Resources for High School Students

High School Resources

Video: UNC AIMS Intro to MD/PhD Programs for High School Students

• Clinical Volunteering: Get exposed to clinical work!

• • • Clinical volunteering for high schoolers guide : General advice for volunteering at a hospital (Duties, How to find opportunities, How to be a good volunteer, benefits)
    • Volunteer in a Hospital: Requirements and Application Process
      • UNC Chapel Hill/Hillsborough
      • UNC REX VolunTEEN Program (Raleigh)
      • WakeMed (Raleigh)
      • Duke University Hospital (Durham) 
      • Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist (Winston-Salem)
      • Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte)
    • Wake Stem Career Development Volunteering Resources : Contains links for volunteering at hospitals, Red Cross, and other opportunities in triangle area

• Getting started with research

• • • Forbes: Blueprint for High School Students to Pursue Research : General guidance for getting started in research as a high schooler
    • Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) : 2 week research program in Greensboro at NC A&T offering exposure to ongoing research and the opportunity to take part in “workshops and laboratory demonstrations, and instruction in computer applications, technical and scientific writing and public speaking”

• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) awareness: Learn more about science!

• • • AAMC High School Students Info Page : General advice for high school students and how to prepare for your next step
    • AAMC High School Students Summer Programs Search Tool : Tool to help you find programs in your area for your interests
    • UNC Outreach Programs  : Links for Triangle area science programs
    • UNC Shadow a Scientist : a day long program to visit UNC laboratories
      • For High Schoolers : an email template to ask your teacher to take your class!
    • NC Stem Center : Search through available programs/opportunities within STEM
      • NC Stem Center: Find Programs 
      • NC Stem Center: Find Opportunities  

• College readiness

• • • Wake College and Career Planning Resources
    • College Foundation of North Carolina  : Offers help for planning your future with advice on applying, paying and saving for college

• Interesting things to read

• • • • When Breath Becomes Air – Beautifully written memoir on doctoring and what makes life worth living
      • Being Mortal – Important concepts to understand
      • Mountains beyond mountains – a classic
      • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

• Fun resources for learning about science

• • • Osmosis Youtube Channel : Medical and Health education platform
    • Kurzgesagt Youtube Channel : Animations explaining almost anything you can think of
    • Octane Seating: STEM Movie Guide : TV Shows and cinema that prominently feature science