Pre-College Education
Pre-College Education
We prepare emerging healthcare professionals through immersive, hands-on learning experiences that foster clinical exposure, academic excellence, career readiness, and community engagement. If you or someone you know is a high school student who is interested in pursuing careers in surgery or healthcare, we might have something for you! All our programs offer academic support, mentorship, and professional development. Learn more and start your journey into the world of surgery.
Nex+Gen of Surgery
Nex+Gen of Surgery
We provide guidance and assistance to align our department’s projects to the goals of the University of Rochester, out Medical Center, and the URMC’s Health Outcome Optimization Committee.
This internship program offers immersive, hands-on learning experiences that expose high-school students and graduates to clinical, real-life experiences. The internship also builds academic excellence through research assignments, professional development in various workshops, and opportunities to connect with the community and other professionals. All this to empower participants to explore their future in surgery and beyond.
Need-To-Know Facts About This Program
- This is a paid internship that requires students to commit to our program full-time.
- The program will run for six weeks in July and August of each year.
- The hours of the program are from Monday through Friday from 8 am until 4 pm, an hour will be provided for lunch.
Lunch will be offered to all selected participants.- Since this is an internship program, participants will be treated as formal URMC employees and will be expected to behave as such. Professionalism, punctuality, accountability, and excellence are all requirements to remain in good standing.
- The program will have workshops, shadowing experiences with surgeons, and even visits to operating rooms. You'll get to see real-life interactions between doctors and patients, and will even witness some procedures as part of your training.
- By the end of the program, participants will have to complete a poster presentation.
- Each poster will be evaluated by a group of experts and winners will be selected.
- Upon program completion, participants will be connected to the Teen Health and Success Office so they can learn more about job-application processes.
- Participant responsibilities will include: showing up on time, attending all workshops and shadowing and OR visits, and completing a poster presentation.
Do you have questions? Email our team.
Teen Anti-Violence Alliance (TAVA)
T.A.V.A.
TAVA Ambassadors lead peer-to-peer mentoring, workshops, and media campaigns to raise awareness and drive change. They use their voice and creativity to make our community stronger.
The Teen Anti-Violence Alliance (TAVA) is a youth-led professional development and community engagement program supported by the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). TAVA is the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery’s leading outreach initiative addressing violence through education, empowerment, community outreach, and opportunity.
TAVA trains student ambassadors in leadership and professional skills, including CPR, Narcan, and Stop the Bleed, with the goal that ambassadors return to their communities and serve as anti-violence leaders and educators in their own circles.
TAVA is also a multimedia engagement initiative with presence on Instagram and TikTok. In YouTube, our TAVA Podcast leads important conversations about health, community, and violence. TAVA leverages the University of Rochester’s partnerships and resources, such as the Center for Community Health & Prevention, the Department of Surgery, the Teen Health & Success Office, among others. TAVA connects youth to pathways for education and employment, the two most effective tools to prevent violence in our communities.
Questions about TAVA? Email our team.
TAVA Podcast
We’re a youth-led podcast powered by the Teen Anti-Violence Alliance (TAVA) a movement founded and led by Rochester students who are taking action to reduce violence in our community. Through our podcasts, we amplify real teen voices as we interview community leaders, mentors, and changemakers. Beyond the mic, we create social media campaigns, participate in community outreach to help educate and empower our peers. Join us as we spark conversation, raise awareness, and inspire change one voice at a time.
