social outings in the Boston area
  • Social events with the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program community