Horizons in Medicine exposes students to the science and delivery of health care that forms the foundation of careers in medicine.
The Horizons in Medicine program at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has offered local high school students, mostly from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds, the opportunity to see first hand the science and delivery of health care that forms the foundation of a career in medicine.
In this unique program students can begin to prepare for careers in science and health care, get shadowing experience and earn a college scholarship. Students who will have completed their junior year of high school and taken chemistry by the time the program begins are encouraged to apply.
Horizons in Medicine is designed to give Dayton-area students a sense of the career possibilities in health care and to show them the kind of serious preparation needed to enter such careers. During the program, students spend mornings in classrooms and laboratories at Wright State, where they are introduced to subjects such as anatomy, biochemistry and physiology. They spend afternoons shadowing in hospitals, community clinics and other clinical sites throughout the community. Attendance is required from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. All students who successfully complete the Horizons program receive one-year full tuition scholarships to Wright State University.
Since 1979, more than 600 Dayton-area high school students have completed Horizons in Medicine, with more than 90 percent entering college and approximately 80 percent graduating from college. Many Horizons alumni are now M.D.s, and several former Horizons participants are currently enrolled in medical school at Wright State's Boonshoft School of Medicine.
